Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Manchester City striker has scored just once so far this season — so he has a major incentive to score against Arsenal in this televised tussle . |
| 2 | Well you said that er as I recall , that if you had a major proposal say for example within the centre of Easingwold , |
| 3 | If you visit a major cat show today you will find that there are about fifty breeds on display there , in addition to the many different colour forms and ‘ sub-breeds ’ , all minor variations of well-established breeds , which need not concern us here . |
| 4 | If you have a major credit card you can even order your tickets by phone . |
| 5 | In addition to that you get depreciation of one thousand one hundred and forty four pound per year which , by my reckoning is ninety five pound a month in addition to that , as a Methodist Minister you get a standing charge of five hundred and twenty eight pound per year which is forty four pound pe er , per month and then you also through i in the year if you have a major repair needed on your car you get a hundred and eight pound now , if in fact , I had , I have a Vauxhall Nova , and let me take these figures as you are at twenty four P a mile , or twenty four point five P a mile and if that 's all we are recommended , recommending , in other words , there 's no lump sum at all er , that would mean that I would be getting forty nine pound but Methodist , this colleague in Llandudno if he did |
| 6 | If it becomes a major instrument for redistribution of income then it is involved in the political arguments over equality and social justice as well as in meeting basic need . |
| 7 | Maybe it 's because we have a major problem with superfluous hair . |
| 8 | The use of reading lists , tapes , slides , video-recordings etc. needs to be carefully planned , because they form a major resource . |
| 9 | These changes are of considerable interest because they represented a major step towards the deregulation of the UK financial system — a process which is still continuing . |
| 10 | Word order is extremely important in translation because it plays a major role in maintaining a coherent point of view and in orienting messages at text level . |
| 11 | In May 1165 the Queen took Richard and his elder sister Matilda ( born 1156 ) to Normandy ; a fortnight later King Henry crossed the Channel in the other direction , leaving his family behind while he mounted a major campaign , albeit an unsuccessful one , against the Welsh . |
| 12 | Betty and George had both worked and were able to enjoy a few years of their retirement together before he had a major stroke . |
| 13 | Our efforts last year were completed when we made a major presentation to the fund at a prize-giving in October . |
| 14 | After Freud had done his worst it turned out that there was still an ‘ unanalysed residue ’ when he had a major relapse some years later . |
| 15 | The most astonishing aspect of the case was not that she had an understandable desire to disport herself in space , but that under the law as it stands a major general had to offer her an abject apology for the recruiting sergeant showing a welcome piece of common sense . |