Example sentences of "a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was silly to go into a major sulk . |
| 2 | Links of this sort are intuitively likely to be stronger when local government has a major construction programme , with orders to distribute , or when large-scale development is on the cards and council co-operation is needed to ensure its success . |
| 3 | Other contract work included the construction of geological sections through a waste-disposal site , the specialist examination of cores from boreholes drilled for a major construction project , and advice on road improvements . |
| 4 | The BBC and ITA joined in a major construction programme in the late 1960s to build 50 high powered UHF stations and more than 400 low powered , so that UHF was available to 95 per cent of the population by 1974 . |
| 5 | It does not replace the need for an internal audit of a major construction project . |
| 6 | He taught for ten years before moving into industry and working his way up to the post of project manager for a major construction company . |
| 7 | We are also proud to be in the vanguard of training and safety initiatives for our Division as we place a great deal of importance on the safety aspects of working on a major construction site . |
| 8 | He was then a major TV heart throb as one half of the super-cop duo in Starsky and Hutch . |
| 9 | It is soon to appear in paperback ( and will doubtless go ‘ quadruple platinum ’ , or whatever ) and is to be a major TV series . |
| 10 | MORE than 200 young dancers are expected to join a protest outside the BBC Television Centre in west London on Sunday after being dropped from a major TV tribute to the Queen . |
| 11 | For example , if we are to see a major confluence of the world 's financial markets , we need to have prepared our financial structure and planning in good time to take advantage of such changes . |
| 12 | To sum up , Kitzbuhel is a major year round sporting and leisure centre and as such offers every facility . |
| 13 | Playing the exact same solos every night on tour is good too , because the notes are firmly ingrained in your head and that makes it harder for you to mess up in a major way , which is something that could happen if you were winging it every night . |
| 14 | Above all , it 's a relaxing therapy and she sees it as a major way of helping a runner ‘ warm down ’ . |
| 15 | However , I received the impression that the society was more interested in a scheme for a new RUC complaints procedure and that it was not anticipated that it would be taking up the Black affair in a major way . |
| 16 | Another major event which has affected the British economy is the decline of the British Empire and Commonwealth , linked as it was in a major way to the two world wars of this century . |
| 17 | And in their survey of 9–13 middle schools , the HMI argued that work was of a higher standard where there was a greater use of subject teachers , and where those subjects had been studied in a major way in higher education by the teachers concerned . |
| 18 | A major way in which women are represented in the study of deviance is through the theory of ‘ feminine identification ’ , which is a common one in explanations of delinquency and criminality . |
| 19 | The overt intrusion of politics into the courtroom varies widely from one system to another , but at root the legal process is a major way in which the ‘ who gets what ’ choices are made in any society , however different the process by which these choices are made appears to be . |
| 20 | At the broadest level , the Course contributes in a major way to the achievement of the Polytechnic 's overall aims . |
| 21 | They do suggest that professional mental health workers will need to draw heavily on feminist frameworks in the future , as they try to understand and treat women who need to access the mental health system in a major way , as well as those who experience transitory difficulties in lifestages such as childhood , adolescence , childbearing , adult crises , and old age . |
| 22 | Our partnership with J. Rothschild Assurance as well as allowing us to extend our competitive advantage of service provision in a major way also provides an opportunity for us to extend our knowledge . |
| 23 | What I had said had clearly got to Pikey in a major way . |
| 24 | In a major way we found people who simply have n't enough to eat . |
| 25 | It was perhaps ironic that having decided to dedicate the rest of his career to the private sector that Cuckney became caught up in a major government row when he took over as chairman of Westland Group . |
| 26 | The present position is especially unsatisfactory ; instability and uncertainty follow the imposition of a major government programme for education without adequate consultation and in the face of substantial calls for modification . |
| 27 | State family planning programmes were first introduced in 1968 and since the establishment of the National Population Commission in 1974 , they have become a major government priority . |
| 28 | A major government reorganization took place following setbacks for the ruling Social Democratic Party ( Partido Social Demócrata — PSD ) in municipal elections on Dec. 17 and the sudden resignation of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence , Eurico de Melo , on Jan. 2 . |
| 29 | Prospects for the implementation of the accord appeared slim , however , when it emerged that the UDPA commander , Col. Owinyi , had rejected it ; guerrilla activities in Soroti district ( north-east of Kampala ) later in the month provoked a major government offensive in the area . |
| 30 | Houphouët-Boigny carried out a major government reshuffle on Oct. 16 , 1989 , reducing the size of the Cabinet from 39 to 29 . |