Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] a major part " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since association ( or multi-employer ) bargaining became a major part of the industrial relations systems of these countries the specific collective bargaining role of employers ' associations now requires more detailed analysis . |
| 2 | A levy of some sort is essential , so that the industry plays a major part in all training . |
| 3 | The poetry which the children produced as a result forms a major part of the exhibition which also includes photographs from the library 's archives , the Bigger-McDonald Collection , the Willie Carson Collection and those donated by the late Mabel Colhoun . |
| 4 | Tory politicians of the so-called New Right have undoubtedly been the most active in promoting these ways of thinking , and the ‘ law-and-order ’ question played a major part in Mrs Thatcher 's victorious election campaign in 1979 . |
| 5 | Steve Douglas 's Fanzine ‘ Go for It ’ started this year , and from a piece of folded photocopied paper , it eventually went on to become a printed glossy skate mag covering much of the skate scene at the time and the next few years for which the Farnborough scene played a major part if not the main part . |
| 6 | An examination of this recycling forms a major part of this book 's analysis of international finance and LDCs . |
| 7 | It is important that the people of Northern Ireland take this opportunity to play a major part in deciding the future pattern of government in the area . |
| 8 | Carnitine plays a major part in cellular energy production . |
| 9 | The report clearly stresses the need to focus a major part of our resources on to workplace activity Nigel highlighted the complacent attitude of the enforcing authorities . |
| 10 | Guilt plays a major part in the who's-that-at-the-door game . |
| 11 | One simple factor played a major part in the calculations : time of day . |
| 12 | Lawyers for whom ducal service constituted a major part of their career were more likely to have been drawn from outside the duke 's regional orbit . |
| 13 | Lawyers for whom ducal service constituted a major part of their career were more likely to have been drawn from outside the duke 's regional orbit . |
| 14 | British Telecommunications Plc 's Atlanta-based Syncordia Corp is finally able to announce its contract to run a major part of the communications network for British Petroleum Co Plc : Syncordia will take over the management of a large part of BP 's existing communication infrastructure , including all North Sea communications ; no value given . |
| 15 | Despite such efforts , it is likely that abortion played a major part in the regulation of family size amongst the working class , especially in factory districts , where knowledge of abortifacient techniques was widespread . |
| 16 | Since the Royal Commission on Population found that out of a sample of 7,625 pregnancies only 147 resulted in criminal abortions ( equal to 2 per cent of all pregnancies and 17 per cent of all abortions ) , it is unlikely that changes in the abortion rate played a major part in accounting for the decrease in working class fertility . |
| 17 | The Kerry has an unusually long history as a specialist dairy breed and it has been suggested that it was being bred for milk production in early Irish Celtic times when , it is thought , milk formed a major part of the people 's diet , either fresh or preserved in various ways . |
| 18 | The decision was opposed by many , including some who were pro-choice ( in favour of women deciding for themselves ) , on the grounds that the court 's decision was apparently based more on a balancing of policy interests than on specifically legal argument , and it had the effect of stimulating the anti-abortion movement which in turn became a major part of the New Right . |
| 19 | IN THE old days , ’ he said , ‘ the Soviet Union played a major part in keeping Western Europe stable . |
| 20 | A national investment bank deploying a major part of personal savings would have to find means of channelling funds to private industry , and develop control measures to ensure that the funds are used productively . |
| 21 | Often , negative experiences in institutions during childhood and youth play a major part in this . |
| 22 | There is something very special about climbing hills where the sea plays a major part in the surrounding scenery . |
| 23 | Because the effective osmotic pressure exerted by ethanol is far less than its measured osmotic pressure , however , it is unlikely that high osmolarity plays a major part in the production of acid inhibition by ethanol . |
| 24 | Electricity has a major part to play in making Christmas go with a swing . |
| 25 | Oral tradition played a major part in transmitting and passing down this culture of superstition . |
| 26 | After the outbreak of the Reformation crisis , Henry 's overseas ambitions were unabated , and it seems certain that their cost played a major part in prompting the rapacious seizure and subsequent disposal of the monastic lands , the greatest tenurial revolution in English history since the Norman Conquest . |
| 27 | Of course vaccines alone will not prevent child mortality caused by infectious diseases ; better social and economic conditions , and better education about prevention play a major part , as they did in industrialised countries about a century ago . |