Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [art] 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 | MI6 had discovered that the trunk cable from the Imperial Hotel passed along a main road and it acquired a shop from which a tunnel was dug towards the cable duct and the trunk circuits were then tapped one by one . |
| 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 | he said just put down the main |
| 11 | At that moment Jack Carter and Dougal Munro came down the main staircase . |
| 12 | Police have tracked down the main suppliers to the North West of England . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Walk along the main route to the top of Ore Gap ( 6.25 miles ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Here short-pile fabric is used to pick out the main pattern shapes , providing a relief pattern that highlights the design . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | In Somerset , the old drove-ways still branch off the main routes into the moors , like spines on a stickleback . |
| 25 | You turned off a main road into a broad driveway . |
| 26 | This time a tour guide at Althorp saw ‘ the ghost of an old man ’ going up the main staircase . |
| 27 | Just as she had said , the porter 's wife opened up the main door and the inner gate from her room and then poked her head out . |
| 28 | Behind him , two men in long overcoats stepped out from the shadow of a doorway and watched the young man turn to the left again , heading up the main backstreet that led to Joseph Hyde 's flat . |
| 29 | Let us sum up the main points . |
| 30 | In FE centres , National Certificate Modules make up the main part of the curriculum , whilst in schools , modules are used mainly to supplement other courses and as taster or enrichment courses . |