Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the higher populations of Amerindians in the past , such groups must have had a major effect on the structure of the forest . |
| 2 | The great man might expect to play a major part in the design of the building , as Maxwell did when the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge was built following his appointment in 1871 , as the first professor of experimental physics . |
| 3 | Had Forbes lived longer , he might have founded at Edinburgh a school of naturalists as he hoped , and which was impossible at that date in London ; and he might have written a major work . |
| 4 | It 's tricky , as someone who skis and mountaineers , to whine about the encroachment of ski developments in Scotland , especially when the developers of Aonach Mor spilt so much ink about how they were ‘ conservation friendly ’ , they could have made a major motion picture out of their press releases . |
| 5 | The Council may have played a major role in planning the transfer of the Visigoths to Aquitaine . |
| 6 | After discreet soundings , they prudently abandoned the idea , which would have involved a major encroachment upon judicial independence . |
| 7 | At this point in the proceedings I was offered a choice ; either I would have to undergo a major operation , knowing that the surgeon did not know what was wrong , or I could go into a residential physiotherapy hospital , Farnhan Park , one of the largest of its kind in England . |
| 8 | A general right of accession would have created a major inroad into the continuing bilateralism of even multilateral treaties . |
| 9 | It was a fuss about nothing , and I greatly doubt whether anyone other than Randolph Churchill would have made a major issue of it . |
| 10 | I suggest that the discrepancy between the climate modelling results which indicate seasonal temperature extremes , and the increasing body of geological information documenting a temperate climate , may be explained by the fact that the palaeogeography used in the models does not take into account the existence of these lakes and rivers , which would have had a major influence on the regional climate . |
| 11 | As a centenary project perhaps it will consider mounting a major display on the flip side of the Bowes legacy the despoiled Durham countryside , and the heroic efforts still being made to repair the damage . |
| 12 | Andre Agassi will return to make a major challenge for the Wimbledon title . |
| 13 | In the rural areas , family and tribal loyalties will continue to be important and religion and superstition will continue to play a major role . |
| 14 | It is also felt , however , that many autistic children would not benefit from this process of integration and special schools will continue to play a major role . |
| 15 | This will continue to provide a major role for the profession in the conduct of life assurance and pensions business . |
| 16 | Henley will continue to have a major influence on management development worldwide in the 1990s . |