Example sentences of "in the main [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking back to the opening statement of the first article last month , we must remember that in the main we are thinking about these designs as decoration rather than as pure picture-making . |
| 2 | In the main we encourage the planting of native trees . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I should demand that everyone should account for their movements but , ’ he smiled thinly , ‘ in the main we all sleep alone and I have no authority to ask . ’ |
| 4 | In the main we tell them exactly |
| 5 | But in the main we will lift whatever they want if they 've got something like that in existence if not we 'll do it for them . |
| 6 | In the main we we look for an average between sixteen to twenty pages |
| 7 | But in the main we are looking for er somewhere in the region of er hundred and eighty pounds per per per deal and we 're looking for one of those a day average . |
| 8 | So you can do that but in the main we try not to have any loose ends on er an assignment . |
| 9 | Well the add hoc panel of investigators did n't work terribly well , but the they the idea of , if there are a pool of ex employees in erm and in the main we 're tending to think about er you you 're talking about people who 've left to have families I suspect , erm , if if there is a pool of them that you can pull in , maybe that would work slightly better . |
| 10 | I knew that in the main they were painted by Indian and mestizo artists at the command of the Europeans . |
| 11 | In the main they are brightly coloured works in the expressionist tradition . |
| 12 | In the main they all appreciated what was being done and it was obvious that the Board was held in high regard by this section of the industry . |
| 13 | In the main they draw attention to the changes of attitude and behaviour over the years . |
| 14 | It will be seen in Chapter 5 that city bureaux also make links with local libraries , but in the main they are arranging to share local information rather than develop the self-service information service as in the rural communities . |
| 15 | In several countries local ‘ curriculum implementers ’ of one species or another have been appointed and in the main they have proved to be conscientious and down-to-earth professionals who do an exceptionally useful job . |
| 16 | seldom fatal , affecting mainly rabbits some eight weeks old , and in the main they recovered . |
| 17 | They did acquit themselves well with heavier strings and a flat pick , but in the main they were seen as fingerpicking guitars . |
| 18 | Before we romanticize the size , wealth and power of these guilds , it should be pointed out that in the main they were fairly small . |
| 19 | In the main they were a semi-educated band with neither trade nor union affiliation , and greedy — the occasional client was brought to financial ruin by undertakers charging over-inflated and extortionate prices for an unnecessary spectacle that few could either afford or understand . |
| 20 | In the main they are shy creatures , though their speed , strength and agility demand a healthy respect . |
| 21 | During the ensuing eight centuries they recognised , at different times , the suzerainty of the Byzantine , Habsburg and Serbian emperors , the King of Hungary , the Doge of Venice and the Sultan of Turkey , but in the main they kept their own internal self-government . |
| 22 | Amongst them are subject pictures but in the main they are portraits , including a major group of Mary I , to whom Eworth acted as court painter , albeit without any official status . |
| 23 | Some of these dealings in ‘ futures ’ are but incidents in speculative manoeuvres ; but in the main they are governed by calculations of the world 's consumption on the one hand , and of the existing stocks and coming harvests in the Northern and Southern hemispheres on the other . |
| 24 | In the main they relied upon their own convictions and inspirations and on secondary sources of various kinds . |
| 25 | Now in the main they 've all all our advertisers have advertised somewhere . |
| 26 | There are some Local Authorities , in the main they are run by the Labour Party |
| 27 | In the main you have very good manners , despite your Sagittarian candour . ’ |
| 28 | In the main it causes few problems , but in recent years there has been a rise in cases that cause conflict for the advice worker . |
| 29 | In the main it was a fun time for us girls . |
| 30 | in the main it affects the proper functioning of the gills . |