Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] ' main " in BNC.
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1 | The continued decline of international prices for the LDCs ' main export products during the last decade ; the danger of a fall in official development assistance and the consequences of the Gulf crisis , were listed as the main factors affecting growth in LDCs . |
2 | Depending upon the date of the interview we could predict quite well whether people would name defence as the Conservatives ' main campaign theme , but it was the date of the interview rather than the personal characteristics of the interviewee that mattered . |
3 | Whether people named defence as the Conservatives ' main campaign theme depended a great deal upon the date of the interview and rather less upon their personal characteristics or even their pattern of media use . |
4 | One of the Teams ' main aims is to reduce unemployment in the area and in this regard the Teams work closely with other government bodies . |
5 | However , the conference decided that the government should take action against those guilty of the deaths of Sikhs in the aftermath of Indira Gandhi 's assassination in 1984 [ see pp. 33220-21 ] , which had been one of the Sikhs ' main demands . |
6 | This was not what Marian wanted , for they had worked out that the smoke of the outlaws ' main Camp ready , and Hugh with his sword in his good hand . |
7 | He is looking , instead , for a classification system that will above all be simple and that will attempt to include the number of interviews that take place in a bureau , together with some classification of the clients ' main and subsidiary problems as well as the type of advice or information given . |
8 | The crossing of borders artistic , national , and generational is one of the founders ' main intentions , and the projects currently being planned are all multi-media . |
9 | There will be no sections for the different media : the crossing of borders artistic , national , and generational is one of the founders ' main intentions , and the projects currently being planned are all multi-media . |
10 | I strongly agree with the authors ' main point that all excised lesions should be sent for histological examination . |
11 | Branding Lacidar as ‘ the black Fidel ’ it closed its markets to the islands ' main exports — sugar and coffee . |
12 | Thus , what was viewed as acceptable was determined largely by the centres ' main client group — elderly disabled people . |