Example sentences of "[was/were] [num] [prep] [art] major [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SWINGEING UK premium hikes were one of the major reasons for a dramatic profits turnround by insurance giant Commercial Union in the third quarter of 1992 . |
| 2 | So they actually took a very active role against it , and had been the allies of people like the National Consumers ' League on other issues , but on this one they really differed , and were one of the major blocks to passing the legislation . |
| 3 | They were one of the major successes in London 's Dance Umbrella Festival of 1989 . |
| 4 | Eh and perhaps were one of the major funders in the past I say General Portfolio until recently were the major funders er in the in the ninety ninety one but there 's been no company that 's been funding the theatre on a regular basis . |
| 5 | THE start of the installation of the drainage system and the installation of the pelican crossing on the A31 were two of the major developments which had happened during the year . |
| 6 | ‘ Farnborough was one of the major ramps in English skate history . |
| 7 | Prior to the 1275 statute of Jewry he was one of the major moneylenders in the Jewish community . |
| 8 | " It was one of the major tragedies of Nicholas I that his reign ended in a war over the Turkish problem which he had worked for so long to solve by peaceful and negotiated agreement " . |
| 9 | It is undeniable that artillery was making progress , and that its development was one of the major changes associated with the conduct of war at this time . |
| 10 | With the wide coverage and freedom given to pupils to develop their own individual lines of inquiry , the identification of a large an detailed collection of keywords was one of the major tasks at the design stage . |
| 11 | It was never on the agenda in Britain which I think was one of the major problems in the early days . |
| 12 | My hon. Friend was one of the major promoters of the scheme to bring electricity to Rathlin . |
| 13 | The complex relationship between the professional provision of services and the determination of public policy was one of the major preoccupations of the Widdicombe Report and the subsequent legislation . |
| 14 | This is not least interesting , because before the mass New Commonwealth immigration after 1950 , North Shields was one of the major locations of non-European settlement in the UK ( Little , 1947 ) . |
| 15 | It was one of the major developments in locomotive design and was adopted worldwide . |
| 16 | The need to start younger members of a family upon a career frequently brought a freeholder to seek the aid of a politician , and this was one of the major elements in interest building . |
| 17 | This view of the structurally determined nature of thought and action , and the difficulty this posed for the representatives of the working class when using a formally neutral state to serve ends other than those of capitalism , was one of the major insights which underpinned Ralph Miliband 's seminal book of the 1960s , The State in Capitalist Society . |
| 18 | Fishing was one of the major activities for Minoans living on the coast , but there is as yet no evidence for the way in which they organized their fishing . |
| 19 | Originally England could supply the necessary quantities of corn from its own surplus , and later it was able to re-export corn from the Baltic , which was one of the major granaries for the lands of western Europe in the late Middle Ages . |
| 20 | German war records rescued after the last war showed that Hitler 's use of astrology was one of the major causes for his demise . |
| 21 | BP Norway was one of the major participants in this year 's Environment Northern Seas exhibition in Stavanger . |
| 22 | The elimination of corruption from the party was one of the major demands of the pro-democracy movement which flourished for seven weeks between April to June 1989 before being brutally suppressed by the armed forces . |
| 23 | I have said that this is ‘ all ’ a hair-rig is , but now I will describe the principle behind it and then you will realise that it was one of the major advances in technique for many years . |
| 24 | The previous tournament in New Zealand was one of the major highlights in a 60-cap career . |
| 25 | The survival of the Stewart line now hung by the thread of a baby 's life , and not surprisingly Mary 's health was one of the major worries of the first year of the reign . |
| 26 | Well we were disappointed in the Good Report because er they did say it was one of the major issues , and yet they said that they did n't think any sweep in changes are needed which rather erm contradicted the earlier part of our report , we would have thought there were erm changes needed . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , it must also be said that the new revenue at the monks ' disposal served to hasten the building of the new choir of the cathedral , which ( as we shall see ) was one of the major achievements of Anselm 's archiepiscopate . |