Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] been a major [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | where There , the growth of Milton Keynes has been a major factor , but smaller towns have also felt the pressures of development . |
2 | The weak tradition of trade unionism in Texas has been a major cause for the profession of the prison officer to develop in a very different way from in Europe . |
3 | David Hill , head of Sky Sports believes former Scottish star Gray has been a major signing . |
4 | YTS has been a major provider of new opportunities and through its funding mechanism , its special assessment and age exclusions , and its provision of special equipment and services , it has shown itself to be responsive to the needs of very many young people with disabilities and learning difficulties . |
5 | If the IMF had been a major borrower and issuer of SDR-denominated assets then the SDR might have been used more extensively . |
6 | Mrs Johnson has been a major supplier to both Sotheby 's and Christie 's this spring season , offering silver , furniture and works of art at sales both in New York and London ( some lots undesignated as to their owner ) . |
7 | The wettest town in Britain has been a major centre of the Welsh slate industry since the eighteenth century , and the hills all round it are scarred by quarries and deformed by spoil heaps . |
8 | Set up in 1983 under the Finance Act , the BES has been a major facilitator of the channelling of funds to businesses ( Peat Marwick 1986 ) , many of which would apparently not have been able to raise capital without the help of the BES , although it was also reported that very little of the funds were provided for seedcorn businesses . |
9 | The Algiers accord of 1975 , whose repudiation by Iraq had been a major factor precipitating the Iraq-Iran war in 1980 , gave both countries access to the Shatt-al Arab waterway . |
10 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon had been a major force in English religious life for almost forty years when he died in 1892 . |
11 | The rivalry between Fabius and Rocard had been a major component of the party 's internal problems . |
12 | Since the discovery of significant gas reserves , this PSC has been a major source of gas for the LNG export business from the Bontang LNG plant . |
13 | In spite of City concern about the level of company debt built up to acquire Britoil and North American assets , BP has been a major capital spender in Scotland as part of its positioning to improve its long-term competitive position . |