Example sentences of "and [num] [prep] the main [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had a première of Requiem , and one of the main critics had a real go at it — and at me — and I remember sitting up in bed with Andrew and just wanting to weep . |
| 2 | And one of the main reasons why this is so is because we are not threatening him . |
| 3 | And one of the main reasons why Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke chose Milton Keynes as the first police station to visit since he took up post in April . |
| 4 | ‘ But I have gone over it many times in my mind about why we lost so heavily in India and one of the main reasons for me was that we were not used to playing on turning pitches . |
| 5 | It is planned that the less literate and less articulate will be given the chance to contribute and one of the main aims of the project will be to provide information on the position of poorly-qualified 15-19 year olds today . |
| 6 | Nursing care based upon the nursing process is being widely implemented in the United Kingdom , and one of the main skills that nurses need to develop is the ability to be able to communicate effectively with the patient and his family , in order to be able to define the patient 's problems . |
| 7 | And one of the main advantages of these very compressed and arduous courses is that they give students approaching drama school entry an opportunity of seeing what will be required of them should they gain a place at drama school . |
| 8 | Form can create ‘ atmosphere ’ and one of the main functions of artificial structures is to create an environment in which consciousness changes can more readily occur . |
| 9 | CD 's notes for writing the first instalment of Hard Times reveal that the object of his satire here was ‘ Marlborough House Doctrine ’ and ‘ Cole ’ , i.e. Henry Cole ( 1808–82 ) , civil servant and one of the main organizers of the Great Exhibition of 1851 . |
| 10 | ‘ They are based on a freelance design and one of the main things was make them with a view to easy maintenance , ’ explained Mr Blackhurst . |
| 11 | Jim Lents , executive officer of the Air Managment District , and one of the main architects of the Plan , responded : ‘ The plan does involve an element of changing the life-style of southern California . |
| 12 | What has always been true of secondary schools is now becoming true of primary schools also , and one of the main vehicles for that change is the Education Reform Act . |
| 13 | Therefore , it must be incumbent on the Government of this country , as one of the Permanent Five and one of the main sponsors of the United Nations , to give a clear lead in seeking greater authority , support and resources for the IAEA . |
| 14 | The Charismatics — part of this evangelical upsurge — feel they have been blessed with the direct gifts of the holy spirit , and one of the main ways in which this manifests itself is speaking in tongues . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , the government takes the view that local authority expenditure has not been effectively controlled , and one of the main purposes of the community charge is to try to remedy this . |
| 16 | We are anxious to protect the rural post office network and one of the main purposes of the citizens charter is , through the process of competition , to improve quality and choice within the constraints of an affordable uniform tariff . |
| 17 | This is particularly important if the purchaser is buying a service business and one of the main assets ( or possibly liabilities ) is the vendor 's employees . |
| 18 | The late sixteenth-century diplomat James Melville of Halhill wrote of the ‘ Italian posset ’ given to the king ; the leading churchman , and one of the main contenders for power , David cardinal Beaton , archbishop of St Andrews , was of course the major suspect . |
| 19 | Muscles are made up of fibres which have different mechanical properties , and two of the main groups of fibres are called fast twitch fibres and slow twitch fibres . |
| 20 | Different species have probably evolved territoriality for different reasons ; but some functions are commoner than others , and two of the main functions are feeding and reproduction . |