Example sentences of "as [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Haughey 's espousal of liberal reforms was seen as a response to the shock result of the November 1990 presidential election [ see p. 37868 ] , in which the victory of Mary Robinson , a woman supported by the Labour Party and the Workers ' Party , was seen as reflecting a major shift in voters ' attitudes and a challenge to the traditional political dominance of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael . |
| 2 | When the draft report was issued in May , it was universally welcomed as heralding a major step forward in the way that UK listed companies should be run . |
| 3 | The second language list , which included those languages other than the ‘ major ’ EC languages , should rather be seen as representing a major step forward in the recognition of the importance of , for example , Urdu . |
| 4 | For our decade-conscious brains , an event that happens only once per aeon is so rare as to seem a major miracle . |
| 5 | Britain in the 1940s and 1950s saw itself as having a major power ( primarily military ) space programme . |
| 6 | County council officials have already gone on record as saying the humps are not so severe as to pose a major problem for the buses . |
| 7 | Only one member of the feudal class , Sir Robert Knolles , is reported as playing a major part in the attack on the rebels in London , although the earl of Suffolk and Bishop Despenser of Norwich were prominent in the repression in East Anglia . |
| 8 | Small scale enterprise and self-employment are increasingly recognised as playing a major role in Britain 's economy . |
| 9 | It is also important to remember that where jobs are indeed a problem , as in Ireland , postgraduate research positions should be clearly seen as making a major contribution to employment — where else would employment cost so little and the employee undergo intensive training ? |