Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] of the main [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This highlights one of the main differences of approach between normal communication within the family and the counselling process . |
| 2 | Slimane Bekki and John Pyle said they could not calculate the effect on ozone depletion , but believed the northern hemisphere would be worst affected , because it has most of the main air routes . |
| 3 | The above briefly describes some of the main forms of severe mental handicap which might be encountered . |
| 4 | The following breakdown includes some of the main causes of mental handicap but is by no means a comprehensive listing . |
| 5 | It is in peasant society that one sees some of the main gainers from the surplus of land . |
| 6 | It also underlines one of the main reasons why community education did not become a radical movement for social change . |
| 7 | Software AG reckons one of the main reasons why it has achieved year-on-year revenue growth is that , unlike its competitors , its software works equally well across a wide range of environments . |
| 8 | It starts simply enough with a water supply and a distillery but even that is not necessarily the ‘ start ’ , in that one could equally well have begun with the barley which forms one of the main inputs to the process of distillation . |
| 9 | Henri Giller traces changes in the relationships between researchers and policy makers in England and Wales over 25 years , and examines some of the main threads of research in this field . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , the literature on the professions per se provides a useful entrée into this type of education , because it identifies some of the main themes which characterize not only those professions but preparation for them : the existence of a body of specialized knowledge and expertise ; the influence of professional norms and ethics ; the autonomy and responsibility of the professional ; the relationships with colleagues , clients and the state . |
| 11 | It makes for much neater charting to assume that there are no overlaps but this defeats one of the main purposes of the chart . |
| 12 | Here Alfieri repeats one of the main issues raised in his introduction , ‘ Most of the time now we settle for half and I like it better . ’ |
| 13 | A British-made fence coupling system eliminates one of the main problems encountered in fence building and repairing — namely joining the rails or panels to the posts . |
| 14 | These pupils are shaped by many other factors than their schooling , and the extract from Coleman 's The Nature of Adolescence considers some of the main features influencing adolescent development and their relation to school . |
| 15 | The castle , high up on its river cliff above the Wye , guards one of the main crossings from England to Wales . |
| 16 | It therefore bypasses one of the main methods of testing the rational expectations hypothesis which we explained in chapter 3 , namely testing the restrictions it imposes . |
| 17 | The path to Slieve Donard provides one of the main access routes into the Mourne Mountains and the Trust now faces the challenge of dealing with footpath erosion , particularly on the steeper slopes . |