Example sentences of "as [num] [prep] [art] major " in BNC.
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| 1 | Along with many of the other development corporations , the skills and experience in creating new communities have been dispersed — a fact that always amazes foreign visitors who look on British new towns as one of the major achievements of post-war planning anywhere in the world . |
| 2 | British Fashion Council Chairman Sir Ralph Halpern cites ‘ the limited horizons of our own-label manufacturers ’ as one of the major weaknesses . |
| 3 | Mr Topolski rightly takes great pride in his association with the Boat Race and regards the event as one of the major features of the sporting calendar . |
| 4 | The town centre has been pedestrianised and acts as one of the major foci for walk trips . |
| 5 | In recent years , the abuse of children by those charged with their care and protection has come to be seen as one of the major social problems of modern societies . |
| 6 | With tours in 18 countries and appearances in the USA and Russia , Art Zoyd ranks as one of the major jazz/rock quartets of the world . |
| 7 | The greying of the British population is presented as one of the major challenges of the coming decades . |
| 8 | He rebuilt the Phoenix mill in Dartford as one of the major industrial buildings in the south-east of England . |
| 9 | The dumping of toxic trash from the West in poorer nations , who are under great pressure to earn foreign currency , ranks alongside the ozone layer and the rainforests as one of the major environmental issues of our times . |
| 10 | Newry , for whom the next step in their evolution is to make an impression on the park as well as off it , proudly and quite rightly tout their immaculate facility as one of the major sporting successes in the district . |
| 11 | It will be seen later , however , by analysis of Table 3 , that the high proportion of Scottish geology theses from Edinburgh University reflects its wider position as one of the major research centres within the earth sciences as a whole , and that its output ( in terms of Ph D theses ) is more balanced than a casual observation of Table 3 would suggest . |
| 12 | She saw it as one of the major manifestations of eighteenth-century philanthropic puritanism . |
| 13 | Obviously it is sad to part with such a fine piece of craftsmanship , but it will be appreciated and well-looked after in the National Museums of Scotland , as one of the major items in the important spinning-wheel collections . |
| 14 | They 're also acting as one of the major exhibition venues for Oxfordshire Artweek , which is running for the last 2 weeks in May . |
| 15 | Mr Tabiner , 40 , sees the unitary issue as one of the major issues for the council over the next few years . |