Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How to avert both these dangers became a major concern among employers , politicians and in the press , although optimism remained that solutions could be found . |
| 2 | The proposals involved a major change to the presentation of financial performance both in the p&l account itself and for items passing through reserves . |
| 3 | The ethnic borders remain a major constraint and not until they have been done away with can we be effective . |
| 4 | Modern corporate businesses are few and licences for small-scale repair shops and petty street traders provide a major share of city revenue . |
| 5 | The new styles marked a major change of direction at the time of the Civil Wars ; although they often impinged only indirectly on local farming life , the upheavals of the 1640s were enough to halt the great rebuilding almost entirely . |
| 6 | The last decades of the nineteenth and the first decade of the twentieth centuries saw a major attempt at moral restructuring which had its effects both in legislation and in the tone of public life . |
| 7 | If the concentration of production and distribution units becomes a major force in the transition to the SEM , there will be an inevitable tendency for that concentration to occur in the core regions which will probably not only contain relevant headquarters and production units , but will also guarantee proximity to markets and immediate access to a range of supporting service functions . |
| 8 | Continuing growth has meant that as investors , insurance companies and pension funds represent a major influence in the assets markets . |
| 9 | The regular clergy remained a major source of friction , however , and the claims of Benedictine and Cistercian monasteries and nunneries could often run counter to the interests of secular nobles . |
| 10 | Daily encounters in residential settings underwent a major change because the needs of young people are different from those of children . |
| 11 | THE FOREMARK HALL Locomotive Associates suffered a major blow in the restoration of their locomotives when thieves broke into their temporary work shop at the Swindon and Cricklade Railway — and stole vital parts . |
| 12 | A huge backlog of unfit dwellings was apparent , and in the event the period between the mid-1950s and mid-1970s wrought a major transformation . |
| 13 | Unpaid poll tax bills remain a major problem for the council . |
| 14 | Housing associations received a major boost from the Housing Act 1974 when a new once-and-for-all capital grant became payable at the outset of each scheme ( Baker 1976 ; Lansley 1979 ) . |
| 15 | Another was the comparative economic weakness of the Celtic nations , especially felt with passion in Scotland where a continuous nationalist upsurge from the mid-1960s threatened a major disruption of the United Kingdom . |
| 16 | As we have seen , this applies to industrial relations issues such as pay determination , and to matters having a major bearing on industrial relations , such as restructuring and rationalization plans . |
| 17 | This was important to set the issues that would have to be addressed in any mining company EIA in advance and to ensure community concerns formed a major part of the agenda to be addressed . |
| 18 | An estimated 50,000 people were reported killed [ see p. 38081 ] , and the ensuing terror in Kurdish-inhabited areas precipitated a major refugee crisis as hundreds of thousands sought refuge in neighbouring Turkey and Iran . |
| 19 | Quantification of these effects presents a major challenge for the future . |
| 20 | These circumstances play a major role in determining the variety of rearing systems found in nature . |
| 21 | Private members ' bills offer a major opportunity for backbench initiative . |
| 22 | With such complacency , it would be an abrogation of our duty to allow two commercial companies to ruin a major industry and its jobs and to wipe out a multi-billion pound investment made on behalf of taxpayers . |
| 23 | Parents have a major role to play in getting the message home . |
| 24 | Several studies have suggested that health visitors have a major role to play in screening and assessing the elderly ( Luker 1988 ; Vetter et al . |
| 25 | Revision of coaching awards represents a major undertaking for a governing body . |
| 26 | Banks make a major contribution to industrial financing which is not shown in their lending figures , in that they facilitate the leasing of equipment . |
| 27 | In addition , since US banks had limited placing power in Europe , European banks played a major part in distribution . |
| 28 | The distribution of spontaneous amplitudes showed a major peak at 250μV , which is in reasonable agreement with the quantal size of the evoked response . |
| 29 | Gramsci 's writings marked a major shift away from the one-sided economic determinism of writers such as Rusche and Kirchheimer . |
| 30 | Clients of licensed dealers find a major problem in selling back their OTC stock . |