Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] the main " in BNC.
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| 1 | We tried to identify the main features of current best practice in English by describing classrooms where , individually and collaboratively , pupils are seen : |
| 2 | In some cases it also helped to underline the main moments in the action by emphasising gestures for greater strength and expression . |
| 3 | It examined and rejected the proposition that a general right of privacy should be legally recognised , pointing out that this was not the way in which English law had in recent centuries sought to protect the main democratic rights of citizens — neither the right of free speech nor the right of free assembly being embodied in statute law , for example . |
| 4 | For example , she decided to decorate the main drawing room of the château in a plain , but luxurious salmon pink silk , in stark contrast to the small flowers and sprigged cotton in the other rooms , yet absolutely in keeping with the style of the house . |
| 5 | The offices of the CDHES were twice raided and bombed and as a consequence , in 1981 , Marianella decided to move the main offices of the CDHES to Mexico City . |
| 6 | Then the Americans agreed to release the main report — with two sets of conclusions . |
| 7 | They actually failed to mention the main point of this chapter ( Table 5.4 ) , that the great bulk of factory job loss resulted from changes in production and employment in manufacturing as a whole , with only secondary variation resulting from the performance of its different parts . |
| 8 | But the categories and frequencies provide a useful commentary on the ways schools chose to implement the main managerial aspect of PNP policy , as contained in the various documents and courses relating to the coordinator role . |
| 9 | His work on war , the De re militari , grew to become the main expression of the ideas of late antiquity on the aims of war and how it should best be fought . |
| 10 | For men on beach reconnaissance had further to go than the saboteur or the raider bent on mere disruption : the reconnaissance report had to reach the main force . |
| 11 | The commission hoped to have the main services — banking , investment and insurance — all liberalised together at the end of 1992 . |
| 12 | For himself , he would take Sir Alexander Ramsay with him , since he knew the Borderland intimately , and hoped to rejoin the main army in three or four days ' time , God willing with Balliol either prisoner or dead . |
| 13 | Firstly , the Ulster Special Constabulary , invented to supplement the main police force , was derived largely from the former Ulster Volunteer Force . |
| 14 | For the special Christmas episode , ‘ The Feast of Steven ’ , an episode never screened abroad , Camfield wanted to use the main actors and sets from the popular Z Cars series ( including Brian Blessed , Colin Welland and James Ellis ) in cameo appearances . |
| 15 | However , formal discussions begun in May 1991 broke down in June when the NSF refused to concede the main opposition demand for Roman to be replaced by a " neutral " Prime Minister . |