Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can confirm , however , that on 11 February I shall announce a major campaign — car crime prevention year . |
| 2 | Yet if the little Swede is patient , I can see a major part for him in George Graham 's scheme of things . |
| 3 | As Mrs Thatcher reflected on her sweeping victory in the aftermath of the polls , urging her weary troops to yet more frenetic endeavours in the future , with the inner cities ( and their Labour-led councils ) as the next target , she could contemplate a major seachange in the national consciousness . |
| 4 | ‘ Hit Man 's hair is so greasy you could cause a major oil glut just by draining his head . |
| 5 | Mr Bernard Staite , boss of the consortium who operate the loco , commented : ‘ From November No 4472 will embark on a year long tour of private railways after which she will have a major overhaul . |
| 6 | THERE 'S one good thing about living in faraway France ; you can have a major knee operation and no-one knows about it . |
| 7 | Now , it 's obviously a bit of a gamble , we might give them some money , we might not get anything from it , but we might get a major feature film , or a major television series , which would be very worthwhile indeed . |
| 8 | You ca n't play sport properly on a shoestring so if we could get a major sponsor for the world cup it 'd put a lot of people 's minds at rest so they could concentrate on their cricket |
| 9 | There is an endowment to go with it , so we shall have a major institute , the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research . |
| 10 | We 'll have ha we will have been an irrel irrelevant to them for so long that when they do find another job or even a first job , then we will have a major task to convince them of the value of trade union membership . |
| 11 | So we can make a major breakthrough here . |
| 12 | They must play a major part in developing , using and controlling the new technology , not for their own benefit , but for the sake of the children they teach . |
| 13 | He had become certain by watching the preparations in the sepoy camp that they would make a major assault within the next few hours . |
| 14 | The Government was unwilling to spend money on taking over the house , but for a long time courted various businessmen in the hope that they would provide a major part of the funds . |
| 15 | Because of the long lead time that would be required to bring such supplies on stream ( not only in opening the quarries but also in preparing suitable dock facilities ) it is not envisaged they will make a major contribution until the second ten years covered by MPG6 . |
| 16 | Because of the long lead time that would be required to bring such supplies on stream ( not only in opening the quarries but also in preparing suitable dock facilities ) it is not envisaged they will make a major contribution until the second ten years covered by MPG6 . |
| 17 | This will consist of the people involved in the technological change and they will play a major role in deciding what strategy to adopt and in following that strategy through . |
| 18 | Alternatively , an individual may be significantly restricted as to the condition , manner or duration under which they can perform a major life activity as compared to an average person . |
| 19 | I believe we should all warmly welcome this opportunity to debate the role of audit ; it gives the users of audit services the opportunity to have their say and it should make a major contribution to dealing with the expectation gap . |
| 20 | But though the camera may be at gut level , a cerebral decision has placed it there , and it is characteristic of Greenaway that he should stylise a major element of his film in this way . |
| 21 | Its gains in the South — where it must score a major breakthrough to obtain a national majority — were mainly the result of a protest vote against the two other parties . |
| 22 | Once this is resolved it might become a major source of LDC finance in the future . |
| 23 | This is the second or third closure announced in recent times — it 'll have a major impact . |
| 24 | However , as part of a pan-European transport network it could have a major effect by breaking down to the deterrents to trade imposed by national frontiers . |
| 25 | That does n't appear to be much erm in terms of quantity in our estimation in terms of the level of provision that Leeds and Bradford er are providing , but it would create a major problem er in North Yorkshire . |
| 26 | A change in copyright law which required the deposit of software in copyright libraries might be helpful here , but it would create a major burden for librarians . |
| 27 | It has already been suggested that if a terminus were built at Stratford East , it would have a major impact on the financial viability of the terminus at King 's Cross . |
| 28 | ( The Japanese government nevertheless announced that it would resume a major aid programme to China which had been frozen in 1989 , arguing that it was not in the interest of the world to try to isolate China . ) |
| 29 | It would need a major rethink both on operational employment and training . |
| 30 | It will complement a major study of adoption court records and practitioners ' views of the adoption process which the research team has recently completed for the Department of Health . |