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 .
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