Example sentences of "[vb base] a major " in BNC.

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1 The report of a nut of Trapa natans , the water chestnut , from Loch Ceann a'Bhaigh , S. Uist ( Heslop Harrison and Blackburn , 1946 ) would , if it is really of post-glacial age , indicate an enormous northward range-extension of Trapa ( see Flenley et al. , 1975 ) and suggest a major climatic warming .
2 Modern corporate businesses are few and licences for small-scale repair shops and petty street traders provide a major share of city revenue .
3 However , although rivers and estuaries helped to form these beaches , they also provide a major threat to those who windsurf from them .
4 As in the African countries discussed above , forest industries also provide a major source of foreign income in Malaysia .
5 Such trends provide a major explanation for the rise in worldwide unemployment in the 1970s and 1980s .
6 Revisionists have therefore questioned the notion that the commune in itself had been a major barrier to improvement or labour mobility and , equally , the notion that dismantling the commune would in itself provide a major stimulus to agricultural development .
7 Community Health Councils provide a major platform for the consumer voice in the NHS .
8 Even if FMS does not prove to be the critical target gene , characterisation of the microdeletions should considerably reduce the critical deleted region and provide a major step to identifying the real target gene .
9 We want a major presence that corresponds to the size of that market . ’
10 They occupy a major part of my time — time I would prefer to be spending on actually trying to improve the services we offer .
11 Old Hall yes , yes , yes , yeah and so I think and of course erm I have talked erm I talk in the different clubs you know , as I say , and I think erm the majority of women usually like this , they look forward to the divi to buy say a major item , you know .
12 For this reason fears have been expressed that rising house prices pose a major threat to price stability generally .
13 In fourth year , students take a number of specialist options and also undertake a major piece of original research .
14 In Fifth Year , students undertake a major design project , and are required to demonstrate competence over the full range of architectural design .
15 From this we put a major explanatory weight on the indigenous construction of human nature and emotions .
16 Single events rarely cause a major restructuring of the child 's personality : they occur in the context of a continuous interaction with the environment which itself is not static and which may modify , strengthen or weaken the consequences of what has happened already .
17 Imagine a major crisis in your area of responsibility .
18 We consider a major change to be any of the following changes made before the day of departure : change of departure airport , resort area , outward or return time of departure by more than 12 hours , or substitution of the accommodation you have booked with one of a lower price or official classification .
19 Would the sound of that diabolical symphonic flush carry that diabolical symphonic flush carry into the Abbey and create a major embarrassment for the British Monarchy ?
20 In subsequent races this will be on their mind and create a major obstacle to future success .
21 This evening we begin a major three part investigation into crime in Scotland .
22 Specific individuals need to be identified within each agency who are willing , competent and have the resources to make their work with child abuse and neglect a major commitment .
23 He hit 87 as Essex made 188-6 from 52 overs in their rain-hit match , but they still face a major battle today .
24 I , I think that 's again going to be part of it because that is certainly I mean a major reason why er a lot of peasant societies have large families , but we 'd still have to try and explain why it was that in this period , presumably so very much more of those children were surviving than had been the case earlier .
25 Despite the problems with groups they remain a major fact of life in all organizations .
26 The ethnic borders remain a major constraint and not until they have been done away with can we be effective .
27 Unpaid poll tax bills remain a major problem for the council .
28 For a band now irritated by most dance music — ‘ most of it 's cack , I hate going into bars where they 've got it blaring out from everywhere , you ca n't hear yourself think ’ — and uncomfortable with the accoutrements of clubbing — ‘ I ca n't stand being under strobes no more , do me head in , make me lose my balance ’ — it was inevitable the Mondays would rake up their rock roots , ‘ mature ’ their sound and make a major musical transition .
29 Banks make a major contribution to industrial financing which is not shown in their lending figures , in that they facilitate the leasing of equipment .
30 Is he further aware that the port and officials at Dover make a major contribution to safety in this area ?
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