Example sentences of "a predominantly [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the employment for women was in a variety of food and clothing concerns located on Chirton industrial estate which had a predominantly female labour force . |
| 2 | The workplaces embrace factors such as a closed shop environment , a multi-union situation and a predominantly female labour force . |
| 3 | The provision of health care and the subjective experience of seeking that care are all partly determined by the socio-economic structure of society on an area basis , so that a working class person is at a greater disadvantage if he lives in a predominantly working class area than if he lives in a socially mixed area . |
| 4 | Foreign direct investment in some countries of the Third World has resulted in a predominantly male state sector industrial labour force being augmented by many more women in private , especially foreignowned , industry . |
| 5 | The objective of the study was to determine which aspects of the UK government 's implementation of the Less Favoured Areas Directive are responsible for the agriculture/nature conservation conflict and to recommend changes aimed at retaining a predominantly agricultural land use in the uplands without further loss and degradation of its unique nature conservation interest . |
| 6 | Such divisions exclude striking exceptions and no ‘ region ’ is homogeneous ; thus water will produce a huerta in a predominantly dry cereal region . |
| 7 | This apparent advantage over a predominantly rural rebel zone would only be maintained , however , if the Republic could hold on to its territory , overcome the isolation of the north coast from the rest of the zone , put its precious metal reserves to good use , pay for essential raw materials and feed its large urban population . |
| 8 | The European computer industry has thus acquired a predominantly free market policy regime ( with , of course , significant elements of the other policy traditions ) . |
| 9 | Of course , in a predominantly agrarian economy land constituted by far the most important capital asset . |