Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Ashness Bridge , one of the most frequented sites in the Lakes , he helped to launch a major programme to combat the erosion caused by the pounding of millions of visitors ' feet over the years . |
| 2 | But then why would Mao in nineteen forty five say that how that they 'd made a major concession to land to the tiller but that this is a correct one and they 're going to , that land reform has to be taken in stages and they 're going to first of all reduce rent and , I mean er |
| 3 | The moves seemed to mark a major change in the government 's attitude to the conflict . |
| 4 | Aberdeen arrived back from Turin this afternoon , knowing they 'd taken a major step towards the quarter finals of the Cup Winners Cup . |
| 5 | Leonel Alvarez , rated at about £1 million and expected to play a major part in his country 's World Cup campaign , had been lined up initially on loan , but Derby 's manager Arthur Cox said : ‘ We explored the situation , but it was n't possible . ’ |
| 6 | Agricultural institutions also began to play a major role in applying biological theory to the problems of agriculture . |
| 7 | Russia under Peter the Great and Catherine began to take a major part in the affairs of Europe . |
| 8 | Regular entertaining of company personnel , as well as occasional friends at weekends , threatened to become a major preoccupation for Laura . |
| 9 | ‘ I decided to build a major development . |
| 10 | Last month Objectivity Inc started delivering a major upgrade of its object database , Objectivity/DB Version 2.0 , adding SQL++ for ad hoc query and new application life-cycle features to help administer distributed databases and update deployed applications . |
| 11 | Now 26 he decided to make a major leap into white collar work . |
| 12 | On June 28 , five days after the letterhead date , the Sunday Times did carry a major article supporting Prince Charles . |
| 13 | Much later in the war Stoddard 's factory did have a major fire that destroyed much of what was then called Patrick Bank . |
| 14 | In the fourteenth century the Fabian tactics of the chevauchée found greater favour on both sides , although there were notable exceptions when the heavy cavalry did play a major role . |
| 15 | The policy did represent a major challenge and the RHA was well aware that some authorities would be more able than others to make the change . |
| 16 | Not only that , but after beating bankruptcy as well as calls for his resignation , Miller took Hibs to Hampden last year and lifted the Skol League Cup — the first time in 20 years that the Edinburgh club had won a major trophy . |
| 17 | The ANC secretary-general , Cyril Ramaphosa , said the government had made a major concession on the issue of devolution of power to regional governments . |
| 18 | General Motors of America believed they had made a major breakthrough into the British market in 1985 when they persuaded Foster Yeoman to buy four specially constructed 3,300hp locomotives to haul heavy stone traffic from their Merehead quarry to locations in the South East . |
| 19 | The Empire had made a major contribution , in men and resources , to the French war effort , much national pride was invested in it , and it was seen as a source of continuing French influence in the world . |
| 20 | Probably because it started the 1980s with a fleet of new 125mph HSTs which had made a major impact on its market , the East Coast main line was far better placed to withstand the rigours of the recession than its West Coast neighbour . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But the Germans really had little to boast about ; they too had made a major blunder early on by concentrating on the construction of Zeppelins , and their maintenance of technical superiority during most of the war was almost entirely thanks to the brilliance of a twenty-five-year-old Dutchman , Tony Fokker . |
| 23 | I later realised I had missed a major opportunity for helping change the situation . |
| 24 | Last night in the ‘ Digital pubs ’ it did n't really matter any more whether Heseltine had offered a major defence contract inducement to the company . |
| 25 | He had n't seen anyone carry on like this since going to watch the World Wrestling Federation with Gilbert Lewis , the man next door 's nephew , who had had a major seizure at the sight of a man called Hulk Hogan and had written to Robert afterwards to say that he ‘ had never expected to see anything like that in real life ’ . |
| 26 | There seems little doubt that the team suffered badly by being deprived of the services of Ian Gow , a widely-respected , close associate of the Prime Minister who had played a major part in her 1989 campaign and whose murder by the IRA in July had led to the Eastbourne by-election . |
| 27 | This unit had played a major part in the successful First Libyan Campaign , and included a number of experienced fighter pilots in its ranks . |
| 28 | Britain had played a major part in the Bretton Woods agreement which , through the establishment of the International Monetary Fund , led to a major role for sterling as a reserve currency [ Eckes , 1975 ] ; and in 1945 , after considerable debate , it had opted for a large US loan ( $3.75bn plus $650m in settlement of Lend-Lease obligations ) as against tighter domestic restrictions on consumption , to help to overcome post-war shortages of goods and materials . |
| 29 | The Royalists ( Chetniks ) under Mihailovitch had played a major part in anti-German resistance through much of the war , although increasingly they had been in direct conflict with Tito 's partisans , who saw them as the main enemy in establishing a Communist post-war Yugoslavia , and this had also led to them acting on occasion in concert with German forces . |
| 30 | It was the ultimate war , the final confrontation between Good and Evil , and he had played a major part in the war . |