Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [vb pp] a major [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A second team is currently working at Moscow airport , which has become a major transit point for people without proper documents .
2 Perhaps most importantly , a clear statement of the Government 's interest could do a great deal to improve industry 's poor image in the eyes of the media and of young people , a factor which has made a major contribution to our failure as a nation to make the best of our reserves of natural talent .
3 Emigration , which has played a major part in Goa 's culture , is the reason for its emptiness .
4 On April 19 Verdiger announced that he would after all support Labour , but on April 22 Shas , the ultra-orthodox party which had played a major role in the collapse of the coalition in March by abstaining in a vote of no-confidence , announced its absolute support for Likud .
5 Following intervention by Sweden ( which had played a major role in initiating the US-PLO dialogue in 1988 ) , the PLO issued a statement on June 11 which declared that the organization remained " against any military action which targets civilians , regardless of the nature of such actions , and we condemn it " .
6 The National Assembly on Oct. 1 approved the dissolution of the powerful National Defence Council , the body which had played a major role in the planning and execution of security policy during the Vietnam war .
7 Television , which had become a major force in American political life , was essential to Reagan 's success in obtaining the Republican nomination in 1980 .
8 Probably because it started the 1980s with a fleet of new 125mph HSTs which had made a major impact on its market , the East Coast main line was far better placed to withstand the rigours of the recession than its West Coast neighbour .
9 Priority will also be given to cooperation with many social movements which have played a major part in the struggle for democracy in different parts of the world .
10 Perhaps this is of particular importance when considering the more informal pedagogies which have played a major part in teaching activity since the late 1960s .
11 It 's antics like this which have become a major problem in towns and cities up and down the country in recent years , generating fear on estates like Blackbird Leys in Oxford .
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