Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] a major [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last month Objectivity Inc started delivering a major upgrade of its object database , Objectivity/DB Version 2.0 , adding SQL++ for ad hoc query and new application life-cycle features to help administer distributed databases and update deployed applications . |
| 2 | While business studies had become a major component of CNAA-validated undergraduate courses , the DMS was the stepping stone into concern for part-time continuing education in the management field . |
| 3 | The policy of fixed commissions had remained a major bone of contention throughout the Government 's dispute with the Stock Exchange . |
| 4 | The regime of President Fidel Castro had lost a major source of economic and military aid with the collapse of the Soviet Union . |
| 5 | Although the official Iraqi News Agency ( INA ) on July 6 denied the reports as " groundless " , opposition sources claimed that the coup had triggered a major purge of the Iraqi officer corps . |
| 6 | President Paul Biya took office on Nov. 3 for a third term , following a disputed victory in the Oct. 11 presidential elections [ see p. 39130 ] , declaring in his inauguration address to the National Assembly that he intended to undertake a major revision of the Constitution . |