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

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1 Although HP has already carried out the main task of porting Unicenter to a RISC platform , the Sun port involves the move from a Berkeley-based operating system over to V.4 , as well as the work involved in supporting Solaris value-add .
2 It was all too clear Auguste had been out enjoying the pleasures of Broadstairs , one of which was just disappearing up the main staircase , folding up her parasol .
3 Sub-cultures often cluster around the main culture .
4 Smaller paths and lanes frequently lead off the main holloway , but even this may be narrow and insignificant by modern standards .
5 The cockpit is then propelled by a large rocket and almost immediately stabilised by a small drogue , or parachute , which then pulls out the main chute , said Mr Brian Miller , of Martin Baker , the leading name in ejection seat invention and manufacture .
6 Serbian fighters poised in the hills to the south and east of Sarajevo loosed a fresh mortar and machinegun attack on the city early yesterday , briefly knocking out the main television transmitter , forcing Sarajevo Television to switch to emergency power .
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