Example sentences of "have [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Worldwide , indeed , ‘ exotic ’ species introduced by human beings have become a major cause of extinctions : probably second in importance only to loss of habitat . |
| 32 | These departments have become a major force in local government and are among the main spending departments after education . |
| 33 | The press have played a major part in popularizing spectator sport and sustaining interest in it , but it is misleading to think of professional football , for example , as having been created or manufactured by the media . |
| 34 | The English pair , who have played a major part in England 's promotion to the Super Division of the European League , were beaten 21–18 , 22–20 by German pair Peter Franz and Torben Wosik . |
| 35 | Then Clan Douglas established their dynasty , and until the present day , the Douglas family , in their various departments , have played a major part in shaping Scotland 's story . |
| 36 | This set the tone for the 1980s , when , despite successive draconian states of emergency , both secondary schools and universities have played a major part in challenging the government . |
| 37 | In the last ten years social movements of all kinds have played a major part in the transition to democracy ( and not only in Latin America and Eastern Europe ) , in human rights , environmental , peace and other movements . |
| 38 | His all-embracing marine articles have played a major part in instructing newcomers to the hobby , while many of his photographs show marine fish in their natural settings . |
| 39 | Priority will also be given to cooperation with many social movements which have played a major part in the struggle for democracy in different parts of the world . |
| 40 | Perhaps this is of particular importance when considering the more informal pedagogies which have played a major part in teaching activity since the late 1960s . |
| 41 | Although the peasantry have not often been prompted to rebellion , they have played a major role in a national revolution in two Latin American countries , Mexico and Cuba . |
| 42 | As Hulme has pointed out , this hypothesis takes no account of the possibility of influence from external factors such as global climatic change and the imperfectly understood ocean-atmosphere interrelationships which , as has been discussed in section 1.2.2 , have played a major role in the longer-term glacial-interglacial cycle . |
| 43 | Both the form and the substance of his approach rapidly assumed an authoritative status and have played a major role in shaping the dominant tradition . |
| 44 | For some years now Yamaha have played a major role in digital sound processors and for the new season they have produced several new models . |
| 45 | The Tyne atmosphere , in the formation of which merchant navy officers have played a major role ( before the war transition from seamen to officer was not uncommon although it is very rare now ) , is well reproduced in a number of memoirs ( see Before the Box Boats by Captain A. W. King horn of Cullercoats , 1983 ) . |
| 46 | Housing subsidies in the past have sometimes favoured rural areas , but Shucksmith believes that the higher building costs have not been matched , and that ‘ it is clear that central government policies have played a major role in frustrating council housing in rural areas , both through the overall financial allocation to rural areas , and through the constraints imposed on individual developments … . ’ |
| 47 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the reductions in personal taxation have played a major role in the revival of enterprise and the increase in risk taking , productivity and output that we have achieved in the past decade ? |
| 48 | The Unit has become a centre for collaborative research ; projects in which members of staff have played a major role include : the perceived health of attenders and non-attenders at a breast screening clinic , an evaluation of the Edinburgh Women 's Health Shop , an evaluation of the ‘ Drinkwise ’ project , a study of smoking and drinking among student nurses , and the evaluation of the Lothian Mobile Mammography Project . |
| 49 | If you have to do a major shop without having had a meal , eat one of your snacks first . |
| 50 | The influence of agribusiness is felt throughout the Third world , though North American firms have found a major outlet in Latin America . |
| 51 | Although Lendl finished a runner-up at Wimbledon in successive years in 1986–87 , the lawns of SW19 have proved a major stumbling block for the former world number one . |
| 52 | Radical changes in cable technology have caused a major debate about the future development of European broadcasting . |
| 53 | Protestors , fighting to save a hotel from the bulldozers , have scored a major victory . |
| 54 | THE SISTERS OF MERCY , who stormed the Top Five last week with their biggest hit to date ‘ Temple Of Love 1992 ’ featuring Ofra Haza ( pictured above with Eldritch ) , have announced a major UK arena date . |
| 55 | They have taken a major stake in Crane Holdings . |
| 56 | MILKMEN in Darlington have started a major collection for hungry families in Russia . |
| 57 | If we have to make a major change , you will be offered compensation or a credit towards the cost of an alternative Summer 1990 holiday you choose from this brochure ( where available ) as follows . |
| 58 | Security force infiltration of the IRA has reached such alarming proportions that Sinn Fein have launched a major drive to stop people giving information to the police . |
| 59 | However the Open Spaces Society , though happy with the decision , have launched a major offensive on the MoD . |
| 60 | ‘ The Board accept that injuries to key players for most of the season have paid a major part in the problem . ’ |