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01. Smoking is a [major] cause of cancer.
02. Hilary [majored] in economics at university.
03. Marlene switched her [major] from education to linguistics so she could teach ESL to immigrants.
04. Your grandfather was a [major] in the army.
05. Russia is a [major] exporter of wheat.
06. Edward Steichen once stated that photography is a [major] force in explaining man to man.
07. The challenge of any government is to see that the [majority] respects the rights of the minority in their culture.
08. Eugene Debs once said that when great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the [majority] are wrong. The minority are right.
09. Doug Gwyn once observed that truth is not determined by [majority] vote.
10. The world's [major] rainforests are located in South and Central America, and in South-east Asia.
11. Built on Crete, the first [major] civilization in Europe was the Minoan civilization, which reached its peak around 2000 B.C.
12. Our hands are recognized by medical professionals as a [major] source for spreading flu and cold germs.
13. Mick Jagger [majored] in European history and literature at the London School of Economics before dropping out to form The Rolling Stones.
14. Not one of South Africa's many languages is spoken by a [majority] of the population.
15. Guatemala is the only country in the world where American Indians are a [majority].
16. Destruction of habitat is the [major] reason why young male cougars end up coming into the city every year.
17. The Democratic Party won the election with a strong [majority].
18. Computer fraud has become a [major] problem for Internet commerce.
19. After two back-to-back [majorities], the Liberal Party looks like it is heading into a minority government in the next election.
20. Jonathon Marks once pointed out that the vast [majority] of ideas that most scientists have ever had have been wrong.
21. Wave action is the [major] agent of erosion along coastal areas.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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