Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] the main [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the least ‘ radical ’ forms , the home authorities remain the main providers of services , but the purchasing of services from other health authorities is increased .
2 In the least ‘ radical ’ forms , the home authorities remain the main providers of services , but purchasing of services from other health authorities is increased .
3 There have been many , sometimes conflicting , attempts to classify the main functions of language ( macro-functions ) .
4 In a survey article Paul J. Curran described the main principles of remote sensing .
5 Dead , ragged heads of the climbing hydrangea can be removed , cutting where the stem joins the main branch .
6 Were his money worries the main source of his anxiety ?
7 The following description covers the main railway machinery , which applies to the great majority of railway employees in BR .
8 Yet this was also the period during which the United States became the main supplier of the hugely increasing need for raw cotton .
9 This chapter crystallises the main issues relevant in the management of a surveying practice and the internal organisation necessary to manage a project successfully .
10 And erm I say he was n't er he would n't go to ACAS , Will and our Glyn from erm they went to ACAS , and they said oh everything 's fine in our quarry but they were side stepping the main issue that we 'd been sacked and there 's the boys are out and majority of .
11 There 's also a video record of every car using the main car parks .
12 Another favourite to go out early on was Kevin Mitchell who retired at Portrush on lap one so it was left to Brian Reid , Alan Patterson , and Alan Irwin to carry the main challenge to Dunlop along with Milling and Lougher .
13 The Glenpatrick Golf Club holds the main golfing event of the year , or one that generates the most obvious competition , and that is the ‘ Buchanan Trophy ’ , the inter-company match .
14 Waterways provide the main thoroughfare in the Upper Mazaruni and many of these are already blocked .
15 In the second round of the HA Cup Southport caused the main shock with a 3-0 win over neighbours Formby at Birkdale .
16 In the second round of the HA Cup yesterday , Southport caused the main shock with a 3-0 win over Formby at Birkdale .
17 Generally , the opposites are used throughout the drawing to highlight the main colours blocked in later .
18 The study identified the main sources of difficulty in the family reactions .
19 Units cover the main areas of contact in business , with an emphasis on oral-aural skills .
20 The drawing shows the main components :
21 The drawing shows the main design points for a single-stack system and the connections which may be made Detailed requirements are given in BS5572 : Code of Practice for Sanitary Pipework .
22 He listed various possible causes — defective machines , careless workmanship , poor supervision , faulty lab tests — and asked the head of each department to identify the main cause of waste in their own area .
23 On Monday mornings there was a solid traffic line at the junction where Mulfords Hill joined the main road from Kingsclere to Burghfield Common .
24 You 'll be hard pressed to choose from the array of goods displayed in the shops lining the main street .
25 Jack and Hayter sampled the main east-west road at several points inside the defences , revealing a twofold sequence involving an earlier roadway 9m ( 29½ ft ) wide , with sandstone-lined drains on one or both sides , overlain by an often narrower road with a central open channel .
26 Evening snacks present the main problem .
27 The research programme examines the main institutions and agencies , and focuses on questions such as the means by which industry seeks to influence government and vice versa ; the regulatory framework which affects behaviour ; the financial transactions between the two parties ; the representation between unions and business and government agencies and the forums in which they take place .
28 The following paragraph is an attempt to summarise the main characteristics of basic generative phonology , and recommends some further reading for those interested in learning about it properly .
29 The formations under Gen Loehr 's command represented the main part of all the German forces remaining in Yugoslavia as the war approached its end .
30 The Illywhacker rates the main threat on his remarkable effort in the King George VI Chase , when he was beaten just 13 lengths in third behind The Fellow .
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