Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] a major [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this reason , LEAs must always maintain a major stake in INSET and professional development , above all where heads are concerned . |
| 2 | The British initiative should also add a major impetus to bringing in EC-wide rules , now that more humane systems exist . |
| 3 | Therefore , cell volume regulatory mechanisms might also play a major role in balancing ion fluxes across the two membranes . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | However , the most satisfactory response could only mean a major thrust coordinated at national level . |
| 6 | ‘ I could hardly start a major scare until I 'd made certain , could I ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It could also have a major effect on existing shopping centres , particularly the smaller shopping parade at Marton . |
| 8 | In addition , he pointed to the influence of union leadership which can have a decisive impact on union membership growth via the policies and organising techniques which are adopted , and governmental encouragement which may also become a major factor in promoting union growth . |
| 9 | They include such things as stock control , critical path analysis , and organiser programs — and may well have a major role to play in mathematics learning in the future . |
| 10 | I therefore decided to strengthen and redeploy the AIB team in preparation for what would obviously become a major task for the next eighteen months or so . |
| 11 | On the eve of the crisis , most politicians , political commentators and — so far as we can tell — citizens remained sceptical that the sixty-seven year old General would ever play a major role in politics again . |
| 12 | By the second and third decades of the twenty-first century the pension commitments would probably involve a major burden upon a smaller number of taxpayers , who might not be prepared to carry it . |
| 13 | Revision of this 1966 manual would clearly have a major role in influencing local developments in the future , just as Dutch and German Government publications had propagated nationally the relevant experience gained in local experiments . |
| 14 | These should be major counselling objectives , and encouraging an ageing person to be part of such a group would indeed constitute a major counselling success . |
| 15 | Their removal would therefore make a major contribution to alleviating the Corps " administrative problems . |
| 16 | Recent developments in the area of financial services will obviously have a major impact on this . |
| 17 | In practice , however , issues such as the colour and social standing of the victim will also play a major part . |
| 18 | Other forms of tax will also play a major role in Clinton 's plan to stimulate economic growth . |
| 19 | Any number of vehicles trying to pick up the finishers will have great difficulty parking and will probably cause a major obstruction . |
| 20 | Souness will now conduct a major inquest into Liverpool 's defensive shambles . |
| 21 | This will now become a major growth area for research . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | There is the blood factor , too , which can also provide a major benefit , as you will learn in the next chapter . |
| 24 | The supporting monitoring services provided by AEA on site ensure that waste volumes are kept to a minimum , which can often represent a major cost saving . |
| 25 | While there is plenty of evidence ( as we have seen ) which suggests that users can often play a major role in the innovative process , almost all of that evidence involves situations in which innovation users ( and not innovation producers ) take the initiative , effectively usurping the marketing role that producers might ordinarily play . |
| 26 | The nests may persist for up to 20 years and such a nest in rain forest can completely defoliate a major tree in a single night . |