Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the main " in BNC.
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| 1 | She does n't know how he got through the main doors and an electronically operated gate to get in to the courtyard where the car is always left unlocked . |
| 2 | He said there were three er , down there canvassing for the main parties and er , well quite a lot of people there and of course rich pickings for , providing they can get anybody to stop and talk to them do n't know , they 'd drive around |
| 3 | But these disagreements are ‘ small ’ in comparison with the barriers of mutual ignorance and distrust between the main representatives of the analytical tradition on the one hand and the main philosophical schools of the European continent on the other . |
| 4 | At a roadside cottage at the end of the village ( a former toll bar ) , a narrow lane turns off the main road to the left and continues beyond a crossroads and the old railway track to start a long climb on the side of Casterton Fell and ultimately come to an end at Bullpot Farm . |
| 5 | He turns off the main drag . |
| 6 | By extension , the term clause may be applied to both ( or all ) members of the sentence , the leading member being distinguished as the main , head or principal clause from the other(s) as sub- , subordinate or dependant clause(s) . |
| 7 | When Wakefield played a full part in the International Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 350 people of various denominations gathered for the main service of the week at the new church of St Peter and St Paul . |
| 8 | ‘ Willingly , ’ Rose agreed , and led the way to a small antechamber that led off the main saloon . |
| 9 | He had the choice of half-a-dozen alleys which led off the main street and climbed to the terraces . |
| 10 | Attitude and self-assessment instruments , developed for the main study of the 16 — 19 initiative will also be used . |
| 11 | On Aug. 14 at least 79 protesters were arrested at the US Eighth Army headquarters in central Seoul , after a car had been rammed through the main gate . |
| 12 | The outcome of the local government election showed little change for the main parties , and SDLP MP Eddie McGrady said the Secretary of State would see the results revealed nothing that he did not already know . |
| 13 | Grass was conserved as the main stock feed but barley and turnips were also grown . |
| 14 | This might well be stabilised as the main course and result in the construction of a new delta segment , until the gradient advantage of the distributaries over it was nullified by the extent of the segment . |
| 15 | Look at the items listed as the main structural changes in each of the four periods . |
| 16 | The continued decline of international prices for the LDCs ' main export products during the last decade ; the danger of a fall in official development assistance and the consequences of the Gulf crisis , were listed as the main factors affecting growth in LDCs . |
| 17 | Accounting policies should normally be discussed and agreed during the main negotiations . |
| 18 | In the following , for example , the speakers alternate between the main topic of the aerobics and the lesser topic of the missing watch : |
| 19 | Although more than half earned up to £24,000 , with a further 17 per cent getting more , low running costs were given as the main reason for their choice . |
| 20 | The enforcement of Amhara supremacy over other nationalities and the absence of a democratic machinery for instituting change are given as the main reasons why the Tigray People 's Liberation Front ( TPLF ) started an armed struggle in 1975 . |
| 21 | Parking problems and noise in the mainly residential area around Darlington Memorial hospital , where the development would have taken place , were given as the main reasons for dismissing the appeal by Surrey-based Bioplan . |
| 22 | Nuon Chia was educated in Thailand , and is regarded as the main ideologue of the Khmer Rouge . |
| 23 | The territorial readjustments of 1475 suggest that by then the queen 's interest in East Anglia was regarded as the main instrument of royal authority there . |
| 24 | Comte 's scheme covers , in his own terms , what would now be regarded as the main social science disciplines , together with philosophy , theology and history . |
| 25 | However , in the past few years , there has been a trend for the BEd degree courses to be regarded as the main vehicle for training primary school teachers , with would-be secondary school teachers undertaking the one-year Post-Graduate Certificate in Education course , which is also offered in a substantial number of public sector colleges . |
| 26 | The issue of the transformation to political pluralism was regarded as the main obstacle to progress in the peace talks between the government and the Mozambique National Resistance ( Renamo or MNR ) , which resumed for a second round in Rome on Aug. 14 . |
| 27 | The territorial readjustments of 1475 suggest that by then the queen 's interest in East Anglia was regarded as the main instrument of royal authority there . |
| 28 | The following may be regarded as the main factors for determining where the general administration of a trust is carried on : 1 . |
| 29 | The Eleventh Plenum of the Comintern , early in 1931 , made it clear that social democracy was to be regarded as the main enemy . |
| 30 | Calls for a revival of traditional values are not infrequent , but with so many Japanese now detached from the rural sector the farming community could no longer act as the main standard bearer of such a revival . |