Example sentences of "have a major [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But as far as Great Britain Ltd was concerned and building a food industry that would have a major part to play in China and Brazil and other developing countries , I was sorry the shareholders took the view that they did .
2 The point we wish to make is that , even when these other factors are taken into account , decisions for which the courts are themselves directly responsible do have a major part to play in determining imprisonment rates .
3 This must have a major part to play in the increasing mindless violence of young people , imitating what they have been encouraged to believe is ‘ entertainment ’ , namely torture , murder and cannibalism .
4 Cauthen could have a major chance on Spritsail if that horse 's poor run at Ascot last week could be ignored .
5 In the case of large diversified ‘ conglomerate ’ corporations , can the organisation have a major objective other than a financial one ( eg. profit maximisation ) ?
6 With both in the Peninsula , however , the insurgents would have a major advantage .
7 Some might be willing to grant the general thrust of what has been said , that teaching and research are different kinds of activity , but still be reluctant to accept that teachers in higher education do not have a major responsibility to conduct research .
8 There is an endowment to go with it , so we shall have a major institute , the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research .
9 The effect of energy efficiency improvements will have a major influence on the changing pattern of demand in the years to the end of the century .
10 Certainly the technical aspects of accounting can have a major influence when comparing the cost of one unit of activity with another .
11 Care also needs to be exercised when choosing a particular case management approach , to examine the existing service context into which it is to be placed since this can have a major influence on the success of the service .
12 Erm the other thing was that the people at senior level need to be reminded , if they do have a major problem erm that 's David and Malcolm , erm where , if they 've got a rather difficult case and it 's urgent and they want a , they do n't wan na have to put it on a , on a fax , they want , they need it there and then erm , and they do n't like the telephone call facility , I said well , well that 's primarily for consultants .
13 That will have a major bearing on whether he travels over , ’ said the trainer .
14 Internal changes can also affect the development of the practice , for example , the resignation or retirement of partners and the appointment of new partners can have a major bearing on the vitality of the firm .
15 Trends in the US market could have a major bearing on Cairn 's prospects because of its share in the East Cameron discovery , in the Gulf of Mexico .
16 RON ATKINSON yesterday accused Norwich manager , Mike Walker , of ‘ absolute kidology ’ on the eve of a Carrow Road showdown that will have a major bearing on the destiny of the Premier League championship .
17 We 'll have ha we will have been an irrel irrelevant to them for so long that when they do find another job or even a first job , then we will have a major task to convince them of the value of trade union membership .
18 But we 'd rather have a major scare that turned out to be a false alarm than the real thing and a late start , sir . ’
19 Camberwell did not have a major industry that distinguished it from other London districts , but it offered sufficient variety of employment to engage a majority of the workforce ; other breadwinners did not have to go far to reach central London .
20 Similarly , by playing roles such as mediator , ideas person , sceptic , analyst , summarizer , you can also have a major impact not only in the meeting but far beyond it .
21 The airlines clearly believe that they can hang on to their lucrative business market despite evidence from France that high speed trains can have a major impact on travel preferences .
22 It will have a major impact on many areas of business life .
23 However , what happens in the Church of England can have a major impact on people outside it , as well as on regular church attenders , for a number of reasons .
24 Under nurse training the report points out that the changes in the development of primary and community health services will have a major impact on training , which regions will need to take into account .
25 Moscow resented being excluded from the post-war occupation of Japan for example , whilst Washington was disturbed at the Communist victory in China in 1949 , and in June 1950 the invasion of pro-Western South Korea by the Communist North dramatically demonstrated that Cold War tensions outside Europe could have a major impact within Europe .
26 Again to quote Hopwood ( 1984 , p. 179 ) : ‘ Accounting , by shaping the realm of the visible , can have a major impact on the significance that is attached to both organizational life as it is and the directions of change which are considered desirable . ’
27 The technique will have a major impact in this subject .
28 The ‘ baseline ’ for comparison may have a major impact on these costs .
29 Although there was a significant reduction in ipsilateral neurological events in the group who had endarterectomy , these events included transient monocular blindness and transient ischaemic attacks , which do not necessarily have a major impact on patients ' wellbeing .
30 Being in some institutional positions ensured that the individuals involved would come to make decisions which would have a major impact upon society .
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