Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] the main " in BNC.
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| 1 | It certainly continues beyond 10 bars but this is deep enough to include the main cloud layers that are likely to exist . |
| 2 | For , with some qualifications which do not much affect the main point , he suggests that when we give reasons for an ethical statement we are typically making factual claims acceptance of which we hope will cause others to have the attitude it expresses and he distinguishes this sharply from the case where one statement gives some kind of logical or rational support to another . |
| 3 | Educational activities and annual leave , together provide the main reason for staff being unavailable for work . |
| 4 | But new measures have been taken , and sweeping machines constantly ply the main streets collecting rubbish . |
| 5 | In fact , Sellier ( 1978 ) attributes the generally late establishment of collective agreements in France ( only since the mid-1960s for the bulk of the private sector ) partly to the association by employers of workers and unions with revolutionary ideologies , but also to the marked weakness and slow development of employer organisations — the state long remaining the main partner of the unions . |
| 6 | Three-core flat cables connect to each earpiece and join together to form the main 2.5 metres long cord . |
| 7 | They use the river banks as a guide and nearly always keep within a yard of them , so avoiding the main force of the river 's current . |
| 8 | In the strictest sense of the word Iceland is not a ‘ Arctic ’ country ; the Circle nicks only the northern tip of the isle of Grimsey and so leaves the main island in a sub-Arctic no man 's land . |
| 9 | It is preceded by a prologue ( Genesis 1–11 ) , consisting of ancient records and traditions , which serve not only to introduce the main themes of the narrative but also to relate them to God 's purposes in the world of fallen men , of divided nations and of a created order which was originally good . |
| 10 | In group ( whole or part ) discussion , trainees should be asked to provide an ABC analysis of the problem and then go on to explore the main points of a possible intervention and the notion of response competition , punishers and rewards to weaken and strengthen behaviours respectively . |
| 11 | For reasons we need not go into , Lord Exeter successfully prevented the main line from entering the town : it was taken through Peterborough instead . |
| 12 | She knew it annoyed Mrs. Mott , which was why she had agreed so peaceably to the girls not using the main staircase and the hall of the house to get to their sessions . |
| 13 | This soon became the main vehicle for nationalist demand . |
| 14 | All the foreign teams are in the mountain trial and the 80 who could not make the main event are in an overflow , starting 0631 hours ! |
| 15 | Elizabeth Maginnis , education convener of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities , said the extra cash was welcome but did not answer the main objection that non-specialist staff were being relied on . |
| 16 | Their inclusion in the non-progressive category does not influence the main conclusion that deficits are highest in monitoring patients with progressive disorders . |
| 17 | Critics within the BBC hierarchy claim Mr Hussey , his vice-chairman Lord Barnett and director-general John Birt have not consulted the main board of governors in major policy decisions . |
| 18 | She realised that they had just joined the main motorway heading north-west out of London . |
| 19 | However such an exercise should not outweigh the main planning issues . |
| 20 | However such an exercise should not outweigh the main planning issues . |
| 21 | In the context of incest this is even less defensible — first , because eugenic reasons no longer provide the main grounds for criminalization ; and second because the primary rationale of punishing the sexual exploitation of children within the family applies no less to other serious sexual behaviour , such as oral and anal sex . |
| 22 | The list above covers the main insurance categories . |
| 23 | There were gulls flying and calling , but I had not disturbed the main colony , and I thought that I would have heard if he had been working below the cliffs at the north-west point . |
| 24 | The next chamber or chambers generally hold the main media , aimed at biological filtration . |
| 25 | Sir : The ongoing debate about the suggestion by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals ( CVCP ) that universities must identify the full costs of their undergraduate programmes and should examine various ways in which these costs might be met seems to me to have largely missed the main point at issue . |
| 26 | For best results the main subject should be subdivided on the print-out into smaller subject fields . |
| 27 | So , do not repeat the main ingredients . |
| 28 | I felt it best to keep the main report to matters of … of science , let us say . ’ |
| 29 | Lakatos assumed that any field of enquiry that does not share the main characteristics of physics is not science and is inferior to it from the point of view of rationality . |
| 30 | For a shorter version , just use the main graph . |