Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] the main " in BNC.
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| 1 | Five-foot sash cramps sort out the main frame ; the brackets need special treatment . |
| 2 | With rucksacks on their shoulders and clutching their weapons , the group of desperadoes trudged up the main coast road , clearly silhouetted by the headlamps of passing enemy traffic . |
| 3 | At that moment Jack Carter and Dougal Munro came down the main staircase . |
| 4 | Much more common is for the Act to set out the main framework of the legislation , dealing itself with the more important and general matters , but leaving much to be done later by others , particularly the Minister in charge of the sponsoring department . |
| 5 | At ten thirty-five , Rachaela switched on the main light and walked behind the screen into Ruth 's area . |
| 6 | Erm obviously we can er prepare a note for the committee setting out the main features in what I would call our commercial strategy . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Just as she had said , the porter 's wife opened up the main door and the inner gate from her room and then poked her head out . |
| 9 | In his speech to the Assembly , Drnovsek laid out the main themes of his government 's programme . |
| 10 | Robin Dewhurst singles out the main attractions |
| 11 | In his He Who Is : A Study in Traditional Theism ( intended as a response to Martin Buber 's I and Thou ) and in his work Existence and Analogy , Mascall sets out the main arguments of the Thomist . |
| 12 | On a single sheet of paper write down the main message of the report . |
| 13 | In FE centres , National Certificate Modules make up the main part of the curriculum , whilst in schools , modules are used mainly to supplement other courses and as taster or enrichment courses . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | There was not much point in working harder or taking risks if the taxman picked up the main benefit of one 's success . |
| 18 | The pilot light burns continuously on most boilers , and lights the main burners when the programmer switches on the main gas supply . |
| 19 | In the case of the 4 , a lightly flame-patterned section makes up the main body , with a strip of darker walnut separating this from the attractively-grained birdseye on the front . |