Example sentences of "most of the main " in BNC.
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| 1 | The committee will therefore include ministers from most of the main Whitehall departments . |
| 2 | Since Bassett 's book was published , biographies of most of the main protagonists have appeared : but , with one exception , they shed much less light on the crisis than might have been imagined . |
| 3 | Simple salads of lettuce , tomatoes and olives may accompany most of the main dishes . |
| 4 | Most of the main recent agricultural development initiatives have already been discussed in connection with crofting . |
| 5 | Well , note first of all that the various gases that are thought to have made up the early atmosphere contain most of the main elements that are known to be essential to life : carbon , nitrogen , sulphur , hydrogen , and oxygen — though the oxygen was not ‘ free ’ , but was combined for example with carbon in carbon monoxide . |
| 6 | The former is published quarterly in the United Kingdom by the Library Association and its coverage includes not only most of the main social science journals but also serious weekly magazines , such as The Economist and New Society , and also The Times , the Guardian and other such popular publications ; the latter is an American publication covering everything from books to articles and reports on all sorts of economic and social affairs published worldwide in the English language . |
| 7 | Numerous counts of winter flocks have been recorded in recent years , and gatherings of several thousands have been found regularly in most of the main areas of permanent grassland in the county , and in many coastal areas . |
| 8 | Elsewhere single birds or parties of up to five are the general rule , and the species is regularly recorded along the whole coast , and at most of the main areas of gravel pits and the reservoirs during migration . |
| 9 | Most of the main Honduran forests are being cut down , but the Mosquitia region has been protected by its inaccessibility . |
| 10 | Most of the main animal groups appeared quite suddenly 600 million years ago in what has become known as the ‘ Cambrian explosion ’ . |
| 11 | Most of the main roads are in good condition , but driving can be very tiring as there are many bends , and most of the roads are built onto the mountainside with deep ravines dropping away below , and you never quite know what 's around the corner — be it a bus straddling the centre of the road to take a corner or a group of children playing football in the road . |
| 12 | If you are hiring a car in the island , you will need three to four days to cover most of the main roads and to savour some of the breathtaking views . |
| 13 | I went on tour frequently from Simla to most of the main cities of India , speaking to Indian audiences and getting together groups of refugees from Burma to give them the latest news and to encourage them with hopes of victory and return . |
| 14 | The M6 motorway which borders the district enables the motorist ( over 80 per cent of all visitors arrive by car ) to reach the region from most of the main cities comparatively quickly . |
| 15 | Bad diet is now closely connected with most of the main illnesses associated with old age , and attention to these details may be very important . |
| 16 | It is quite lovely ; the views which are enjoyed by most of the main south-facing rooms take one 's eyes across the beautiful countryside way out into the distance to Blackmore Vale . |
| 17 | It is not uncommon on most of the main islands , but it tends to stay in the tree canopy and in spite of its gaudy plumage is not all that easy to see . |
| 18 | Japanese troops advanced rapidly to take most of the main cities of China — Beijing , Canton ( Guangzhou ) , Shanghai and , in December 1937 , Nanjing . |
| 19 | For Anglicans most of the main services take the form of a Eucharist and the ASB Rite A is almost universal . |
| 20 | Emergency locks were situated in most of the main companionways and , in the event that they were forced to abandon ship , members of the crew who were unable to reach a docking bay in time were assured of a moderate chance of survival . |
| 21 | As far as can be seen from aerial photographs and minor excavations , most of the main streets seem to have been lined with strip buildings , which are usually interpreted as shops and workshops . |
| 22 | However , intensive lobbying from domestic US interests ensured that the bill excluded most of the main products of the Caribbean region , severely limiting its effectiveness . |
| 23 | The staff come from varied intellectual backgrounds — including political science , history , economics and philosophy — and are involved in most of the main specialisms in the discipline . |
| 24 | The staff combine teaching and research interests which cover most of the main areas of linguistics , and are specialists in various languages including French , German , Russian , Arabic , Dravidian languages and some African languages . |
| 25 | We were expecting most of the main opposition leaders to have been imprisoned , ’ Mann stated the obvious . |
| 26 | Slimane Bekki and John Pyle said they could not calculate the effect on ozone depletion , but believed the northern hemisphere would be worst affected , because it has most of the main air routes . |
| 27 | It is understood that certain regions , like Highland , Fife , Borders , and Dumfries & Galloway may survive the shake-up , while some districts , notably Eastwood in the constituency of local government minister Allan Stewart , could also become unitary councils responsible for most of the main council services . |
| 28 | Its main public transport lines of communication north and south , British Rail 's West Coast main line and the M6 motorway carrying many coach services , run to the left of centre of the region missing most of the main centres of population which are in consequence served by branches . |
| 29 | As most of the main towns in Suffolk have reviews every two years are you contemplating having er those , that sort of interview of erm public hearing . |