Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | VG LIMS is the first Laboratory Information Management Systems to be available on the RS60000 series of IMB computers and represents a major breakthrough in this field . |
| 2 | Having ‘ given his best ’ to the centre for four years and taken a major role in setting it up , he obviously felt ‘ very disappointed ’ he would n't be part of its new phase . |
| 3 | Many Brush-built Class 31s were equipped with ETH generators and given a major body overhaul , while some Class 47s were similarly treated . |
| 4 | I was thinking for instance in the context of Sri Lanka , where I was born , that there is n't a straight forward national liberation struggle , there are lots of problems such as militarism which the women 's movement has taken on in various ways and played a major part in combating . |
| 5 | 2 The personal will of the King was no longer decisive in government , and the effective choice of the Prime Minister and his leading Cabinet colleagues passed out of his hands and became a major role for a powerful House of Commons . |
| 6 | In the EC member states agriculture was heavily subsidized through the common agricultural policy , and their reluctance to contemplate the phasing out of subsidies had deadlocked the GATT talks and threatened a major trade war . |
| 7 | In one stroke ( which has taken about two years to organise ) HarperCollins will substantially reduce overheads and become a major force in the mass market field . |
| 8 | They are young and talented and if they choose to turn professional they could do very well in pro events and become a major coaching influence in Ireland . |