Example sentences of "[vb past] been [art] major [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been no major showdown for 20 years . |
| 2 | The screwworm larvae , which burrowed deep into the flesh of their animal or human hosts , had been a major problem in Central and South America until the 1950s , when the technique of releasing sterilized male flies ( which would mate with females but produce no offspring ) had brought the parasite under control . |
| 3 | Among the issues raised by this case were how the court was to go about deciding exactly what powers Parliament had intended to give to the GLC in relation to London Transport ; whether the GLC owed a duty to its ratepayers not to spend the rates on large subsidies for travellers ; whether the GLC was entitled to implement its cheap fares policy just because it had been a major issue in the recent GLC elections ; the extent to which central government ought to control local authority spending ; whether and to what extent public transport ought to be treated as a public service or , on the other hand , as a business which has to break even or make a profit . |
| 4 | If the IMF had been a major borrower and issuer of SDR-denominated assets then the SDR might have been used more extensively . |
| 5 | The rivalry between Fabius and Rocard had been a major component of the party 's internal problems . |
| 6 | Of the 23 disabled professionals who had been accepted for training as disabled people , eight reported that their entry qualifications were better than average , and five thought that this had been a major factor in their acceptance for training . |
| 7 | The Algiers accord of 1975 , whose repudiation by Iraq had been a major factor precipitating the Iraq-Iran war in 1980 , gave both countries access to the Shatt-al Arab waterway . |
| 8 | It had been a major error of judgement on the part of Lenin and the Bolshevik leadership , disregarding Lenin 's earlier warnings that it could not be assumed in any country that class issues would automatically supersede national ones . |
| 9 | The introduction of a national health care system had been a major plank in Carter 's programme in 1976 , but his proposals failed to become law . |
| 10 | The agreement did not provide for a specific " quota of power " for the FMLN , an issue which had been a major sticking-point in negotiations . |
| 11 | Despite the peaceful outcome it had been a major operation . |
| 12 | She had been a major influence in my life , and helped me through the rough patches . |
| 13 | More female science students ( sixteen of the twenty-four ) had attended single-sex schools than any other group in the sample ; it may be that their single-sex schooling had been a major influence in their decision to study science at degree level . |
| 14 | THE first day of Yorkshire 's only County Championship match of the season at Middlesbrough was washed out yesterday but not before there had been a major surprise at rain-soaked Acklam Park . |
| 15 | Tax reform had been a major campaign commitment in 1976 , but four years later very little progress had been made on this matter . |
| 16 | In the meantime there had been a major change in the political landscape of Derry , with the announcement on 22 November of the imminent abolition of Londonderry Corporation and the appointment of a Development Commission to run the city 's affairs . |
| 17 | The decision is regretted , particularly by Fitzgerald Lighting whose three year link with the Bodmin and Wenford Railway had been a major boost to the embryonic steam line 's fortunes . |
| 18 | The agreement which marked the end of the dispute late in 1986 concluded that , since the preparation of teaching materials to support curriculum development had been a major burden on individual teachers , henceforth curriculum development should be supported by exemplars and other teacher materials prepared by secondees and voluntary working groups . |
| 19 | By 1979 , however , the survey found that there had been a major shift in support for privatization and public opinion remained in favour of further privatization in 1983 , and probably reflected a positive response to the Thatcher policies . |
| 20 | Revisionists have therefore questioned the notion that the commune in itself had been a major barrier to improvement or labour mobility and , equally , the notion that dismantling the commune would in itself provide a major stimulus to agricultural development . |
| 21 | MacDonald also had condemned the Lloyd George coalition as corrupt and unprincipled and had been a major beneficiary of its fall . |
| 22 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon had been a major force in English religious life for almost forty years when he died in 1892 . |
| 23 | A Deputy Prime Minister from 1969 to 1973 and leading francophone socialist , Cools had been a major force in Belgian politics in the 1960s and 1970s , helping to shape the decentralization of the country 's state structure . |
| 24 | This issue had been a major stumbling block , as any equalization of representation almost inevitably meant a relative reduction in the current number of seats held by the country 's most heavily populated provinces , Ontario and Quebec . |
| 25 | This issue had been a major stumbling block , as any equalization of representation almost inevitably meant a relative reduction in the current number of seats held by the country 's most heavily populated provinces , Ontario and Quebec . |
| 26 | If it could be shown that over the years there had been a major redistribution of wealth from the rich to the poor , this would indicate a reduction in class inequalities . |
| 27 | However , on Oct. 6 following talks on the same day with Sirimavo Bandaranaike , the leader of the opposition Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( SLFP ) , President Ranasinghe Premadasa agreed to consider the formation of an interim all-party administration and the holding of a referendum on the country 's executive presidential system ; the latter had been a major demand of the SLFP , which opposed the concept of the executive presidency . |
| 28 | Raoul Cédras , which had been a major demand of Aristide . |
| 29 | THE Restoration and maintenance of the village green and its stream had been a major project for the year , it was noted at the Old Alresford Parish Council 's recent annual general meeting in the Christy Hall . |
| 30 | France had been the major supporter of Euratom ; as the only one of the Six already possessing a nuclear programme , it obviously hoped to benefit most from the joint funding of the Community and to establish a domination of the nascent industry . |