Example sentences of "[adj] mainly to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is unlikely that there is a transition between the minor forms and the major ones : indeed , there seem to be fundamental differences between the two ( Mabbutt , 1977 ) , including the fact that the minor forms , being due mainly to surface creep , have the coarser grains in the ridges , while the larger forms , due mostly to saltation , tend to have the finer material near the crests . |
| 2 | It is quite normal of course to have a rapid weight loss of several pounds in the first week due mainly to water loss ( our bodies are 70 per cent water ) . |
| 3 | This is established in feline leukaemia , of which the greatly increased incidence in households with many cats is due mainly to exposure of kittens to large doses of a virus that usually causes merely an immunising infection . |
| 4 | Between 1831 and 1870 the number of inhabitants rose from 833,000 to 2,000,000 , an increase due mainly to immigration from the provinces , for within the city marriages were few and late . |
| 5 | The spectrum between 0.3 m and 2.5 m divides into three parts : — 0.3–0.7 m is a high absorption region due mainly to chlorophyll , 0.7–1.3 m is characterised by high reflectance and transmittance , and 1.3–2.5 m is dominated by water absorption bands . |
| 6 | There are more than 250,000 " statistically significant farming units " in Britain , with three-fifths of the full-time farms being devoted mainly to dairying or beef cattle and sheep . |
| 7 | Although devoted mainly to world current affairs in 1991 , the Almanac also contains some very interesting articles on topics such as history , geography , economics and agriculture . |