Example sentences of "had make a major [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ANC secretary-general , Cyril Ramaphosa , said the government had made a major concession on the issue of devolution of power to regional governments . |
| 2 | General Motors of America believed they had made a major breakthrough into the British market in 1985 when they persuaded Foster Yeoman to buy four specially constructed 3,300hp locomotives to haul heavy stone traffic from their Merehead quarry to locations in the South East . |
| 3 | The Empire had made a major contribution , in men and resources , to the French war effort , much national pride was invested in it , and it was seen as a source of continuing French influence in the world . |
| 4 | Probably because it started the 1980s with a fleet of new 125mph HSTs which had made a major impact on its market , the East Coast main line was far better placed to withstand the rigours of the recession than its West Coast neighbour . |
| 5 | Returning from a break in Wales , we found annual nettles , chickweed and seedling thistles had made a major takeover bid for the plot ; a bit of a blow , but not entirely unexpected . |
| 6 | But the Germans really had little to boast about ; they too had made a major blunder early on by concentrating on the construction of Zeppelins , and their maintenance of technical superiority during most of the war was almost entirely thanks to the brilliance of a twenty-five-year-old Dutchman , Tony Fokker . |