Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [vb pp] a major " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a survey of small businesses , Nat West said that late payment of trade debts has become a major problem over the past year . |
| 2 | The poll is not analysed , but it is striking that countries where pollution from cars has become a major problem have the highest percentages of people who believe that the state of the environment requires urgent action : 85 per cent in Italy ( at the top of the list ) , where Milan , one of the world 's smoggiest cities , now has car-free days and the capital Rome also suffers severely from vehicle congestion and pollution ; 84 per cent in Greece , where restrictions on cars in Athens are imposed to save the citizens ' lungs and their ancient monuments ; 80 per cent in the most vehicle emission-conscious country in Europe , West Germany , whose dead trees have become the symbol of pollution . |
| 3 | To my knowledge , such considerations have had a major influence on the circumstances of many other homeless people in West Yorkshire and elsewhere . |
| 4 | There is no doubt that the growth and authority of employers ' associations has had a major influence both upon the development and the direction of collective bargaining in many countries . |
| 5 | That same report concluded that high income elasticities and low price elasticities had played a major part in this observed growth . |
| 6 | His all-embracing marine articles have played a major part in instructing newcomers to the hobby , while many of his photographs show marine fish in their natural settings . |
| 7 | The development of SVQs has formed a major part of our work in this sector over the last year . |
| 8 | Though the last twenty years has seen a major step forward in our understanding of the Scottish Reformation and of Scottish society in the sixteenth century , there is still an extraordinary gulf between the personality and the reign of Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 9 | The last twenty years has seen a major effort , theoretical and observational to understand the evolution of animal societies . |
| 10 | Whether commissioned as a promotional tool or not , the showing of such films has had a major effect on the outside world 's perception of Edinburgh . |
| 11 | The policy of fixed commissions had remained a major bone of contention throughout the Government 's dispute with the Stock Exchange . |
| 12 | This set the tone for the 1980s , when , despite successive draconian states of emergency , both secondary schools and universities have played a major part in challenging the government . |
| 13 | Scottish conservationists have won a major award to create a marine underwater trail at Dunollie Point near Oban . |
| 14 | However , the last few years have seen a major closure programme of deep mines in Wales as elsewhere . |
| 15 | These key demographic developments of the past 20–30 years have had a major impact on regional and local populations in the UK . |
| 16 | In the last ten years social movements of all kinds have played a major part in the transition to democracy ( and not only in Latin America and Eastern Europe ) , in human rights , environmental , peace and other movements . |
| 17 | By the autumn of 1917 , food queues had become a major grievance and demands for a more equitable distribution of food led to mass demonstrations and even strikes in many parts of the country . |
| 18 | While business studies had become a major component of CNAA-validated undergraduate courses , the DMS was the stepping stone into concern for part-time continuing education in the management field . |
| 19 | The Tyne atmosphere , in the formation of which merchant navy officers have played a major role ( before the war transition from seamen to officer was not uncommon although it is very rare now ) , is well reproduced in a number of memoirs ( see Before the Box Boats by Captain A. W. King horn of Cullercoats , 1983 ) . |
| 20 | The influence of agribusiness is felt throughout the Third world , though North American firms have found a major outlet in Latin America . |
| 21 | Although Urry ( 134 ) reasonably cautions against a ‘ politicist ’ account that sees nationalization as largely reflecting the ambitions of the labour movement and its political representatives , these ambitions have had a major impact on nationalization . |
| 22 | Within two weeks of unprecedented activity , even the ill organised London dockers had achieved a major victory on recognition and wages and conditions . |
| 23 | Despite few policy differences between the two major parties , the PNM exploited widespread fears that in agreeing to the temporary residence of 100 Haitian refugees , Robinson was seeking to change the racial mix in a country where race relations had become a major political and social issue . |
| 24 | Privatization of public corporations has become a major feature of Conservative policy . |
| 25 | These departments have become a major force in local government and are among the main spending departments after education . |
| 26 | These developments have formed a major part of a debate over whether a Keynesian revolution had occurred in the Treasury by 1947 [ Booth , 1983 ; 1984 ; Peden , 1987 ; Rollings , 1985 ; Tomlinson , 1984 ] . |
| 27 | It is also the culmination of a fifteen-year period in which the care of children had become a major political concern , the focus of media attention and public outrage , and an ideological battleground for rival pressure groups and experts . |
| 28 | Returning from a break in Wales , we found annual nettles , chickweed and seedling thistles had made a major takeover bid for the plot ; a bit of a blow , but not entirely unexpected . |
| 29 | Worldwide , indeed , ‘ exotic ’ species introduced by human beings have become a major cause of extinctions : probably second in importance only to loss of habitat . |
| 30 | Social services have undergone a major change . |