Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] the main " in BNC.

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1 The reason for this is that women are forced to carry on the main productive activity by themselves because of their subjection .
2 The new paper takes the discussion forward by bringing together the main suggestions from the earlier paper which enjoyed general support , and further proposals for a system under which tax-payers could assess their own liabilities .
3 You need to jot down the main purpose , headings , ideas … then build your structure before you begin .
4 So , to sum up the main points so far : the scriptible as a value and the commentary as a form of reading both imply an approach which is largely incompatible with the chief principles of classical structuralism .
5 He was wiring up the main hatch above the hold , in such a way that showed he was certainly not an electrician by trade , with the intention of giving a mild electric shock to anyone who might try to get into it .
6 Although HP has already carried out the main task of porting Unicenter to a RISC platform , the Sun port involves the move from a Berkeley-based operating system over to V.4 , as well as the work involved in supporting Solaris value-add .
7 While the public may be cynical about electoral promises , governments of whatever complexion customarily take pains to demonstrate that they have carried out the main proposals embodied in their manifesto , as well as other commitments or ‘ pledges ’ given at election time .
8 Serbian fighters poised in the hills to the south and east of Sarajevo loosed a fresh mortar and machinegun attack on the city early yesterday , briefly knocking out the main television transmitter , forcing Sarajevo Television to switch to emergency power .
9 Do n't be concerned with the feeling that nothing is " sinking in " but do try and seek out the main points .
10 ‘ Anyone who is concerned that environmental issues are not getting sufficient hearing in the campaign and wants to know where the main candidates stand is welcome to attend . ’
11 NOT and I repeat NOT the main carriage , as someone I know once did !
12 Go back to the case and review critically the main characteristic symptoms eliminating those that are not strong , are vague , have perhaps only occurred once or twice and are not really important features of the illness .
13 he said just put down the main
14 At that moment Jack Carter and Dougal Munro came down the main staircase .
15 Police have tracked down the main suppliers to the North West of England .
16 In what follows an attempt will be made to set down the main features of polymer viscoelasticity to enable the connections between the phenomenological and the molecular to be stated , where they are known , in preparation for the discussion in Chap .
17 In what follows an attempt will be made to set down the main features of polymer viscoelasticity to enable the connections between the phenomenological and the molecular to be states , where they are known , in preparation for the discussion in Chap .
18 Walk along the main route to the top of Ore Gap ( 6.25 miles ) .
19 After Rhydoldog , Jane was invited to undertake a second phase of decoration at Remaisnil and , as one of her first gestures , removed a series of framed modern posters which Bernard had positioned up the main stairway ; the focus of the hallway henceforth was a magnificent eighteenth-century Brussels tapestry .
20 With rucksacks on their shoulders and clutching their weapons , the group of desperadoes trudged up the main coast road , clearly silhouetted by the headlamps of passing enemy traffic .
21 List also the main difficulties faced by each type of theory .
22 Here short-pile fabric is used to pick out the main pattern shapes , providing a relief pattern that highlights the design .
23 All the theories that we examine have variations and we shall be concerned to pick out the main themes that the different interpretations of these theories have in common .
24 Much more common is for the Act to set out the main framework of the legislation , dealing itself with the more important and general matters , but leaving much to be done later by others , particularly the Minister in charge of the sponsoring department .
25 My purpose in the remainder of this chapter is to set out the main principles of exploring multidimensional language states in present-day communities , on the assumption that historical states of language must also have been multidimensional .
26 Our intention in this section is simply to set out the main ideas of monetarism and to compare briefly monetarist policy recommendations with those of Keynesian economists .
27 A brief discussion with the vendor or purchaser of the reasons for the sale should bring out the main commercial objectives of the transaction including specific concerns .
28 From then on damper conditions once more prevailed and the recrudescence of peat formation covered much of the Fens , the deposit forming today the main upper peat .
29 Similarly , the role of occupational and private pensions is covered fully in the chapter by Dulcie Groves and it is therefore necessary only to highlight here the main features which disadvantage women and contribute to their greater likelihood of experiencing poverty in old age .
30 In Somerset , the old drove-ways still branch off the main routes into the moors , like spines on a stickleback .
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