major award

collocation in English

meaningsofmajorandaward

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major
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us
/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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award
noun[C]
uk
/əˈwɔːd/us
/əˈwɔːrd/
a prize or an amount of money that is given to someone following an ...
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(Definition ofmajorandawardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmajor award

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I understand, however, that the local education authority is prepared to make amajorawardwhich would relieve him of any financial difficulties.
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While some local education authorities accept the offer of a university place as justifying a countymajoraward, some do not.
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We had amajorawardwhich was welcomed by the industry.
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Themajorawardincluded in this, requiring nearly half the total sum, is an award to domestic and ancillary staffs.
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She referred to students on this diploma course who, provided they held the necessary qualifications, benefit from the compulsorymajoraward.
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It has won amajorawardand attracts an average of more than 1,000 users every day and sometimes more than 2,000.
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According to rules and regulations, that minor award has to run its three-year course before he may receive amajorawardfor university.
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Amajorawardworth £200,000 has gone to a private contractor.
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Themajorawardcategories are for best novel, short fiction, and other works.
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It won its lastmajorawardin 2006.
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He would then win amajorawardevery year until 2001.
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The film was nominated for various awards but failed to garner anymajorawardnominations.
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The company's innovative screenprinting techniques have won everymajorawardin the printing industry involving difficult photographic reproduction and special effects printing.
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His films albums have received wins/nominations atmajorawardfunction and became very popular amongst the audience.
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Both were very active with charity, and were seen attending manymajorawardshows together.
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She had begun to achieve international literary recognition, receiving her firstmajorawardin 1961.
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It received nomajorawardnominations.
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But although he won major awards for stage plays, radio plays, and for a television play, he never became a fashionable playwright.
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The local education authorities named below have not, as yet, adopted either wholly or substantially the new financial arrangements for their major awards.
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I cannot say how many authorities give major awards for full-time diploma courses not carrying that status.
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