Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [art] main " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This time a tour guide at Althorp saw ‘ the ghost of an old man ’ going up the main staircase . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The task of drawing out the main points from the mass of data takes considerable practice and is time consuming . |
| 6 | It involves cutting down the main trunk to encourage new growth from the edge of the stump . |
| 7 | Further , even smaller corporates may be treated as non-private under Rule 5 — 5(4) where they : ( a ) are carrying on a main business which is not investment business ; ( b ) enter into a futures transaction as an integral part of its main business ; ( c ) have , in the firm 's reasonable belief , sufficient experience and understanding to waive protections provided for private customers ; and ( d ) have received a clear warning of the protections under the regulatory system which they would lose , including a statement of its rights to request to be treated as a private customer . |
| 8 | The need for national qualifications for those carrying out the main functions in the assessment process has become increasingly pressing . |
| 9 | At the time of setting up the main problems facing UK carpet manufacturers were the depressed state of the economy and the fact that imports of carpets were taking an increasing share of a diminishing market . |
| 10 | In September 1975 , Mrs. Jill Knight , MP for Edgbaston , Birmingham , learned about the Maynard contracts and raised the matter with the secretary of state for Northern Ireland , setting out the main facts . |
| 11 | Erm obviously we can er prepare a note for the committee setting out the main features in what I would call our commercial strategy . |
| 12 | It was all too clear Auguste had been out enjoying the pleasures of Broadstairs , one of which was just disappearing up the main staircase , folding up her parasol . |
| 13 | 1 Stretching out the main radial threads , attached to the twig or other supports . |