Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly afterwards , Sinitta and David split up and she signed a major recording deal which culminated in her single So Macho reaching number two in the charts , only missing the top spot because of Chris De Burgh 's Lady in Red . |
| 2 | We only came fourth in the county championship last year and we lost a major final at Lords . ’ |
| 3 | Alan was dominating in the air and solid and reliable in the tackle , so that he was a perfect defender for a team marshalled by Manager Dick Graham and he made a major contribution to Palace 's progress , deservedly becoming Palace 's captain while also earning England Under 23 honours . |
| 4 | Trials at his collieries of new ventilating methods , such as the fan and high-pressure steam jets , were widely discussed , and he made a major contribution to the most efficient method of mining coal simultaneously in adjacent seams . |
| 5 | ‘ And he has a major problem reaching the food on his table . ’ |
| 6 | There are perhaps 24,000 registered purebred breeding cows in New Zealand and perhaps 15,000 in Canada , and it remains a major beef breed in Argentina , Brazil , Uruguay , the USA , Australia and South Africa . |
| 7 | The sale to the public of 50 per cent of British Telecom ( BT ) in December 1984 was , at the time , the largest privatisation issue and it provided a major spur to the whole programme . |
| 8 | That may not sound very imposing , but it represented a major advance . |
| 9 | Not only was the BDDA among them , but it played a major part in the revival of the NID . |
| 10 | But it presents a major difficulty at the outset to the writer of general history . |
| 11 | Not only does detailed disclosure impose a heavy burden on the seller but it means a major effort for the acquirer to understand and evaluate it . |