Example sentences of "[prep] the main [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first set of surveys revealed considerable support for the main principles of the reforms : 85 per cent of DGMs described their general attitude to the NHS and Community Care Act as " mostly approve with some reservations " and 6 per cent had no reservations at all ; 87 per cent agreed with the separation of purchasing from provision ; 88 per cent considered the reforms would make the NHS more business-like and that this was a good thing . |
| 2 | Not only does this pick them out , but the underline can be used only for the main emphasis of the sentence . |
| 3 | typefaces used for the main text of written material . |
| 4 | For the main characteristic of the bourgeoisie as a class was that it was a body of persons of power and influence , independent of the power and influence of traditional birth and status . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , supply-side doctrine provided a theoretical underpinning for the main thrust of his economic strategy . |
| 6 | In an apparent attempt to placate the anti-reform groups in the Congress of People 's Deputies before it opened , Yegor Gaidar , responsible for the main thrust of the economic reforms , was dismissed by Yeltsin as Finance Minister on April 2 but retained the post of Deputy Premier . |
| 7 | It is characteristic of him that he transmitted to us a document which gave the number of the soldiers in the Roman army about 225 B.C. and added the number of the men of military age but not under arms : the document distinguished between Roman citizens and allies , and gave specific figures for the main groups of allies ( 2.23–4 ) . |
| 8 | He then rushed off to prepare for the main service of the morning as the Minster bells began to ring out . |
| 9 | When Wakefield played a full part in the International Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 350 people of various denominations gathered for the main service of the week at the new church of St Peter and St Paul . |
| 10 | Again , if you are using fine yarn for the main part of the garment , add an extra strand of yarn for the welt if necessary . |
| 11 | In practice , they constitute something of as guide to interested bodies ad provide a framework for the main items of legislation introduced by an incoming government in the first session or two of a new Parliament : most manifesto promises are usually implemented . |
| 12 | To listen to the Europeans talk , they would all appear in need of similar introspection before they descend on Augusta National for the main business of their trip , the Masters , which begins on Thursday . |
| 13 | As expected , the bill provides for the main planks of the NHS shake-up — NHS trusts , indicative drugs budgets , optional practice budgets for some GPs and creation of an ‘ internal market ’ — though it does so in markedly less robust commercial terminology than was first applied . |
| 14 | Concentrate on essentials Go for the main points of the lecture , not details . |
| 15 | Indeed I have my breakfast at dinner-time , somewhere around 11.30 a.m. that 's the time for the main meal of the day in farming circles since it is normal for those who live from the land to rise at first light . |
| 16 | Attitude and self-assessment instruments , developed for the main study of the 16 — 19 initiative will also be used . |
| 17 | The typefaces in our new design are those on this page : a classic cut of Baskerville for the main body of text , and Franklin Gothic for headlines ( in most parts of the paper ) . |
| 18 | It prepares the way for the main body of the essay or answer to the question and should do more than just " set the scene " . |
| 19 | The photograph in the October issue of 57 Squadron line brought back vivid memories , because this was taken during the main exercise of Exercise Ardent in October 1952 . |
| 20 | During the main part of the season , music is occasionally played on the hotel 's terrace during the evening . |
| 21 | During the main period of fieldwork in 1992 it is hoped to collect a substantial body of ethnographic data on the Laz , which will lead to improved understanding of ethnic and cultural diversity in modern Turkey . |
| 22 | It may be concluded that the developing embryos and foetus show a pronounced sensitivity to the induction of malformations by radiation , particularly during the main phase of organogenesis . |
| 23 | whitewashed West Indies in the one-dayers and were then routed 4–0 during the main business of that summer . |
| 24 | Despite these deficiencies , tobacco was used as the main type of money in Virginia State , USA , during the late 1700s . |
| 25 | There now exist community groups of a greater or lesser degree of militancy which have eschewed political parties as the main vehicle of their demands ( although they often have to use them in the later stages of campaigns ) . |
| 26 | The Court of Appeal held that as the main purpose of Mr Stark 's contract had merely been the regular and efficient distribution of newspapers and since there was no evidence he should personally engage in distribution , it followed that the contract was not a ‘ contract personally to execute any work or labour ’ and therefore Mrs Gunning was not employed under such a contract . |
| 27 | Trade with the Soviet Union has collapsed since the new year , when hard currency replaced the rouble as the main medium of transaction . |
| 28 | On the other hand , establishing the vernacular as the main medium of government and instruction can be a way of excluding competition by outsiders for public employment . |
| 29 | 4 Teachers as the main providers of response to children 's writing need to become better readers . |
| 30 | Original intentions to replace large-scale institutions with statutory services provided in the community have increasingly been modified , with a growing emphasis being placed instead on the role of families , friends and neighbours as the main providers of ‘ community care ’ . |