Example sentences of "as [art] main " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is something that the British harp on that incessantly , using it as the main reason for choosing one restaurant over another , but do we really understand what it means and are we consistent in our assessment of perceived value ? |
| 2 | Analysis of any construction of meaning from which social practice is derived has to be part of the participant ethnographer 's cognitive processes , replacing the notion of simple observation as the main data-yielding technique . |
| 3 | Last night , the East German Foreign Ministry issued a statement attacking the attitude of the refugees : ‘ Some East German citizens will justifiably ask why we let these people emigrate to West Germany via East Germany , even though they had grossly violated our laws , ’ said the statement read as the main television news item . |
| 4 | Electronic tolls could replace fuel and vehicle taxes as the main form of highway revenue . |
| 5 | A former probation officer , she blames the way professionals are trained to see the criminal as the main concern , with justice for the victim — if thought about at all — regarded as an optional extra . |
| 6 | This year , in its Plan of Work for 1989-90 and Beyond , the Government 's Health and Safety Commission identified management failure as the main cause of accidents at work . |
| 7 | Nuon Chia was educated in Thailand , and is regarded as the main ideologue of the Khmer Rouge . |
| 8 | That is , these methods , typifications , and practices are employed by policemen and women as the main resource for accomplishing police work , and their relevance and applicability is taken for granted and never challenged . |
| 9 | The number of voters citing defence as the main issue they wished to see discussed by the parties rose from 3 per cent at the start of the campaign to only 11 per cent in the third week and then stabilized at that level . |
| 10 | Those who were particularly interested in politics or discussed politics , read highbrow papers or watched television news , were a little more likely to be able to name some issues ( any issues ! ) as the main themes being stressed by the parties , but the level of predictability was low . |
| 11 | Those who were interested in politics or discussed politics , read highbrow papers or watched television news , were a little more likely to be able to name some issues as the main themes being stressed by the parties . |
| 12 | He succeeded amply in Labour 's main objective of defeating the Alliance as the main alternative to the Conservatives . |
| 13 | After 1974 a growing number of Conservatives increasingly fastened upon the failure to control money sterling supply , M3 ( notes and coins in circulation , with all deposits held by UK residents ) , as the main cause of inflation . |
| 14 | The plan for converting the large volumes of the mill interior into living accommodation involved retaining the entrance into the lean-to engine house and using it as the main entrance to the building . |
| 15 | An existing external door was re-used as the main entrance and the new straight-flight stair , giving access to the first-floor living-rooms , was located on the site off the former upper storeys ' access ladder . |
| 16 | After years of living with Lewis she still knew but did not know that ‘ a man ’ could regard reading as the main business of the day and everything else as an interruption . |
| 17 | The debate continues today with home affairs as the main topic . |
| 18 | Moscow continues as the main Sandinista financier , pumping in about $465 million in economic aid . |
| 19 | In tendering his resignation , Mr Adamec cited undue pressure from the opposition in the haggling this week over a new cabinet as the main reason . |
| 20 | Moscow continues as the main Sandinista financier , pumping in about $465 million in economic aid . |
| 21 | By that time the state of the economy had eclipsed the environment as the main issue . |
| 22 | Molecule for molecule , they are 10,000 times more potent than carbon dioxide and it has been estimated that if production is not checked they will rival carbon dioxide as the main greenhouse gas in the twenty-first century . |
| 23 | The Middle East was seen as the sea and , later , the air crossroads of the Eastern Hemisphere ; as the land bridge between Europe , Asia and Africa ; and as the main source of sterling oil upon which Britain and Western Europe were becoming increasingly dependent . |
| 24 | A thin salty sauce used as the main condiment throughout the Far East , virtually replacing dry salt . |
| 25 | They often finished up as the main item on the menu at the feast after their visit . |
| 26 | Trade with the Soviet Union has collapsed since the new year , when hard currency replaced the rouble as the main medium of transaction . |
| 27 | This cemented his place in the Test team , although it would be another year or so before he was given the new ball , and then it was just a question of piling up the scalps as the main strike bowler . |
| 28 | John Thompson , who runs 98 Friesian-Holstein cows as the main enterprise with cereals and sheep at Silvermoor Farm , Alnwick , Northumberland , is the national Genus Milkminder manager of the year . |
| 29 | Snacks can follow the same principle of low-fat , low-sugar eating as the main meals . |
| 30 | Clifford Smyth stresses the damage that would have been done to the electoral appeal of the DUP if it had been too closely associated with the Free Presbyterian Church and offers this as the main reason why the Presbytery of the Free Church refused to allow ministers other than Paisley and Beattie to stand as DUP candidates . |