Example sentences of "have [been] a major [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The loss of the plant would have been a major blow to the local economy . |
| 2 | Weed control must have been a major problem for a one pass cultivation system before the development of herbicides , and the extra weight of the rotor unit and the engine must have made the plough difficult to handle at the headlands . |
| 3 | Near to large rivers and lakes , fishing would always have been a major activity , particularly for salmon and the ubiquitous eels . |
| 4 | To have won either award would have been a major achievement ; to have won both Environmental and Export Awards in the same year is remarkable and gives us great satisfaction . |
| 5 | In the past there would have been a major famine ; now they have simply called on their own 30-million-ton reserve of wheat . |
| 6 | This would at best have been a major irritant for an embattled leader of the opposition But it became worse than that . |
| 7 | Three times world champion Thorpe would have been a major attraction at the Lisburn meeting , but in his absence they have signed up world championship rivals Mervyn Anstie and Gared Smith for the Toyota trophy meeting which takes place at Larchfield Estate close to Legacurry , Lisburn . |
| 8 | ‘ From a planning point of view it would not have been a major worry , although only the force staging the original tie could police the second replay because all the liaison work for the first match would have been done . |
| 9 | There is the possibility of some influence from craftsmen working to the south , around Water Newton , who specialised in the manufacture of geometric designs , but their work was based largely upon lozenge configurations and can not have been a major source of inspiration . |
| 10 | The Sun decisively sabotaged what should have been a major circulation booster for its main competitor . |
| 11 | If it had n't rained the night before the car was burnt , there could have been a major forest fire . |
| 12 | By then there would have been a major waste of resources . |
| 13 | Had the crowd not been prepared to accept the directions of the stewards at Carlisle Square and had they made an attempt to follow the original route , there would have been a major clash with the RUC and the loyalists and large-scale violence . |
| 14 | Poseidon 's power was at this early time far greater than that of Velchanos : he received large-scale sacrificial offerings at Pylos , and may well have been a major deity on Minoan Crete too . |
| 15 | He would hardly have risen as high as his colleague Lloyd George but , had he lived , would surely have been a major figure in the Liberal government of 1905–15 . |