Example sentences of "is [num] [prep] the main [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the Secretary of State says that child benefit is one of the main elements in support for the family , and the Prime Minister says that he attaches ’ particular significance ’ to it . |
| 2 | However , the farm is one of the main sources of supply to the Ngaoundere market and use of TIB 1 has enabled Giwa to become an affluent ‘ yeoman ’ farmer . |
| 3 | Cheaply produced coal from Colombia is one of the main sources of imports which are helping to undermine the competitiveness of domestically produced coal in Britain . |
| 4 | As we have shown , this is one of the main factors determining company decisions on output , employment and investment . |
| 5 | In those languages that unequivocably exhibit it , tense is one of the main factors ensuring that nearly all sentences when uttered are deictically anchored to a context of utterance . |
| 6 | I know that stress is one of the main factors . |
| 7 | Salvation is one of the main themes of his Gospel . |
| 8 | Peter 's recovery is not found in the Gospel story but is one of the main themes of the early chapters of Luke 's second book , the Acts of the Apostles . ) |
| 9 | We need therefore to qualify the existence of pluralist interest group activity by asking about differing degrees of influence and this is one of the main themes in Chapters 4 and 5 . |
| 10 | My boss is very clever and thinks that presentation is one of the main things to think about . |
| 11 | There are many sacred cows with within this organization that must be preserved , principally our regional structure , our regional financial structure , er is one of the main things that we have to preserve . |
| 12 | The difference is attributable to the low price and ready availability of cigarettes in Zimbabwe where tobacco is one of the main crops and a major foreign currency earner . |
| 13 | Winning the world championship is one of the main ambitions of the season , but being No 1 is more important to me ; it shows a player for his performances over a year , as opposed to two weeks . ’ |
| 14 | The whole of the double-entry system is based upon this principle and it follows from this principle that at any time the total debits must equal the total credits and by adding the two a check can be made on the double entry ; this is one of the main advantages of the system . |
| 15 | This is one of the main forms of overseas representation . |
| 16 | Also , the size of union membership is an important consideration in its own right since it is one of the main indices of the unions ' industrial power . |
| 17 | Pre-arranged trading is one of the main instances of this . |
| 18 | This is one of the main problems of providing bereavement support . |
| 19 | ‘ But is one of the main problems , ’ I asked , ‘ not that there is intense pressure on land in Peru and that , to the campesinos from the Andes , the rainforest offers some kind of an alternative ? ’ |
| 20 | The National Rivers Authority , the waterways watchdog , acknowledges that over-extraction is one of the main problems . |
| 21 | The first , which is one of the main concerns of this chapter , and a recurrent concern of the rest of the book , is with the role and effectiveness of rule-based standards , and judicial monitoring of compliance with them , as a technique for shaping management behaviour . |
| 22 | One reason for them being so common is that they reproduce at a high rate , and their high reproduction rate is one of the main topics of this chapter . |
| 23 | This likely scarcity of water on Venus is one of the main topics of the next section . |
| 24 | George Beto , now in semi-retirement but still teaching at the Center , is one of the main actors in the story . |
| 25 | That is one of the main motivations behind my motion . |
| 26 | Chris Coley from Cheltenham is one of the main organizers of this part of the festival . |
| 27 | It is one of the main disciplines of spiritual training ( Chapters 12 and 13 ) . |
| 28 | This lack of symptoms in the female is one of the main reasons for the continuing endemic levels of gonorrhoea in the community . |
| 29 | This is one of the main reasons why it is now considered to be such an important protective factor in saving us from diseases of the bowel , like cancer . |
| 30 | IN CASES OF TORTURE : Referring to a particular case or all cases mentioned above , urge the Government to bring those responsible to justice ; point out ( in letters to the Interior Ministry ) that extended police detention is one of the main reasons why torture persists , urging that detainees are brought promptly before a judge , as required by international law . |