Example sentences of "a major [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be a major disincentive to property improvement . |
| 2 | Accordingly , perception of a gap between social and private returns was not a major handicap to investment . |
| 3 | As with pigs , the high cost of bought-in food is a major deterrent to success . |
| 4 | The Service Consultancy initiative is a major benefit to clients in this area and I have already received many letters from customers , advised by the circular in their invoicing , thanking us for this additional feature . |
| 5 | Furthermore the research will provide an informed statement about the origins , composition and behavioural characteristics of migrant households which will be a major benefit to policy makers concerned with the provision of rural housing and local services . |
| 6 | Pressures from the consumer market to go for cheaper and more efficient plant ( which earlier , when there had been competition from generation by private industry , was a major spur to efficiency for CEB planners and the undertakings ) was now less effective . |
| 7 | A major stumbling-block to consensus is the fact that ‘ curriculum ’ is an educational term , deployed by educationists . |
| 8 | The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation , a major lender to Bond but one which cut its exposure to about A$1billion earlier this year , said it would study the implications of the NAB action over the weekend . |
| 9 | Thus the Metropolitan Commissioner 's testimony to a brand of tyre as a major contribution to road safety carries weight because of who he is rather than what he looks like . |
| 10 | Today there is scope for flair and creativity and for making a major contribution to AEA 's profitability . ’ |
| 11 | The Commons , by its elected status , associates the people with the government , and thus makes a major contribution to legitimacy , a concept essential for government by consent . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | Alan was dominating in the air and solid and reliable in the tackle , so that he was a perfect defender for a team marshalled by Manager Dick Graham and he made a major contribution to Palace 's progress , deservedly becoming Palace 's captain while also earning England Under 23 honours . |
| 14 | She made a major contribution to Macmillan London , which she leaves as a profitable and successful part of the group . ’ |
| 15 | In most tissues a major contribution to cell to cell adhesion is made by calcium dependent cell adhesion molecules known as cadherins . |
| 16 | Women 's incomes are a major contribution to family incomes . |
| 17 | In the kitchen , a major contribution to safety is carefulness when using fat for cooking purposes ; if it ignites , the most effective way of controlling the blaze is to cover the pan with a lid or metal tray and turn off the heat supply to the cooking apparatus . |
| 18 | Is he further aware that the port and officials at Dover make a major contribution to safety in this area ? |
| 19 | And which countries , one wonders , would be willing to finance the replacement of China 's abundant coal as the fuel for its power stations with less polluting natural gas , or underwrite double-glazing in Chinese homes as a major contribution to energy efficiency ? |
| 20 | He made a major contribution to production methods in the railway 's workshops and to the use of improved metallurgy , in locomotive and rolling-stock construction , as well as being an advocate of the use of superheated steam and compound expansion to increase locomotive power and efficiency . |
| 21 | They have made a major contribution to staff development by means of short courses and modular programmes in various areas of management education and have developed the Certificate of Management Studies on a significant scale . |
| 22 | It pays to concentrate not just on big names , but on the ‘ artists ’ , who are every bit as important to the overall texture of art ; on Lee Bontecou who was one of Leo Castelli 's most visible artists in the early 1960s — the only woman whom he represented — and who was a major inspiration to Eva Hesse ; on H. C. Westerman whom Donald Judd once described as ‘ one of the most interesting artists around ’ . |
| 23 | But it ca n't stand high compression — a major drawback to power output . |
| 24 | This study will examine the extent to which this capital-goods sector provided a major stimulus to invention and innovation in the century after 1780 . |
| 25 | Notwithstanding problems of this kind there has been undoubted improvement in VDU design and it has been speculated that trade union pressure for high design standards has been a major stimulus to companies marketing their products on the basis of user acceptability . " |
| 26 | It then takes a major blow to fracture it . |
| 27 | Graf 's withdrawal would be a major blow to Wimbledon , with Monica Seles whom she deposed from the top of the world rankings in Paris still recovering from the knife attack in Hamburg on April 30 . |
| 28 | The absence of Brian Grant , the under-rated midfield player who is probably the best uncapped footballer in Scotland , was a major blow to Aberdeen . |
| 29 | A major worry to Mrs Thatcher and the Treasury was the future of the State Earnings Related Pensions ( SERPS ) which had been established by the Labour government in 1975 . |
| 30 | A Radio 5 spokesperson said : ‘ The internal report made a number of suggestions for restructuring network radio and only one of them involved a major change to Radio 5 . |