Example sentences of "[ex0] [verb] [be] a major " in BNC.

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1 Roger Henderson , QC , the Bar 's public affairs spokesman , warned that the words used in the White Paper were open to different interpretations , but said : ‘ Lord Donaldson has plainly interpreted the White Paper on the basis that there has been a major change from the Green Paper . ’
2 A : Unfortunately there has been a major problem with overbooking among Cypriot hoteliers .
3 In fact , although over the past forty years there has been a major transformation of the Yugoslav economy , inter-regional differences are at least as great as they were before , and in some cases even greater .
4 For several years there has been a major breed improvement and production scheme in France to increase its genetic merit and select the best breeding stock from a nucleus of 45,000 recorded cows .
5 In particular , there has been a major and disproportionate increase in shoplifting ( 3 per cent of theft in 1945 , compared with 14 per cent in 1978 ) and in thefts from , and of , motor vehicles .
6 There has been a major increase over the last year in the number of disqualification proceedings taken out against directors , according to the Insolvency Service .
7 In the twentieth century , however , there has been a major change .
8 In Manchester there has been a major development of a Sexual Assault Referral Centre , jointly funded by the police and hospital authorities .
9 He could not argue , looking at Imperial , that there has been a major brain drain of senior staff .
10 Over the past few decades , in particular , in structuralist anthropology , psychoanalysis , and Marxist theory , there has been a major theoretical effort to challenge the naturalness of the ‘ unitary subject ’ in social theory , to see the individual as a product of social forces , an ‘ ensemble of social relations ’ , rather than as a simple natural unity .
11 In recent years there has been a major media hype about the supposed increase of government funding of initiatives in West Belfast .
12 Nonetheless given all the complexity of the above , and consequent disagreements over dates and magnitudes , there has been a major change in the importance of manufacturing within the UK economy .
13 In particular , while the broad move towards smaller , more powerful pocket-sized computing has continued , there has been a major new entrant into the field of handheld information devices .
14 As we have already seen , these make up a sizeable number of temporary workers and in the years since 1983 there has been a major expansion of special employment measures in Britain .
15 There has been a major effort to downplay Popov 's importance , to dismiss him as a ne'er do well and playboy , ’ Summers says .
16 Moreover , in a study by Smith-Goosne and Bennett ( 1988 ) , it was suggested that there has been a major rise in work-effort in recent years .
17 ‘ Alaska has a lot fewer , but larger , assets than XEU but there has been a major reorganisation there , ’ he says .
18 Therefore , there has been a major expansion .
19 I hope that the hon. Gentleman recognises that there has been a major expansion .
20 This may not be obvious if there has been a major problem and a solution has evaded many attempts to reach it .
21 There has been a major tendency , for example , to bypass and ignore the concept of " God " altogether — a situation which leaves children where they were .
22 However , according to the Halifax Building Society , there has been a major surge in interest for SAYE of late , thanks to low interest rates .
23 As a result of these concerns , there has been a major drive in both countries to reduce the burden placed on state finances by public enterprises .
24 So that there has been a major breakthrough in the appreciation of English music , but it 's not quite , it 's still on the periphery , I think , of erm music as far as the Germans , the French and the Italians are concerned .
25 By 1979 , however , the survey found that there had been a major shift in support for privatization and public opinion remained in favour of further privatization in 1983 , and probably reflected a positive response to the Thatcher policies .
26 In the meantime there had been a major change in the political landscape of Derry , with the announcement on 22 November of the imminent abolition of Londonderry Corporation and the appointment of a Development Commission to run the city 's affairs .
27 If it could be shown that over the years there had been a major redistribution of wealth from the rich to the poor , this would indicate a reduction in class inequalities .
28 THE first day of Yorkshire 's only County Championship match of the season at Middlesbrough was washed out yesterday but not before there had been a major surprise at rain-soaked Acklam Park .
29 However , in the interest of brevity , I will my remarks to points A and B. Since nineteen seventy nine there 's been a major shift away from our industrial base towards service industries .
30 But there 's been a major change to this familiar scene .
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