Example sentences of "been [num] [prep] [art] major " in BNC.
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1 | Stone is not alone in noting the ‘ discrepancy ’ ( p. 420 ) between this and the apparent economic drawbacks of divorce for women ( the increase in divorce has been one of the major factors contributing to the ‘ feminization of poverty ’ ) . |
2 | Beecher , the paterfamilias of the well known family , had been one of the major liberalizing influences in American Puritanism ( despite his rabid anti-Catholic feelings ) and had helped to transform the old High Calvinism into the broader stream of liberal protestantism . |
3 | The population explosion has been one of the major phenomena in Latin America this century . |
4 | The unification of Germany protected the lifestyle of the Prussian Junkers — indeed , the Junkers ' need to protect themselves and their lifestyle from the disrupting effects of outside economic competition through the creation and extension of a tariff union had been one of the major components in the formation of the German state . |
5 | Humanitarianism has always been one of the major motivations making for socialism . |
6 | Acquiring a dominant position by merger has been one of the major routes to achieving dominance in recent experience in the UK and US . |
7 | Centralisation gained considerable impetus from the government 's attack on local authorities which , as we saw in Chapter 2 , has been one of the major features of Conservative policy . |
8 | As we have seen , the establishment of the four Institutes of Higher Education has been one of the major developments in Welsh further education in recent years . |
9 | After all , that had been one of the major problems in their marriage . |
10 | These provisions have been one of the major forces responsible for the complete change in standard terms and conditions for dealing with consumers that came in after the passing of the UCTA . |
11 | Surely that has been one of the major changes of Government policy over the last few years . |
12 | The 26-year-old 's ability to run with the ball and poach spectacular goals has been one of the major factors behind QPR 's impressive start to the season . |
13 | I mean Cyprus has been one of the major growth destinations in the last year or so and erm people stopped going there from the day war broke out . |