Example sentences of "have [adv] be a major " in BNC.

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1 Transport of raw materials for energy use has long been a major sector in marine commerce but coal in particular has been the dominant single energy cargo .
2 ICI has long been a major supplier of surfactants , which are the active ingredient in detergents .
3 A third factor is that there has not been a major epidemic in Britain for 20 years .
4 The economic significance of capital maintenance in the balance sheets of public sector organizations has not been a major concern of accountants in the past .
5 The area has always been a major centre for the narcotics trade .
6 As we will see in Chapter 9 , language production has also been a major area of study for researchers concerned with acquired language disorders in adults .
7 And perhaps I can tie that in with the , the comment from Mr about people from having loved ones in I am bound to say that this has n't been a major feature of our er er
8 It should also be stressed that it is perfectly possible to have reservations about , or even to reject , both these schools , and yet to accept that there has indeed been a major shift in the economy and geography of the UK since the mid-1960s !
9 The establishment of a National Curriculum has certainly been a major historical movement , but it is not the case that nothing was defined prior to 1988 and now everything is defined .
10 To me , a band with the profile of The Wedding Present , for Shaun to leave under the circumstances he did , it should have actually been a major story , ’ he says .
11 Of course , Jessamy 's arrival on the scene as Julius 's fiancée had obviously been a major crisis .
12 Given that Paisley 's ability to predict political events had always been a major part of his public image , one would have expected the electorate to turn against him , especially when he had committed his personal prestige to the extent of offering to resign if the strike did not change British policy .
13 Fishing had always been a major industry .
14 His close , intimate relationship with his personal assistant , Marissa Kenton , had also been a major contributory factor .
15 The report concluded that there had consequently been a major increase in defaults and arrears during 1990 , with some $85,000 million of interest and capital repayment outstanding at the end of the year , about three times the level recorded in 1985 .
16 As these teachers realized they were not to get the major posts of responsibility , that their objective career progression had come to an end , that their own subject expertise was being compared unfavourably with that of their colleagues from former grammar schools , and that they were to be allocated the ‘ dirty work ’ of teaching the lower-ability groups in the lower streams — they formed a staff counterculture which set about resisting the initiatives of the head , and they withdrew that commitment and enthusiasm in the classroom that had previously been a major part of their secondary modern identity :
17 ‘ Instead she has , in effect , admitted that the problems have obviously been a major topic of conversation at the highest level . ’
18 The effects of changes in land use on groundwater quality can thus be very significant , and they have again been a major aspect of the BGS Hydrogeology Group 's work .
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