Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] the main " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concessions and trade-offs which have come to form the main content of Zambian politics have proved fatally debilitating , even though the skill with which they have been orchestrated by President Kenneth Kaunda ( KK ) has ensured that Zambia is one of the least oppressive societies in Africa . |
| 2 | In first year students are encouraged to take part in a series of observational visits designed to illustrate the main themes of the course . |
| 3 | ( Four who were not ‘ true ’ members were given notice , but would be permitted to join the main Club , ‘ if elected ’ ) . |
| 4 | Adopting this pragmatic approach , I have thus sought to justify the main general conclusion to which my whole argument has been directed : that the way to heal the rift between holism and individualism is to recognise that concessive holism offers a superior approach to the business of social explanation . |
| 5 | The stage will be built facing the main stand and will be flanked by giant video screens . |
| 6 | They play a fairly passive role , though the taking of notes involves the student actively in the learning process , particularly if an attempt is made to record the main points of the lecture in a logical sequence . |
| 7 | Rather , an attempt will be made to summarise the main trends that are relevant to the discussion . |
| 8 | It can not be dealt with fully here for lack of space but an attempt will be made to summarise the main features and dimensions of the divide . |
| 9 | This brief chapter has sought to describe the main features of the basic types of production systems — jobbing , batch and mass production . |
| 10 | Attempts have been made to link the main periods of construction with known historical events , such as the bid of Clodius Albinus for the purple , first proposed by Dr Philip Corder in 1955 , developed by Professor Frere and now accepted , with reservations , by Mr Wacher following earlier doubts . |
| 11 | An IBM 30335 processor is used to support the main company database systems , including the Payroll/Personnel system , operating IMS under MVS . |
| 12 | Brazilian diamonds were used to define the main bands , a fine Indian diamond was set at the middle , a Ceylonese sapphire appeared above the globe and over all was set a cross of pink diamonds . |
| 13 | If it can raise a vast amount of capital — £1.8 billion — and believes that it is worth while to do so , surely it is possible for British Rail to commit the £100 million that is needed to electrify the main line . |
| 14 | The amount of deformation these dykes have suffered has been used to unravel the main structural differences between the Scourie and Laxfordian events . |
| 15 | The 1964 Labour Government was elected on a tide of impatience at the slackening pace of social reform , but also of optimism that little more than economic growth , fuelled by technological change , was needed to remove the main causes of urban deprivation ( MacGregor , 1981 ) . |
| 16 | Erm but what happened then is er tended to get the main bearing supply for the normal spindles that manufactured and built . |
| 17 | They are intended to reinforce the main aim of the National Health Service — to help people live longer and enjoy a better quality of life . |
| 18 | The regions most badly affected included the main population centres of Upper Silesia , Gdansk , Lodz and Bydgoszcz ; in total one in three Poles lives in such areas . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , he did feel that Coastal had a strong claim to the latest 3cm version which could well have been made available to assist with the war at sea if large resources had not been diverted to equip the Main Farce of Bomber Command . |
| 20 | And once you got started typing the main part of the letter , you were alright then ? |
| 21 | Rose had already started to paint the main room of the house during the first exam . |
| 22 | The Hereford , Hay and Brecon Railway was completed by Welsh contractor Thomas Savin — who had just finished building the main line through Welshpool — and opened in stages between 1863 and 1864 . |
| 23 | But they could not all go , for if the attempt failed , there must be those left to command the main army . |
| 24 | It had been intended to number the main service 109B and 109W , for Blackfriars and Westminster respectively , as had been done in the case of the Wimbledon services , but there was a change in heart at the last minute and the buses were delivered with blinds numbered 109 only . |
| 25 | For instance , a model may be constructed to represent the main factors determining a Company 's proportionate share of a specific market . |
| 26 | It was decided that there was no point in returning to Hoddom , so messengers were sent to acquaint the main Scots army of the position and to bring them on here to Annan in the morning . |
| 27 | All this would be fine were it not for the fact that Pearce has chosen to support the main course of his assault with a little verbal side-dish , to wit : an attack on Punch . |
| 28 | As shown in the definition of text.id , a subset of the components of the generic key all.unit.id is required to address the main text . |
| 29 | The survey will be carried out using a questionnaire in interviews with about a hundred MPs , chosen to represent the main grouping within parties , and ten Peers who have shown interest in welfare issues . |
| 30 | As was reported in a signal to AFHQ from Rear MACMIS on 15 May , the partisans had already managed to cut the main column in two on 14 May and the rear of the main column was surrendering piecemeal to the partisans before the Bleiburg surrender took place . |