Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [verb] [vb pp] a major " in BNC.

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1 The Royalists ( Chetniks ) under Mihailovitch had played a major part in anti-German resistance through much of the war , although increasingly they had been in direct conflict with Tito 's partisans , who saw them as the main enemy in establishing a Communist post-war Yugoslavia , and this had also led to them acting on occasion in concert with German forces .
2 Already the rosy periwinkle from Madagascar has made a major contribution to curing childhood leukaemia and other blood cancers .
3 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 .
4 Oxford is a national centre for the treatment of problems associated with childbirth , and research in Oxford has made a major contribution to the treatment of these problems .
5 MILKMEN in Darlington have started a major collection for hungry families in Russia .
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