Example sentences of "is [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ME Action Campaign is waging a major campaign to validate ME as a disease . |
| 2 | Increasingly in universities and colleges modernity is becoming a major concept whose usage is increasingly following American philosophical and sociological meanings . |
| 3 | Provision for children with special educational needs is becoming a major problem , leading to overspending in a considerable proportion of local authority education budgets . |
| 4 | Detective Inspector Keith Felton , head of the Northumbria Drug Squad , says Ecstasy is becoming a major problem . |
| 5 | As the price of computers decreases and as they become incorporated in a wide range of domestic goods , from cookers to calculators , the ordinary consumer is becoming a major purchaser of electronic gadgetry . |
| 6 | Speaking in Brussels , where the Community dimension of the drama is becoming a major debate , the Labour leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , said : ‘ Freedom is magnetic and it is natural that the people of Eastern Europe should lunge for it at their first chance . ’ |
| 7 | Community Care is launching a major campaign this week to press the government to respond to a hidden national scandal — the abuse of elderly people in their own homes . |
| 8 | HAVERHILL Meat Products , one of the UK 's largest meat processors , is launching a major business expansion under a fresh identity . |
| 9 | Dracula star Monica Bellucci is to front a major publicity push in a move which could leave the supermodels out in the cold . |
| 10 | BT is supporting a major research project within the University 's Centre for Speech Technology Research to design and test computer generated dialogues for more efficient and flexible automated telephone services . |
| 11 | The School teaches an MSc in ‘ Scottish Fiction 1814–1940 ’ , and several of its staff members are actively researching Scottish literature of the field , including Professor R.D.S. Jack who is conducting a major revaluation of J.M.Barrie . |
| 12 | My hon. Friend will realise that his statement on corporation tax for small companies needs slight adjustment and I am sure that he is considering a major adjustment on capital gains , which I understand is one of the taxes where the cost of collection exceeds the revenue . |
| 13 | CAR giant Ford is considering a major restructuring plan involving tendering out work which would lead to the loss of about 3,000 jobs throughout Europe , including over 1,000 in the UK , according to a confidential report . |
| 14 | The Ministry of Agriculture , which is responsible for Britain 's coastal defences , is considering a major rethink in policy , shifting the emphasis away from technological solutions toward more natural solutions involving the revival of salt marshes , which have traditionally protected coastlines . |
| 15 | He will know that British Rail is considering a major remodelling of the station , in part to handle the arrival of the Jubilee line . |
| 16 | Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke is considering a major shake-up of licensing laws — including letting under-14s sit in bars or family rooms with adults . |
| 17 | The Musem of Modern Art , Villeneuve , is holding a major retrospective of the work of Henri Laurens until 12 April . |
| 18 | The Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham is holding a major loan exhibition entitled ‘ Dangerous Liaisons ’ putting Nicolas Poussin 's painting ‘ Tancred and Erminia ’ in context ( 14 October-3 January 1993 ) . |
| 19 | If one relates this position to citation studies in the humanities which show that well over 50% of books cited have imprint dates up to 35 years ago and earlier , the increasing tendency to search only the OPAC , and ignore the card catalogue is doing a major disservice to scholars and their potential exploitation of the resources of research libraries . |
| 20 | Although overlooked by your ‘ Action Directory ’ , the World Development Movement is running a major campaign on official debt and the World Bank and IMF ‘ adjustment ’ policies . |
| 21 | Thirdly , the new technology is having a major impact at work , for a number of reasons . |
| 22 | A form of interactive access to databases which is having a major impact in multimedia design is know as hypertext . |
| 23 | Steve Jobs says his NeXT Computer Inc is taking a major risk in developing NeXTStep 3.0 for 80486-based personal computers , but reckons that it is the only serious competition for Microsoft Corp 's Windows . |
| 24 | CITIZENS Financial Group is taking a major step towards its goal of doubling in size within a 100-mile radius of its Providence , Rhode Island headquarters . |
| 25 | Anyone seeking political asylum is taking a major step . |
| 26 | In fact , a most significant area for dealing with the problem , if not in some cases accounting for it altogether , is to realise a major part lies not outside ourselves ( in them and their attitudes ) , but with me ( in me and my attitudes — in my inner reactions , habits of mind , prejudices and habitual behaviour given certain threatening circumstances ) . |
| 27 | In poorly drained areas extensive cattle ranching is predominant while in better-drained areas annual cropping is expanding and in some cases , especially in Venezuela , irrigation is making a major contribution to agricultural development . |
| 28 | The CAA is making a major contribution to the development of JARs and the way JAA is organised … |
| 29 | The British Section is making a major commitment to a new computer system , which should both improve efficiency and help us work more flexibly with the national membership . |
| 30 | The first thing to do is to have a major component of the reading section to include dyslexia , with erm instruction of trainee teachers , not only in how to recognise the problem , but also how to do something about it , and how to use the education system to bring support for parents and pupils . |