Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] a major " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of the London Metal Exchange ( LME ) , still recovering from the collapse of the tin market in 1985 , this involved a major restructuring , including the introduction of new transparency and clearing systems . |
| 2 | Considerations like this played a major part in determining Government policy in the crises of the 1930s . |
| 3 | Certainly this played a major part in persuading Angela Sommerville , an interior designer based in London , to put her country cottage on the market and switch allegiance to an apartment in Bendinat in Mallorca : ‘ Door-to-door access from my Knightsbridge home to my apartment in Mallorca takes less than four hours . ’ |
| 4 | This followed a major breakthrough in Israeli diplomacy in January when diplomatic ties were established with China [ see p. 38741 ] . |
| 5 | This represented a major concession on the part of the State of Cambodia ( SOC ) delegation , led by Hun Sen , the SOC Premier , which had pressed for a first-past-the-post system . |
| 6 | Its accelerated transfer of four Iroquois helicopters to the PNG Defence Force in mid-1989 represented a major contribution to the government 's campaign against the BRA , as did a subsequent major shipment of small arms and ammunition . |
| 7 | This marked a major transformation in railway-company thinking . |
| 8 | For another , Ms Cann had withheld the print publication rights ( for novelisation of the TV scripts in various formats ) from the merchandising rights , because two of her clients were publishers — but this presented a major problem for the EBU and the BBC . |
| 9 | This proved a major source of clients for these firms . |
| 10 | It would be difficult to argue that this had a major effect on the Chilean economy . |
| 11 | The deliberate firing of 600 Kuwaiti oil wells by retreating Iraqi forces in 1991 created a major atmospheric pollution problem , and indicated the need to develop a strategy to try to lessen the likelihood of wilful acts of environmental damage being carried out during wartime . |
| 12 | Israel claimed that the treaty placed Lebanon under total Syrian control and as such posed a major security threat . |
| 13 | The abolition of internal customs tolls in 1775 provided a major stimulus . |
| 14 | The significant rise in the value of the pound from 1979 played a major part in crippling Britain 's export performance , while making imports that much cheaper . |
| 15 | Its sponsorship programmes have been developed from commercial precedents and in 1991 included a major league Australian football team , several other football organisations , two national basketball teams , some mass participation sports , and even a drama group . |
| 16 | The year 1660 saw a major revolution in grave-clothes , indirectly leading to the firm establishment of undertaking as a distinct trade , the birth of a new industry and some additional work for the jobbing printer ; for in this year an Act came into force , which decreed that all persons had to be buried in shifts , shrouds and winding-sheets made of woollen material , rather than linen , and free from ‘ Flax , Hemp , Silk , Hair , Gold or Silver , or other than what is made of Sheeps Wooll only ’ . |
| 17 | Meal times anchored the day and as such had a major place in family life . |
| 18 | MALTA 's steadfast defence during 1940 to 143 played a major part in the course of the war . |
| 19 | The renewal in 1960 provoked a major political crisis and a storm of protest throughout Japan , not only from those opposed to the treaty per se , but from those who feared it might encourage Japanese rearmament and the placing of nuclear weapons on Japanese soil . |
| 20 | The Adult Education Regulations of 1932 addressed a major problem which had not been resolved under the Board 's 1924 Regulations . |
| 21 | These had a major impact in Britain and elsewhere and form the beginning of subsequent studies . |
| 22 | The 1970s saw a major shift in focus and suddenly people were describing the hippocampus as a ‘ cognitive map ’ ( O'Keefe and Nadel 1978 ) or as the repository of ‘ working memory ’ ( Olton 1983 ) . |
| 23 | 1992 saw a major increase in software expertise to enhance our computing capabilities and hasten the arrival of our new field software in 1993 . |
| 24 | As the above figures show , the year 1943 brought a major stepping-up of the bombing campaign . |
| 25 | Though 1987 saw a major policy shift on the latter ( which is discussed below ) , green belts have , for a variety of reasons , remained a strong policy for both central and local government , as well , of course , for the environmental lobby . |
| 26 | More than one underwent a major breakdown after his relationship with Minton was abruptly terminated . |
| 27 | The EP on Jan. 15 approved a major European Community ( EC ) aid package to six North African and Middle Eastern countries , but blocked the funds allocated to two others , Syria and Morocco , because of " serious concern " at human rights violations in those countries . |
| 28 | The 1880s saw a major effort to clarify the law and simplify court procedure , both of which were seen as essential prerequisites for improving the efficiency of the judicial system . |
| 29 | For example , demands for a national enquiry into schemes of social insurance and allied services led to the appointment of an inter-departmental committee of civil servants under William Beveridge ; their subsequent report in December 1942 had a major impact ; ‘ freedom from want ’ finally seemed to be a real possibility . |
| 30 | Historians might say that in the twentieth century in Britain only the reforming administrations of 1906 and 1945 provided a major change in direction to be followed by administrations which consolidated the changes . |