Example sentences of "a predominantly [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liver biopsy showed a predominantly T cell mononuclear cell infiltrate and although the possibility of lymphoma was raised it was considered that this may also have been caused by an inflammatory process . |
| 2 | For these reasons the inevitable defeat of the " United Front " and of Communist affiliation by a predominantly trade-union vote did little to deter the " Unity Campaign " which grew in direct defiance of the Edinburgh decisions . |
| 3 | This can be done successfully , but requires a tank large enough to provide open habitat for the other fish ( as well as the rocks for the Mbuna ) and that the Mbuna do not outnumber the others — Mbuna are far more boisterous and a small number of Aulonacaras in a predominantly Mbuna tank tend to be scared all the time , even though rarely actually attacked . |
| 4 | In specimens from normal or alcoholic patients , expression of Lewis antigens was mainly in small bile ducts and showed a predominantly luminal pattern , while in the cholestatic disease groups , expression was mainly cytoplasmic and was seen in small and large ducts ( Fig 1(C) and ( D ) ) . |
| 5 | Where there is a predominantly yin landscape , the favourable site would be one which had yang characteristics , such as Glastonbury Tor , or the sacred aboriginal site of Ayers Rock in Australia , both prominent features rising out of a flat plain . |
| 6 | Though most rural settlements practised a predominantly subsistence economy , they needed certain goods and commodities from elsewhere which they could not provide themselves , and they were usually dependent on and subsidiary to somewhere else in terms of ownership , administration , and religious provision . |
| 7 | A diagram can be used to depict the links between settlements and the various land uses which have been discussed , together with the possibility of distant resources , in a predominantly subsistence economy ( Fig. 59 ) . |
| 8 | As a predominantly passenger line , the L & NWR had more locos and more passenger carriages than its contemporaries . |
| 9 | Here a predominantly grassland habitat was converted to a predominantly arable one in a very limited period after 1945 , primarily due to a Government policy of encouraging cereal growing . |
| 10 | We can quote one as saying ‘ We see it as giving a distinctive edge to our marketing image amongst a predominantly business clientele . ’ |