Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The recession has not had a major impact , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 2 | But many observers , considering the harsh fact that Cram has not won a major championship medal since the 1986 European Championships , believe the Jarrow ace is too old and too injury-prone to make the grade in the 5,000m . |
| 3 | The Dreghorn barracks in Edinburgh has just undergone a major refurbishment programme as well as having a new wing built . |
| 4 | ( 5 ) Bleasdale Computers ( Harvard OTC ) " The company has just arranged a major deal with British Telecom who will market and supply their computers . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , 14/ 20th Hussars came back off exercise with a lot of dead equipment and 2nd Field Regiment has just finished a major inspection in preparation for firing camp starting in three weeks . |
| 6 | The decision not to simply take over the entire MoMA show was made partly on the grounds that the Pompidou has already mounted a major Matisse retrospective ( in 1971 ) , and partly through a desire to study in depth a period of the artist 's life now viewed as fundamental for the development of twentieth-century painting . |
| 7 | This suggests that during a fluent phase a speaker has already done a major part of the planning before beginning to speak a clause . |
| 8 | Palace face a fierce battle with Scottish giants Rangers to sign the tall , explosive striker who has already made a major impact north of the border . |
| 9 | Edinburgh 's Douglas Watson , who has already won a major award in the US for his three dimensional illustration work has created his study from a clay panel . |
| 10 | The fact that such technology has already had a major impact upon the leisure industry should not fill us with wild joy . |
| 11 | ‘ Art has always played a major part in my life — both my parents are painters . |
| 12 | From Table 9.6(a) it can be seen that bank financing has always played a major part in financing British industrial and commercial companies . |
| 13 | It said : ‘ There are extreme viewpoints , but this study has clearly identified a major problem area for the National Health Service . ’ |
| 14 | Since its discovery by Avogadro in the early part of the nineteenth century , this knowledge has also become a major problem for homoeopathic practitioners . |
| 15 | The housing slump has also had a major impact on removal firms . |
| 16 | The housing slump has also had a major impact on removal firms . |
| 17 | The department has also won a major order from Phillips Petroleum for fire protection equipment for the North Sea Judy/Joanne fields development project . |
| 18 | The financing of social services has now become a major issue of electoral concern . |
| 19 | At the age of 32 , he has yet to win a major championship . |
| 20 | Throughout the world , the virus hepatitis B has recently become a major health problem . |
| 21 | It has recently completed a major computerisation programme which will enable it to improve its service to the customer still further . |
| 22 | Indeed the DES has currently funded a major research project designed to evaluate the pilot schemes it has funded , for example for developing records of achievement . |
| 23 | This new product fills effectively closes a major gap in Microsoft 's Windows product line up , which until now has n't featured a top-end DBMS . |
| 24 | Thus , where element analysis by X-ray fluorescence of the inlays on two silver Anglo-Saxon disc brooches shows both to have a major component of silver , with some copper and sulphur . |
| 25 | Before the ark disappears from the narrative for the time being ( it does not play a major role again until its triumphal entry into Jerusalem in 2 Samuel 6 , though it does feature in another battle with the Philistines in 1 Samuel 14 ) , it leaves behind one more reminder that it is not to be trifled with . |
| 26 | However , this does not become a major problem until the late eighteenth century . |
| 27 | De La Rue chairman Peter Orchard comments : ‘ This does not have a major effect on the results of the company for the half year of for the previous year , but it does have the consequence of increasing marginally our earnings per share in both periods as the result of including within ordinary activities certain items previously classified as extraordinary . ’ |
| 28 | She 's also had a major skin graft . |