Example sentences of "one of the prime " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the prime aims of the system of Soviets was being thwarted in this region , and in many others throughout Russia . |
| 2 | Though many bankers forget it , control of non-interest expenses is the most vital of the quartet — cost-savings are after all one of the prime motives for mergers . |
| 3 | ‘ It has caused the abandonment of high standards and is one of the prime causes of stress among teachers and conscientious pupils . ’ |
| 4 | Job satisfaction was often one of the prime motivators in improving businesses . |
| 5 | Fossil reefs are one of the prime sites to look for fossils of many different kinds besides the corals themselves . |
| 6 | Fellows , Morton and Clayton , the famous canal carrying company , may have been one of the prime movers in the business . |
| 7 | And one of the prime factors most often pointed to as a cause has been the rise of the new media of communication and entertainment , particular emphasis being placed on the deleterious effects of television . |
| 8 | Desire , it is said , is one of the prime motivating powers of human existence and we believe that to curtail desire would be to leave life without meaning . |
| 9 | They blended together from the first and there can be no doubt that Harry 's forceful play on the right wing was one of the prime reasons why Simpson was able to crack in so many goals . |
| 10 | Clearly , high-risk industries need special consideration wherever they are sited , although being well away from high-density population areas may be one of the prime considerations . |
| 11 | Certainly , one of the prime reasons for powerlessness is lack of obedience . |
| 12 | In this way , the new church will recover one of the prime New Testament gifts to build up the church . |
| 13 | It 's commonly held that instruments are generally better made these days — even the cheap ones — and one of the prime benefits of this is that the purchaser has a better than even chance of buying a worthwhile instrument , regardless of cost . |
| 14 | And how better to do it than to collaborate with one of the prime movers behind National Music Day , Mick Jagger , in a concert to celebrate The Blues . |
| 15 | The importance of this latter factor is one of the prime reasons why Ella featured in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle . |
| 16 | Injustice at work is one of the prime sources of conflict , especially in annual pay rounds , but also in many other ways . |
| 17 | The ATP coup 12 months later triggered both opportunities for their change of mind , although record crowds again this time and the realisation that , apart from the Stella Artois tournament at Queen 's Club , they have one of the prime non Grand Slam events of the year , persuaded them to stay after all . |
| 18 | As we noted before , one of the prime concerns of teachers is that they do not have enough time to carry out the day-to-day tasks and responsibilities of their jobs to their own satisfaction , let alone to invest in enhancing their own skills , or reflecting on their roles and priorities , to anything like the extent which they would like . |
| 19 | The phenomenon of modifiable taste aversion is often taken as one of the prime pieces of evidence for doubting general principles of associative learning . |
| 20 | So as the struggle against the double standard developed , particularly amongst social-purity crusaders from the 1860s onwards , one of the prime targets in trying to establish a single standard of morality ( the morality essentially of the chaste woman ) was the drive against public manifestations of vice . |
| 21 | Under the Tudors , the granting of money continued to be one of the prime parliamentary functions . |
| 22 | Patrick started , although only twenty-nine , Michael Collins was one of the prime movers in the Republican Movement now . |
| 23 | This interchange of visual ideas permeates every facet of the weaver 's art , and is one of the prime reasons why all oriental rugs , regardless of their compositional differences , possess an underlying character that sets them apart from hand-made rugs produced in other areas of the world . |
| 24 | Erm they obviously have the right person teaching this management course if you know that 's one of the prime functions of a manager is to be unavailable at all times . |
| 25 | Whatever you write , remember that one of the prime qualities of a lawyer is accuracy . |
| 26 | And and that was one of the prime things that I asked |
| 27 | And one of the prime moves for all age worship when it first started , was to say , you know , if Christian education is going to take place at other times , than on a Sunday , then what do we do together , for all ages , in worship . |
| 28 | In 1910 he was one of the prime organizers of the Royal Institute of British Architects ' International Town Planning Congress ( which attracted an astonishing 1,300 delegates ) ; between 1912 and 1914 he was lecturing at the University of Birmingham ; and in 1913 he was playing an active role in establishing a Town Planning Institute . |
| 29 | The improvement of the physical and moral health of individuals was one of the prime duties of a Christian country , for the level of national health reflected the degree of civilization attained by the state . |
| 30 | Bed is one of the prime places where you can lie without getting caught , where you can holler and grunt in the dark and later boast about your ‘ performance ’ . |