Example sentences of "not [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The circle has to be broken if the Book Trade is not to miss a major opportunity for a logical , practical and lucrative diversification . |
| 2 | But many observers , considering the harsh fact that Cram has not won a major championship medal since the 1986 European Championships , believe the Jarrow ace is too old and too injury-prone to make the grade in the 5,000m . |
| 3 | ‘ Celtic have not won a major trophy for a while and have lost out to rivals Rangers . |
| 4 | In early 1986 Norman still had those sickening chip-ins to come , but he was already gaining the reputation of being a great player who could not win a major championship — the mantle to be taken on , and shrugged off in time , by Curtis Strange . |
| 5 | Despite the completion of the Basic Treaty with East Germany , and the signature of a treaty with Czechoslovakia in 1973 , Ostpolitik did not bring a major change in Communist rule in Eastern Europe . |
| 6 | Schools can not achieve a major change on this and the ‘ basics ’ unaided by the rest of us . |
| 7 | This meant that school-children taking ‘ O ’ and ‘ A ’ levels were not moved during this crucial time and so disruption to schooling did not present a major problem for parents . |
| 8 | ‘ The recession has not had a major impact , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 9 | However , this does not become a major problem until the late eighteenth century . |
| 10 | The DipHE did not become a major feature of the higher education landscape . |
| 11 | Mary Hoffman 's Amazing Grace , illustrated by Caroline Binch and published by Francis Lincoln , is probably the best recent children 's book not to win a major prize . |
| 12 | However the board 's chief executive , Alan Smith , was able to say that unlike yesterday 's press conference the issue at the board meeting did not occupy a major part of the time . |
| 13 | However the board 's chief executive , Alan Smith , was able to say that unlike yesterday 's press conference the issue at the board meeting did not occupy a major part of the time . |
| 14 | It is accepted that general reading of the financial press is important but should not constitute a major part of the CPE undertaken . |
| 15 | The level of foreign trade was still low in terms of national income , and the USSR had not become a major trading partner for most of the developed capitalist countries ; nor was interpersonal contact particularly large given the population numbers involved . |
| 16 | Some might be willing to grant the general thrust of what has been said , that teaching and research are different kinds of activity , but still be reluctant to accept that teachers in higher education do not have a major responsibility to conduct research . |
| 17 | De La Rue chairman Peter Orchard comments : ‘ This does not have a major effect on the results of the company for the half year of for the previous year , but it does have the consequence of increasing marginally our earnings per share in both periods as the result of including within ordinary activities certain items previously classified as extraordinary . ’ |
| 18 | Camberwell did not have a major industry that distinguished it from other London districts , but it offered sufficient variety of employment to engage a majority of the workforce ; other breadwinners did not have to go far to reach central London . |
| 19 | In this particular organisation planning will not take a major role because the system is already well-defined and should operate in the same way on a day-to-day basis . |
| 20 | The main issue was the defence of Berwick town and port , without which King Edward could not risk a major advance into Scotland by land . |
| 21 | They are based on SCOTVEC 's very popular modular provision , so they will not require a major shift of emphasis in centres . |
| 22 | The previous chapter shows that there is an extremely wide range of roses , and although buying one may not seem a major event , costly mistakes can be made . |
| 23 | Before the ark disappears from the narrative for the time being ( it does not play a major role again until its triumphal entry into Jerusalem in 2 Samuel 6 , though it does feature in another battle with the Philistines in 1 Samuel 14 ) , it leaves behind one more reminder that it is not to be trifled with . |
| 24 | They carry a low degree of CD because , being context-dependent , they do not play a major role in pushing the communication forward . |
| 25 | The changes in the early 1970s were modifications of existing procedure and did not represent a major shift in emphasis . |
| 26 | Until your exhibition at Anthony d'Offay 's gallery last summer , you had not showed a major group of works in London since the Serpentine Gallery 's exhibition of 1975 . |
| 27 | If that 's not part of the three not part of the deal that you send in that will not cause a major problem . |
| 28 | But he warned : ‘ It would be naive to think the Provisional IRA are not planning a major attack on the British mainland . ’ |
| 29 | But he warned : ‘ It would be naive to think the Provisional IRA are not planning a major attack on the British mainland . ’ |
| 30 | But he warned : ‘ It would be naive to think the Provisional IRA are not planning a major attack on the British mainland . ’ |