Example sentences of "be [art] main [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Issak had been the main casualties in the government 's campaign to stamp out support for the rebel Somali National Movement ( SNM ) . |
| 2 | What over the years have been the main disadvantages for textile manufacturers ? |
| 3 | Local authorities have always been the main providers of wheelchair and mobility adapted housing , and although the actual number of such dwellings decreased between the periods 1970/81 and 1982/6 due to an overall decline in their house-building programme , the percentage of wheelchair and mobility adapted housing increased in this period . |
| 4 | What then have been the main criticisms ? |
| 5 | Children and the elderly have been the main victims . |
| 6 | He had been restored to the earldom in 1470 as part of Edward 's measures against Clarence and the Nevilles , who had been the main beneficiaries of the Percy forfeiture . |
| 7 | During the last nine years , it has been richer pensioners who have been the main beneficiaries of the real increase in the value of pensions . |
| 8 | Press reports noted that Mugabe had during the March 1990 general election campaign promised public-sector pay increases and salary restructuring , but that senior staff had been the main beneficiaries . |
| 9 | On this occasion the Hansards seem to have been the main beneficiaries from the decline in the activity of other alien merchants , but they too could be affected by political rivalry , and periods of tension between England and the Hanse towns , even if this fell short of war , were marked by substantial falls in cloth exports by the Hanse merchants . |
| 10 | He had been restored to the earldom in 1470 as part of Edward 's measures against Clarence and the Nevilles , who had been the main beneficiaries of the Percy forfeiture . |
| 11 | What have been the main features ? |
| 12 | Emigration and tourism have long been the main contributors to the economy of Madeira , emigration being the older . |
| 13 | Edward Sagalayev underlined the fact that the media had been the main contributors to glasnost and perestroika . |
| 14 | These are the main findings of the latest Royal Bank of Scotland quarterly survey of exporters , conducted by the Small Business Research Trust and sponsored by the bank . |
| 15 | The following are the main abbreviations and technical terms used in this document : |
| 16 | Wool , cotton and silk are the main materials , although goat and camel hari are sometimes used by nomadic and village weavers . |
| 17 | Harp , Courage and Scottish & Newcastle are the main brewers and distributors but the product ( like Guinness ) is sold through all the national brewers . |
| 18 | Those then are the main changes introduced with the new guide-lines . |
| 19 | What are the main changes ? |
| 20 | The semi-structured interview and the questionnaires described in chapter 3 are the main forms of assessment . |
| 21 | Changes to the social security system have reduced the living standards of the majority of recipients ; but , since women are the main users of the system , they are the main losers . |
| 22 | What are the main sources of funds for a bank ? |
| 23 | Rather than seeing the exploitation of the peasantry as the means to industrialisation Bukharin insisted that ‘ a qualitative increase in the productivity of national labour , and a determined fight against non-productive expenditure … are the main sources of accumulation . ’ |
| 24 | SORGHUM and millets are among the world 's most important food crops and , for the inhabitants of the semi-arid tropics , they are the main sources of protein and energy . |
| 25 | Interestingly after the last drawing release , the time to prototype completion is not so different — three months in Japan , three in the US and five in Europe — implying that the scheduling of drawing releases and/or control of prototype parts suppliers are the main sources of inefficiencies . |
| 26 | The following are the main elements of this strategy for the forthcoming year : |
| 27 | Historical cost accounts are the main accounts , with the effect of changing prices being shown in supplementary accounts . |
| 28 | UK corporates , building societies , local authorities and banks themselves are the main investors . |
| 29 | The technique throughout is nearly always good , sometimes splendid but , oh dear , the subject matter : twee little harbours with neat fishing boats , oast houses ( Rowland Hilder has a lot to answer for ) , Highland lochs and flower arrangements are the main preoccupations . |
| 30 | The way in which this important directive is implemented , and the financial incentives provided under it to support and intensify agriculture in the UK 's uplands , are the main factors causing the nature conservation/agriculture conflict . |