major change
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandchange
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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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change
noun
uk/tʃeɪndʒ/us/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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(Definition ofmajorandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmajor change
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The reliance on economic framing of regulation, though, signaled amajorchangein rhetorical emphasis.
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Anothermajorchangewas the extensive reform of the active labour market policy enacted in 1997.
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This is amajorchange, whose effect is that the number of constraints is increased dramatically.
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The adjective has frequently selected sentential complements, but the study illustrates amajorchangeaffecting the form of such complements.
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Delegates discussed the details of the provision on powers without commenting on themajorchangethat had been instituted.
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The secondmajorchangeis in employment patterns.
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The advent of powerful multiagent systems marked amajorchangein the direction of design research.
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There has been onemajorchangein my viewpoint.
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In many legal systems it is, for instance, accepted that amajorchangein legal status occurs at birth.
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Joining the euro area will be a continuation of the monetary policy pursued domestically, thus not involving anymajorchange.
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It was underpinned by a belief that more restrictive action could not be sustained withoutmajorchangein public attitudes to smoking.
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A secondmajorchangein focus is closely related to the replacement of a derivational theory with a non-serial constraint-based theory.
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This constitutes amajorchangein the constitutional tradition of the continent.
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In all cases, deposits of this nature immediately presage amajorchange(both scalar and qualitative) in architecture.
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This reversal reflects themajorchangein the structure of the oil industry over the last quarter-century.
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This signalled amajorchangein the use and function of personal ornament.
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As regards their use of public space, holidays were an area ofmajorchange.
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Where, however, prosperity allows for decent pensions, the transformation of material standards in later life has been amajorchangeduring the twentieth century.
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Second, and more substantively, the author does not sufficiently highlight themajorchangein economic environment from protectionism to liberalisation.
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