Example sentences of "who [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Galileo 's contemporary , Kepler , who contributed a major breakthrough in that direction when he discovered that each planetary orbit could be represented by a single ellipse , with the sun at one focus . |
| 2 | The Ffestiniog Railway , who caused a major controversy when they attempted to revive the old 1922 company which ran the 22-miles two foot gauge-line before the Second World War , have proposed a plan to re-open the line from the northern end including building along the track bed of the former LNWR branch from Dinas Junction to Caernarfon . |
| 3 | Many hitherto unpublished photographs accompany details of the parts played by the Royal Observer Corps , Civil Defence , Fire , Police and Ambulance services , plus the men and women who worked in the anti-aircraft emplacements , ATS , Balloon Command , and of course the RAF , who played a major role in photographing and bombing the manufacture and launch sites . |
| 4 | The draft standards were produced by specialist consultants who undertook a major programme of analysis of the many occupational roles of those involved in training and development . |
| 5 | There was a high attendance by women , who formed a major part of the thinking . |
| 6 | In addition , it is the young old — those in their sixties and seventies — who play a major part , disproportionate to their numbers , in the maintenance of voluntary organizations which contribute not only to the welfare of the disadvantaged but also to the cultural activities of the country at large . |
| 7 | It is also essential that they are part of the community , getting to know the members , donors , tenants and volunteers who play a major role in the work of the Trust . |
| 8 | This book is geared more to those parents who take a major part of the responsibility for the games and are just using the entertainer to bring an additional dimension to the party . |
| 9 | Director Malcolm Sutherland , who had a major success with his adaptation of The Wasp Factory is plainly drawn to the wayward or the warped , but this play promises more than it delivers . |
| 10 | Susannah York was a young up-and-coming leading lady who had a major part in the film . |