Example sentences of "a major " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prevention of infection is a major part of our response to HIV/AIDS and we are the largest independent provider of schools classes on AIDS . |
| 2 | Romania has been hit by a major tragedy with hundreds of young children HIV infected through hazardous medical or nursing treatments . |
| 3 | it has an ex-RAF man as its Secretary and a Major and a Wing Commander among its participants . |
| 4 | In practice , however , issues such as the colour and social standing of the victim will also play a major part . |
| 5 | While the situation in the south remains a major concern , greater violations of human rights are now occurring in the North and Eastern provinces of the island , where government security forces are engaged in a full-scale civil war with elements of the Tamil-minority population . |
| 6 | Wölflinn was Burckhardt 's successor as professor at Basel , but his later successful career took him to Berlin , Munich and Zürich , a major art historian whose interests were primarily in the Renaissance and the Baroque . |
| 7 | In sum , then , the monograph is a major site for art critical writing , and , moreover , the place where the most extended criticism is likely to appear . |
| 8 | If a scholar authenticated a work as by a major artist , then its price was certain to be higher . |
| 9 | Anti-Semitism was not , it appears , a major threat in an environment where many kinds of threat and affliction — such as its gangster debt-collectors , the ‘ menodge men ’ — competed for consciousness . |
| 10 | In Ackroyd 's life of Eliot we read about a major poet who was a good ventriloquist ; a man of multiple personality who swore by a principle of impersonality in art which he was later to unswear by locating The Waste Land in the stresses of a domestic life , and whose art bears the indelible signature of that distinctive protean character of his ; a man who was often miserable and tormented . |
| 11 | It goes without saying that the definition has been responsible for a major literature . |
| 12 | This is a major meditative speech brooding on the loneliness of the man caught between action and passivity — thinking aloud in much the same way as Hamlet does in his many renowned arias on the soul and the theme of revenge . |
| 13 | Therefore the pieces that have been put together in the following pages as possible audition selections are from writers who have gained , or are now gaining , a major place in contemporary theatre . |
| 14 | For a black actor this speech gives a major opportunity to convey power and style . |
| 15 | Yet every now and again a student emerges who shows exceptional talent and it is quite natural that a drama school will make sure that his/her ability is given a good stretch in public with a major role , perhaps playing Hamlet or Hedda Gabler . |
| 16 | Recently they have both played in a major revival of The School for Scandal and have toured the Near and Far East . |
| 17 | Solidarity with Southern nationalists is still a major Northern nationalist perception , despite the fact that they view their Southern compatriots at best with indifference and at worst as traitors who sold them out to the loyalists . |
| 18 | This is a major reason , in addition to state interventionism , why economic matters precede the issue of Northern Ireland both theoretically and practically in contemporary Irish politics . |
| 19 | But Hilda , wrote Harsnet , a major disappointment . |
| 20 | The words of my sister , wrote Harsnet , a major disappointment . |
| 21 | ‘ Real ale ’ became a major talking point in pubs and the media . |
| 22 | The Prospect Inn , which could be restored a major tourist attraction , is also threatened by a road widening proposal by Kent County Council , although the local authority , Thanet , understand its importance and value the building . |
| 23 | Indeed , Langford and Williams are currently developing family pub concepts for a major brewer which take as their starting point perceived elements of the vernacular pub : highly detailed joinery , ‘ honest ’ and tactile finishes , and the bar counter as a focus . |
| 24 | As a director myself of music films it 's great to know the Festival is contributing so imaginatively to the re-emergence of Birmingham as a major city of culture . |
| 25 | They also produced ‘ LORNA DOONE ’ with Clive Owen , and are now working on a series based on the children 's classic ‘ THE BORROWERS ’ and a major drama series adapted from Armistead Maupin 's cult novels ‘ TALES OF THE CITY ’ . |
| 26 | Sport and the coverage of sport on television is a major part of the everyday life of the television audience . |
| 27 | Many of these have adopted as a major part of their strategy over the last two years campaigns to attract bidders for Channel 5 franchises to locate in their cities . |
| 28 | The creation of Zia Mohyeddin , who handles executive production and a major role in the series , FAMILY PRIDE is filmed on location on the streets of Birmingham . |
| 29 | The true story of a major league baseball star who went from the street corner to stardom and then to armed robbery but is saved from destruction by a one in a million chance . |
| 30 | Even contemplating walking out over such a small matter may seem ridiculous , but within the context of that small world , the dispute was a major one . |