Example sentences of "major [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Data exchange and collaboration on information technology between libraries has been aided nationally through co-operation between Edinburgh , Kew , Natural History ( Botany ) Library and other major botanical libraries , and internationally through the Council of Botanical and Horticultural Libraries . |
| 2 | Washington was seen as insufficiently appreciative of British efforts , nor was its main ally always properly consulted before major foreign-policy decisions were taken which affected its interests . |
| 3 | The Sports Centre offers first-class facilities for all the major indoor sports , including squash , badminton , indoor tennis , weight training , cricket and golf practice . |
| 4 | Leaving aside the straightforwardly miraculous , there are two major possible explanations for the Star of Bethlehem . |
| 5 | Thus microclimate effects can have major short-term implications for local populations ( such as those brought about by the photochemical smogs of Los Angeles ) , are often applicable only over areas of a few hectares or less and may operate on a diurnal cycle . |
| 6 | The trade surplus for the first quarter of 1990 was down 35 per cent on the same period in 1989 and there was increasingly frequent talk of a recession as the major economic indices fell . |
| 7 | This book explores the idea of major economic shifts being on the agenda . |
| 8 | The population increase in turn affected the finely balanced domestic economy , forcing women and children out to work , and by the end of the period , with the crisis of the framework knitters , there is some evidence , when faced with major economic problems , of a use of restraint to limit births . |
| 9 | A relaxing thought for investors is the fact that no matter which government will be in power no major economic changes are likely . |
| 10 | Major economic changes have recently occurred in the location of industry and employment . |
| 11 | The BSP would need UDF support to pass legislation requiring a two-thirds majority , including major economic changes and the adoption of a new constitution . |
| 12 | Surveys of attitudes to so-called Thatcherite ideas ( for example , a government sticking to its principles , however unpopular ; not consulting with the major economic interests ; and the government 's inability to do much about unemployment ) found that , on average , Thatcherite supporters ( 40 per cent ) were outnumbered by opponents ( 47 per cent ) . |
| 13 | Elite theory accounts of state organization are developed and detailed , and we first review five aspects where the approach has made a distinctive contribution : the role of political leaderships in liberal democracies , the predominance of bureaucracies in shaping policy-making , the reasons for fragmentation ( or centralization ) of governmental tiers and sectors , the role of law , and the strong policy connections between government activities and major economic interests . |
| 14 | Only long-agreed norms between governing elites and major economic interests are easily formalized in law , because introducing law which coerces one of the interest blocs may destabilize corporatist patterns of bargaining . |
| 15 | Quasi-contracts also form part of this approach , allowing the state to use its financial powers as bargaining levers with which to reach agreements with major economic interests . |
| 16 | Though the country is still struggling with major economic constraints there is some evidence of improved efficiency in health care delivery since its establishment in 1986 . |
| 17 | Debt and the destruction of war have brought major economic setbacks , aside from damage to social services and human suffering . |
| 18 | The airport brings major economic benefits to the North West as we were to discover with the help of our guide John Kirby . |
| 19 | Their privileges as permanent Security Council members , especially the right of veto , had been increasingly questioned by Germany and Japan which , as major economic powers , had allegedly claimed permanent membership of the Council . |
| 20 | 1 ) Describe and comment on some of the major economic determinants of consumer demand . |
| 21 | By autumn 1981 afl the major economic ministries ( Energy , Employment , Trade and Industry ) , apart from the Treasury , had new ministers . |
| 22 | Both loans were dependent on major economic adjustments to reduce dependence on oil exports and to improve domestic competitiveness , and in the medium term to strengthen the current-account position consistent with real annual economic growth of 4.5-6 per cent , to reduce the external debt-service burden while strengthening the external reserve position , and to improve domestic investment . |
| 23 | The Japanese Ministry of Trade and Industry ( Miti ) published a 212-page Report on Unfair Trade Policies on June 8 , which criticized almost all of the country 's major economic partners for employing unfair trading practices . |
| 24 | De Gaulle used the extraordinary powers granted to him in June to introduce a set of major economic measures , which were intended to remedy these problems and to show France and the world that a state worthy of the name was now in charge . |
| 25 | A similar point can be made with respect to voters who , despite what some economists might like to think , will have views beyond the fate of major economic indicators and will be concerned about the conduct of foreign and domestic policy at large . |
| 26 | It is to be hoped that the interest in these patients , which has led to an impressive research effort and also the establishment of specialized clinical services , will continue despite the major economic strictures which now face the Health Service . |
| 27 | The growth rates of productivity in Japanese manufacturing have consistently outstripped those of its major economic rivals over the past quarter century and output per worker has increased at twice the rate recorded in other OECD states . |
| 28 | In contrast , trade unions in France had too little organisational strength in the workplace to be able to inflict major economic losses on the firm and they were considered to be too ideologically radical to be permitted a higher degree of participation . |
| 29 | Thus of the two most notable recent protagonists of major faunal breaks , the great German palaeontologist Professor Schindewolf claimed three , and the eminent American palaeontologist Professor Newell claims six ( figure 2.2 ) . |
| 30 | In particular , three major faunal boundaries can now be related to the plate situation in the North Atlantic area . |