Example sentences of "proved a major " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stress undoubtedly proved a major problem for social workers whose responsibility extended beyond investigation of child sexual abuse referral to a determination of child care outcomes . |
| 2 | Motorway and road construction has proved a major incentive to industrial and commercial growth and the dispersal of economic activity away from major urban centres into the surrounding countryside . |
| 3 | I think they will find that most authorities will agree that it has proved a major obstacle but by no means the only one . |
| 4 | Getting Government bureaucrats to take local problems seriously has proved a major headache for a group of village campaigners . |
| 5 | And , of course , there is no need to learn either a new program or new skills , the latter part of the equation having proved a major stumbling block for many companies eager to improve the quality of their published work . |
| 6 | Although Lendl finished a runner-up at Wimbledon in successive years in 1986–87 , the lawns of SW19 have proved a major stumbling block for the former world number one . |
| 7 | This issue had proved a major stumbling block in recent talks , as equal representation in the upper chamber for every province — the implacable demand of several of the less populous provinces — would mean a reduction in the share of the seats currently held by the country 's heavily populated provinces , particularly Ontario and Quebec . |