Example sentences of "be [num] [prep] [art] major " in BNC.

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1 The precise methods of extracting these necessary ‘ products ’ from this ‘ external ’ source was also to be one of the major practical and theoretical problems of the 1920s .
2 It must be one of the major frustrations of being a veterinary surgeon that you can never convince your patients that you are on their side and are working tirelessly to save them and help them back to full health .
3 Inability to select the right people is considered to be one of the major weaknesses of British management , a weakness with a hidden cost of many millions of pounds a year .
4 Stockton and Darlington Railway engine ‘ Locomotion ’ , a working replica from Beamish Museum of the 1825 original , will be one of the major historic attractions at the two-day event to be held at Bishops Lydeard .
5 This proved to be one of the major highlights of the event , and a first for the SVR .
6 Amnesty 's Walk For Life will be one of the major fundraising events of the next 12 months .
7 This is not to say that it would not encourage efforts at more intense integration : indeed , this was to be one of the major concerns of the Assembly .
8 However , it will be one of the major themes of this article that , from a social psychological point of view , one needs to look beyond the explicit arguments , which are produced in the course of actual controversies .
9 The latter have not yet really taken root in movies , but may be one of the major developments of the 1990s .
10 In the event the plot ratio proved to be one of the major devices whereby the city was prevented from turning into a miniature New York ( Cherry and Penny , 1986 ) .
11 The Buchanan Report , Traffic in towns was published in 1963 , attended by extensive publicity ; it proved to be one of the major planning documents of the decade .
12 A more flexible approach to the policy structure by these two underwriters will be one of the major benefits of this more competitive market .
13 To ensure that his sovereign 's dignity was not slighted by any infringement of the precedence claimed by his representatives continued to be one of the major tasks of the European diplomat ; and the continuing importance of questions of precedence is shown by the continuing production of books which claimed to elucidate them .
14 He said that developing a " European doctrine " on nuclear defence would " soon be one of the major questions " to be addressed by the European Communities ( EC ) in the movement towards political and economic unity .
15 There is a lot of ‘ Glasgowing on ’ within the Company as preparations are being made to provide material for an exhibition that will be one of the major events within the Cultural Capital of Europe .
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