Example sentences of "was one [prep] [art] main [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Towards the end of the last century it was one of the main investors in America 's first railroads . |
| 2 | Irregular marriage relations was one of the main areas of working class family life giving rise to middle class anxiety during the period . |
| 3 | This was one of the main findings of a report to the Gulbenkian Foundation on research in the mid-1980s by the present author together with Tony Haynes and Julie Eaglen . |
| 4 | At one time Newent was a bustling industrial centre with an iron works and a coal field which was one of the main factors behind the promotion of the Gloucester to Hereford Canal . |
| 5 | Bradshaw and Millar found that most employed lone mothers relied on their families to provide care , often unpaid ; and that lack of child care was one of the main factors keeping lone mothers out of employment . |
| 6 | His invention was one of the main forces that accelerated industrial development into what has been called the Industrial Revolution . |
| 7 | He devoted his remaining years to Kentish affairs : he was an active local magistrate ; he promoted a loyal address to the king from the inhabitants of Walmer in December 1820 ; and in 1826 he was one of the main subscribers to the enlargement of Walmer church . |
| 8 | The Grand Union canal , or the Grand Junction as the Aylesbury arm was known was one of the main routes for freight transport through England in the last century . |
| 9 | Rodber looked raw while Cusani 's insistance on picking the ball up at every second scrum was one of the main reasons why the North 's centres never made much headway . |
| 10 | Baxter believed the Antinomian controversy went to the very roots of the Christian faith and this was one of the main reasons he accepted the offer of an army chaplaincy in order to counter this error . |
| 11 | This broad spectrum of the work-load was one of the main reasons for changing the name of the specialty from venereology to genito-urinary medicine . |
| 12 | Opposition from German Catholics was one of the main reasons for the brutal policy of expropriation being largely suspended . |
| 13 | If I tell you that was one of the main reasons why I married John … |
| 14 | As the Minister of Health stated in the House of Commons , when introducing the National Health Services Bill , this maldistribution was one of the main reasons for reform . |
| 15 | The residual force of this traditional view was one of the main reasons why PNP coordinators so often encountered anxiety and resistance . |
| 16 | Indeed , that was one of the main reasons why the Government brought in the poll tax , which failed abysmally , just like the rates . |
| 17 | It was one of the main reasons for the move and already has proved its worth with V.I.P. customers being able to see the large number of ranges fully displayed . |
| 18 | Lars debuted last weekend with a bang for Forest and was one of the main reasons Forest got their second away-win this season . |
| 19 | In terms of the economic activity projections , as a result of representations made to me by one of Professor Lock 's colleagues , that was one of the main reasons I increased the assumptions on the eco economic activity based projection , to increase B one office relocations to a a far higher degree percentage than previously . |
| 20 | And lack of adequate child care facilities was one of the main reasons why 15,000 nurses leave the NHS every year , taking their experience with them . |
| 21 | Whatever the truth of the matter , Tany was one of the main casualties in a rare disaster . |
| 22 | Although the fostering of links between schools , parents and the community was one of the main aims of PNP , it received notably less attention than the other three . |
| 23 | As yet there was no career structure for diplomats and there was no separate foreign office : contact with envoys was one of the main duties of the Secretary of State . |
| 24 | Homage was not concerned with spiritual functions : it was concerned only with the tenure of land , and the act of homage was one of the main foundations of social organization . |
| 25 | British stations around the world , especially in Cyprus and Hong Kong , filled gaps in the American network , while Britain herself was one of the main intelligence centres of the Western alliance . |
| 26 | In the eighteenth century it was one of the main test cases for the dominance of geometry . |
| 27 | Our transsexual flatmate was one of the main organisers of the campaign , and we were all active supporters — not least by paying the rent for LAMBDA to set up an office in our squat . |
| 28 | Finally , the UK contingent were adamant that transsexuality was not acceptable , and this really created a lot of bad feeling , as the transsexual in question was one of the main organisers of the campaign . |
| 29 | When the ‘ Robert Johnson , Father of the Delta Blues ’ album came out , that was one of the main things that made me want to play slide . |
| 30 | These two bodies took a major stake in the company since Horizon , with its associated airline Orion , was one of the main users of Manchester Airport and East Midlands Airport . |