Example sentences of "[be] [num] [prep] [art] major [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ensure that his sovereign 's dignity was not slighted by any infringement of the precedence claimed by his representatives continued to be one of the major tasks of the European diplomat ; and the continuing importance of questions of precedence is shown by the continuing production of books which claimed to elucidate them . |
| 2 | It must be one of the major frustrations of being a veterinary surgeon that you can never convince your patients that you are on their side and are working tirelessly to save them and help them back to full health . |
| 3 | However , it will be one of the major themes of this article that , from a social psychological point of view , one needs to look beyond the explicit arguments , which are produced in the course of actual controversies . |
| 4 | The latter have not yet really taken root in movies , but may be one of the major developments of the 1990s . |
| 5 | A more flexible approach to the policy structure by these two underwriters will be one of the major benefits of this more competitive market . |
| 6 | He said that developing a " European doctrine " on nuclear defence would " soon be one of the major questions " to be addressed by the European Communities ( EC ) in the movement towards political and economic unity . |
| 7 | This is not to say that it would not encourage efforts at more intense integration : indeed , this was to be one of the major concerns of the Assembly . |
| 8 | In the event the plot ratio proved to be one of the major devices whereby the city was prevented from turning into a miniature New York ( Cherry and Penny , 1986 ) . |
| 9 | This proved to be one of the major highlights of the event , and a first for the SVR . |
| 10 | There is a lot of ‘ Glasgowing on ’ within the Company as preparations are being made to provide material for an exhibition that will be one of the major events within the Cultural Capital of Europe . |
| 11 | Inability to select the right people is considered to be one of the major weaknesses of British management , a weakness with a hidden cost of many millions of pounds a year . |
| 12 | We are one of the major shareholders in the Company , we are one of three investment fund managers and we provide substantial systems development and computing facilities . |
| 13 | Blocked footpaths are one of the major problems which the RA wishes to highlight . |
| 14 | Since their different literary predilections are one of the major factors that . |
| 15 | Erm from there we went into this purpose built flat above a grocers shop , it was meant for the manager of the grocers shop , but he had better sense and so the flat became available for letting to the Borough Council who at the insistence of the owners of the house we were in , erm , were anxious to get their property back and so we found ourselves in a brand new flat , the first tenants , although this was not very highly to be recommended , you approached your flat up er stone staircase , er from the outside so you exposed to the elements er you then walked across the roof , flat roof over the shops until you came to your flat door , erm , Islington at that time was just beginning the , to see the influx of immigrants from the colonies as they were in those days and er , they in turn created much heavier demand on what little vacant property there was , so that the district rapidly deteriorated and for many people who were not in the fortunate position that we were found it necessary or desirable to leave because they were sharing rooms or sharing houses with people whose ways of life were different from theirs and this is something I think that housing authorities learnt to appreciate over the years that the differences between people 's ways of life are one of the major causes of social distress . |
| 16 | Humanitarianism has always been one of the major motivations making for socialism . |
| 17 | Stone is not alone in noting the ‘ discrepancy ’ ( p. 420 ) between this and the apparent economic drawbacks of divorce for women ( the increase in divorce has been one of the major factors contributing to the ‘ feminization of poverty ’ ) . |
| 18 | The 26-year-old 's ability to run with the ball and poach spectacular goals has been one of the major factors behind QPR 's impressive start to the season . |
| 19 | The unification of Germany protected the lifestyle of the Prussian Junkers — indeed , the Junkers ' need to protect themselves and their lifestyle from the disrupting effects of outside economic competition through the creation and extension of a tariff union had been one of the major components in the formation of the German state . |
| 20 | Acquiring a dominant position by merger has been one of the major routes to achieving dominance in recent experience in the UK and US . |
| 21 | As we have seen , the establishment of the four Institutes of Higher Education has been one of the major developments in Welsh further education in recent years . |
| 22 | Surely that has been one of the major changes of Government policy over the last few years . |
| 23 | These provisions have been one of the major forces responsible for the complete change in standard terms and conditions for dealing with consumers that came in after the passing of the UCTA . |
| 24 | After all , that had been one of the major problems in their marriage . |
| 25 | The population explosion has been one of the major phenomena in Latin America this century . |
| 26 | Centralisation gained considerable impetus from the government 's attack on local authorities which , as we saw in Chapter 2 , has been one of the major features of Conservative policy . |
| 27 | They blame Icke for being one of the major reasons why the movement has lost support . |
| 28 | Despite being one of the major streams of modern sociological thought , the theoretical tradition founded by Max Weber ( 1964–1920 ) has to date produced little explicitly Weberian penology . |
| 29 | SWINGEING UK premium hikes were one of the major reasons for a dramatic profits turnround by insurance giant Commercial Union in the third quarter of 1992 . |
| 30 | So they actually took a very active role against it , and had been the allies of people like the National Consumers ' League on other issues , but on this one they really differed , and were one of the major blocks to passing the legislation . |