Example sentences of "have [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Youth concerts always have to include a major work written in the current ‘ Cantata ’ fashion . |
| 2 | These developments have formed a major part of a debate over whether a Keynesian revolution had occurred in the Treasury by 1947 [ Booth , 1983 ; 1984 ; Peden , 1987 ; Rollings , 1985 ; Tomlinson , 1984 ] . |
| 3 | In 1992 , personal development plans have formed a major part of the career development process in all parts of BP . |
| 4 | Scottish conservationists have won a major award to create a marine underwater trail at Dunollie Point near Oban . |
| 5 | THE West Somerset Railway have won a major prize in the Ratcliff Mobility Awards . |
| 6 | However , the last few years have seen a major closure programme of deep mines in Wales as elsewhere . |
| 7 | Social services have undergone a major change . |
| 8 | Amongst the many excellent and well researched books that have been written on the subject of bereavement the following are outstanding in their capacity to help those who have suffered a major loss : Grief and how to live with it by Sarah Morris ( published in 1971 by George Allen and Unwin ) ; A grief observed by C. S. Lewis ( published in 1961 by Faber and Faber ) — of particular interest to widowers — and Bereavement . |
| 9 | These outbreaks of disorder have presented a major challenge to the Thatcher Government 's image as the guardian of public order . |
| 10 | Irish police believe they have foiled a major IRA kidnap attempt led by Patrick Sheehy , who is wanted for questioning in connection with the discovery in December of bomb-making materials in Clapham , south London . |
| 11 | English hill forts and medieval towns have been extensively excavated in recent years , and a new dimension has been added to our knowledge of them ; in this the Biddles have been the incomparable pioneers in their excavations at Winchester — but many other cities have made a major contribution , including York and Lincoln and Oxford . |
| 12 | There is no doubt that Kandel and his school have made a major contribution to the study of the neurobiology of short-term processes in memory formation , both in terms of experimental insights and in bringing physiological respectability to a research field which many , in the aftermath of some of the débâcles of the 1960s , felt chary of entering . |
| 13 | The real problem , of course , is that with only one prize in the art world it is so difficult to select only four artists who have made a major contribution over a year . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | We have made a major contribution to the overall income of pensioners , while all that the Labour party has to offer is inflationary erosion of savings , a failure in home ownership and many other schemes that Labour has offered ; although such proposals make it seem that pensioners are better off , because they are offered with other features , in reality it is a small percentage rise . |
| 16 | You have made a major contribution to this production , Miss Grimsilk . |
| 17 | Youngsters like Keith Piper have blossomed and though neither are playing today , Alan Donald and Tom Moody have made a major impression and impact with bat and ball . |
| 18 | Unions in Japan have had a major influence on the way the labour market is structured , but this reflects principally the fact that union membership is in large part confined to regular workers in large firms . |
| 19 | To my knowledge , such considerations have had a major influence on the circumstances of many other homeless people in West Yorkshire and elsewhere . |
| 20 | Other ranges already established have had a major face lift . |
| 21 | De La Rue have had a major commitment in the North East but the company is not in any traditional sense local and Formica was sold to American Cynamid in 1977 . |
| 22 | ‘ We have had a major PR job on our hands with the schools . |
| 23 | These key demographic developments of the past 20–30 years have had a major impact on regional and local populations in the UK . |
| 24 | Dakotas have had a major impact on the development of South African aviation . |
| 25 | Although Urry ( 134 ) reasonably cautions against a ‘ politicist ’ account that sees nationalization as largely reflecting the ambitions of the labour movement and its political representatives , these ambitions have had a major impact on nationalization . |
| 26 | And it did bring it home to me that we have got a major security problem in this building and in our other municipal buildings and quite frankly the ease with which anybody can come into this building at virtually any time of the day or evening astounds me . |
| 27 | It 's antics like this which have become a major problem in towns and cities up and down the country in recent years , generating fear on estates like Blackbird Leys in Oxford . |
| 28 | Derivatives of this concept have become a major symbol in modern art . |
| 29 | State family planning programmes were first introduced in 1968 and since the establishment of the National Population Commission in 1974 , they have become a major government priority . |
| 30 | The January Sales have become a major event — many people queue overnight in London 's Oxford Street so they can be first through the doors of the big department stores . |