Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] the [num ord] major " in BNC.
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1 | Following the opening of the Deviation in 1978 , the rebuilding of the old line between Tan y Grisiau and Blaenau became the next major goal for the Railway . |
2 | Changes to the law relating to agricultural land introduced in late April and early May constituted the first major reform of land-tenure legislation since 1969 . |
3 | MELROSE won the first major sevens of the season , beating Hawick 24–6 in the final of Glasgow High/Kelvinside 's Ryden tournament . |
4 | Palaces were constructed in the ancient Austrasian royal centres , and Charles instigated the first major bridge building for centuries , with a structure 500 metres long at Mainz . |
5 | In a joint venture with Petrolimex , the Vietnamese state oil company , BP became the first major oil company to build a lubricants blending plant and to market lubricants in that country . |