Example sentences of "[verb] the main [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difference between these two sections is that the former is supposed to show you where you should start pursuing the main themes of the chapter . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In the least ‘ radical ’ forms , the home authorities remain the main providers of services , but purchasing of services from other health authorities is increased . |
| 4 | On January 11th , 1984 the NCB revealed the main aspects of a new version of the ‘ Plan for Coal ’ : the stabilisation of output at around 100 million tonnes ; the closure in the near future of 8 million tonnes of high cost capacity and a continued policy of high wages and high redundancy payments . |
| 5 | Figure 8.1 summarizes the main features of this matrix . |
| 6 | Figure 3.1 summarizes the main features of the Modular Course Management System . |
| 7 | There have been many , sometimes conflicting , attempts to classify the main functions of language ( macro-functions ) . |
| 8 | This is also the reason why , having examined the main dimensions of employment change in the next two chapters , we return to the topic of population in Chapter 7 . |
| 9 | In addition the President would appoint and head a Presidential Council responsible for elaborating " measures to implement the main directions of the USSR 's domestic and foreign policy and to ensure the country 's security " . |
| 10 | As Labour leaders predicted a smooth ride for the policy overhaul this week , the three ‘ hard left ’ national executive committee members attacked the main elements of the package , from its abandonment of nuclear unilateralism to the shift away from all out renationalisation . |
| 11 | The problem with trial trenches is that if they are very small it is easy to miss the main features of a site , yet the larger the trenches used , the nearer the process becomes to full-scale excavation . |
| 12 | When Beatrice Webb publicly renounced her stand against the suffrage in 1906 , she explained in a letter to Millicent Garrett Fawcett that : ‘ The raising of children , the advancement of learning and the promotion of the spiritual — which I regard as the particular obligations of women — are , it is clear , more and more becoming the main preoccupations of the community as a whole ’ . |
| 13 | Systematically covers the main types of business letter , and also provides information about international commerce and British financial institutions . |
| 14 | It will include the main departments of government together with some members who do not have departmental responsibilities who may be given political or co-ordinating roles . |
| 15 | For example , both would appear to be better served by a contract which gave A £100 or £500 , hence B — £100 or £1500 ( this has not been drawn in , to avoid obscuring the main points of the figure ) . |
| 16 | A correspondent for Cornhill Magazine , who claimed that in order to gain an inside understanding of ‘ The Science of Garotting ’ he had visited an experienced convict in his cell and offered himself up as a guinea-pig victim , described the main elements of this ‘ most inclement ruffianism that ever disgraced a nineteenth century ’ . |
| 17 | In a survey article Paul J. Curran described the main principles of remote sensing . |
| 18 | Before a questioning audience Mr Murray began by explaining the main features of the new corporate identity and outlined the way it would be introduced to its public . |
| 19 | I will also discuss the main attributes of the chart parsing process with reference to the dynamics of speech recognition . |
| 20 | Jenny had a very poor topographical imagination and needed to apply herself with great concentration to the task of relating the main lines of street lights to her own knowledge of the town . |
| 21 | According to the report Egypt had made a " major effort to improve its ability to produce poison gas by acquiring the main elements of a plant from a Swiss company " ( see also p. 37222 ) . |
| 22 | At the end of their Bangkok meeting Hun Sen and Sihanouk signed a joint communiqué upholding the main principles of the Australian peace plan . |
| 23 | Kirk began his telegram by summarising the main points of Gen McCreery 's AC/1 89 , about " unmanageable numbers of refugees and prisoners of war … materially deteriorating from operational capacity " of 5 Corps ( although he did not mention McCreery 's opening point about the " large numbers of surrendered personnel from Army Group SE " ) . |
| 24 | In this chapter , we have considered the main determinants of the demand for money in terms of , first , the classical quantity theory of money ; secondly , the Keynesian liquidity-preference theory ; and finally , Friedman 's modern quantity theory . |
| 25 | The third-person sections narrate the main events of his life in a more or less objective manner . |
| 26 | After establishing that saturated hydrocarbons require free radical attack , initiated by UV light , and that multiple bonds and substituents open possibilities of nucelophilic and electrophilic attack , he reviewed the main classes of reaction , extending his scope to other compounds such as aldehydes , ketones and acid chlorides . |
| 27 | an Investment Overview , which is a brief memorandum that highlights the main features of the business and which may not necessarily identify the name of the business ; and |
| 28 | An essential feature of general SVQs is that they preserve the main characteristics of occupational SVQs . |
| 29 | Climatology as viewed by a geographer necessarily involves consideration of climatic change ( Lockwood , 1979a ) and of the energy balance , general circulation , and statistical dynamical models ( Lockwood , 1983a ) that afford the main types of model used in studies of climatic change . |
| 30 | Units cover the main areas of contact in business , with an emphasis on oral-aural skills . |