Example sentences of "it [vb -s] the main [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It straddles the main road into Orange , but a large roundabout has been constructed for the arch to stand serenely in a wide circular grass plot in the centre of the pounding traffic .
2 The maximum depth of the trench will be at the point where it enters the main sewer ; otherwise the trenches will need to be deep enough to allow for a fall of the required gradient away from the house .
3 It overflows into a 3″ diameter down tube where the water is re-oxygenated as it enters the main tank .
4 Er I what 's been said about the report and I think it identifies the main issues .
5 While only offering about 20ft of new climbing , it solves the main challenge of the capping roof : a formidable test piece with potentially fatal consequences in the event of a fall .
6 Here a simple conceptualisation as is serviceable for the purpose of this book is made and it follows the main elements of Miliband 's [ 1969 ] .
7 When a card is plugged into an expansion slot it accesses the main processor through a bus on the motherboard and external to the card .
8 Free pre-school places for those wishing it remains the main plank of Labour 's education policy and would eat up the vast majority of the extra £4 million the party would spend while still staying within Government capping levels .
9 It provides the main resistance to the sideways forces of the sail .
10 It provides the main source of illumination and modelling .
11 It provides the main source for the part-written element of the Constitution .
12 The contradiction shows itself in the phenomena of underconsumption and in periodic crises ; and it provides the main ground for Marx 's expectation of an eventual breakdown of the capitalist system .
13 It comprises the Main Library ( Arts , Social Sciences and general subjects as well as Special Collections ) and a number of separate Faculty Libraries which are among the most comprehensive in the UK in their subject areas : these include the Erskine Medical , Europa , Law , New College ( theology ) , Reid Music , Science , and Veterinary Libraries , all of which are fully accessible to all members of the University .
14 If it comprises the main design of a work , whose general features have already been completed , it will be fixed as a " tray " — otherwise it will be one of many prefabricated sections .
15 It shares the main galleries of the ICA 's ground floor with ‘ Craft Morphology Flow Chart ’ ( 1991 , Lannan Foundation ) which created a strong impression at the recent Carnegie International in Pittsburgh and consists of rows of hand-made woollen dolls laid out in tables .
16 Thus the final £10 in 56 , if it carries the main sentence stress , can only mean ‘ exactly £10 ’ :
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