Example sentences of "[adv prt] the main [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pilot light burns continuously on most boilers , and lights the main burners when the programmer switches on the main gas supply . |
| 2 | I 've got one I meant to put on the main agenda and I forgot , and I wrote the agenda . |
| 3 | He re-locked the drawer , stood up , and that was when someone switched on the main light . |
| 4 | At ten thirty-five , Rachaela switched on the main light and walked behind the screen into Ruth 's area . |
| 5 | Most countries have a written document known as " the constitution " which lays down the main rules governing the structure and functions of government and which regulates the relationship between the state and its citizens . |
| 6 | Police have tracked down the main suppliers to the North West of England . |
| 7 | Lastly they went down the main staircase to the Director s office . |
| 8 | At that moment Jack Carter and Dougal Munro came down the main staircase . |
| 9 | On a single sheet of paper write down the main message of the report . |
| 10 | You need to jot down the main purpose , headings , ideas … then build your structure before you begin . |
| 11 | Toy trucks moved between hangars ; a minute tractor drove slowly down the main runway . |
| 12 | Instead of returning by the old fence , however , ( which looked much worse from the top ) , I continued down the main ridge until the final spur , but this was just as steep . |
| 13 | Transformer T1 , of course , steps down the main voltage which is connected to it 's primary winding . |
| 14 | A hoax in Newcastle shut down the main BR railway station , and in Tyne and Wear thousands of tube passengers were stranded when all 46 Metro stations were evacuated while 37 miles of track was searched . |
| 15 | In what follows an attempt will be made to set down the main features of polymer viscoelasticity to enable the connections between the phenomenological and the molecular to be stated , where they are known , in preparation for the discussion in Chap . |
| 16 | In what follows an attempt will be made to set down the main features of polymer viscoelasticity to enable the connections between the phenomenological and the molecular to be states , where they are known , in preparation for the discussion in Chap . |
| 17 | Henceforth all traffic was routed down the main line . |
| 18 | It involves cutting down the main trunk to encourage new growth from the edge of the stump . |
| 19 | He was lowered down the main shaft and once underground tried to make his way to the area in which the missing men had been working or to any passageway in which they could have sought refuge . |
| 20 | Men went down the main shaft and tried to clear it by shovelling the slurry into tubs which were then hauled to the surface but this was soon abandoned as it was realised that it would take weeks or months to clear a way through to the trapped men . |
| 21 | A ship was moving slowly down the main channel , its engines throbbing in the stillness . |
| 22 | F. Further down the main valleys the rivers have become larger ( 3rd and 4th Order ) . |
| 23 | Walk along the main route to the top of Ore Gap ( 6.25 miles ) . |
| 24 | Once in Mosedale , continue along the main route as previously described . |
| 25 | From Adkin 109 , London Road proceed along the main road heading towards the ring road and after several hundred yards turn left into Barton Road where the property will be found on the left hand side . |
| 26 | Now , V D U and eye tests I 'll take over the main primary agenda . |
| 27 | Retrace your steps along the road and cross over the main St. David 's — Haverfordwest road . |
| 28 | Two days later , on 13 May , shortly before a Christian democrat by the name of Pierre Pflimlin made yet another attempt — as it turned out , successful — to win a vote of confidence in the National Assembly in Paris , a crowd took over the main government building in Algiers . |
| 29 | They took over the main Fleetwood service from the old Company cars , which were then used on the short-workings . |
| 30 | In Somerset , the old drove-ways still branch off the main routes into the moors , like spines on a stickleback . |