Example sentences of "[vb past] be mainly [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not even a shuttered window was to be seen , just the barred doors and high , featureless walls of what she guessed were mainly warehouses . |
| 2 | Between these years , some unions which had been mainly male became mainly female eg NUPE ( National Union of Public Employees ) where the percentage of women rose from 24 per cent to 63 per cent , COHSE ( Confederation of Health Service Employees ) from 39 per cent to 67 per cent and USDAW ( Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers ) from 40 per cent to 57 per cent . |
| 3 | Whereas prior to his success literate elements in the labouring class had been mainly consumers of literature , now they could take on somewhat more confidently the role of producers in that broader market . |
| 4 | It had been mainly trousers and shirt , and the pyjama bottoms , she remembered . |
| 5 | His early years had been mainly montage . |