Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] be a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Sun decisively sabotaged what should have been a major circulation booster for its main competitor . |
| 2 | Weed control must have been a major problem for a one pass cultivation system before the development of herbicides , and the extra weight of the rotor unit and the engine must have made the plough difficult to handle at the headlands . |
| 3 | If it had n't rained the night before the car was burnt , there could have been a major forest fire . |
| 4 | Three times world champion Thorpe would have been a major attraction at the Lisburn meeting , but in his absence they have signed up world championship rivals Mervyn Anstie and Gared Smith for the Toyota trophy meeting which takes place at Larchfield Estate close to Legacurry , Lisburn . |
| 5 | The loss of the plant would have been a major blow to the local economy . |
| 6 | To have won either award would have been a major achievement ; to have won both Environmental and Export Awards in the same year is remarkable and gives us great satisfaction . |
| 7 | In the past there would have been a major famine ; now they have simply called on their own 30-million-ton reserve of wheat . |
| 8 | By then there would have been a major waste of resources . |
| 9 | Had the crowd not been prepared to accept the directions of the stewards at Carlisle Square and had they made an attempt to follow the original route , there would have been a major clash with the RUC and the loyalists and large-scale violence . |