Example sentences of "main [noun sg] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its main provision was that if either party were engaged in war with one other country in East Asia the other party would remain uninvolved , but should two enemies become involved the other party to the alliance would join forces . |
| 2 | The main provision was that he would pay the countess an annuity of 500 marks for her life — an open-ended commitment which in the event did not prove particularly onerous since the countess died soon after Christmas 1475 . |
| 3 | The main provision was that he would pay the countess an annuity of 500 marks for her life — an open-ended commitment which in the event did not prove particularly onerous since the countess died soon after Christmas 1475 . |
| 4 | The main hypothesis is that some CSPs are socially differentiated in that they are not all used by every social group , and that people are more aware of these CSPs than of others . |
| 5 | The main hypothesis is that the social adaptation results in an informal regulation of work-performance to meet the requirement that ‘ actual ’ effort expended by workers of equal status should be rewarded equally . |
| 6 | The main advantage is that it makes the junction much simpler . |
| 7 | The main advantage is that no ACT is payable when a company issues additional shares to a shareholder in lieu of a cash dividend . |
| 8 | The main advantage is that the observer can use both eyes instead of only one . |
| 9 | The main advantage is that they do not intrude on floor space in the same way as a normal hinged door — they simply fold back on themselves to half width . |
| 10 | Its main advantage is that it can be used to treat children . |
| 11 | The main change is that the periods laid down for these notices are now in days instead of hours : two days notice is required for the commencement of building works . |
| 12 | At first the main change was that he began to give away quite a lot of money , mainly to Worcestershire charities . |
| 13 | The main difficulty is that such heavy feeders are easy to overfeed and are capable of quickly fouling the aquarium water . |
| 14 | The main difficulty is that neither system delivers the principal goods — lots of calls per channel — to anything like the extent that it should . |
| 15 | The main difficulty is that the theory is only valid if our society is a just one in which all citizens are genuinely equal ; otherwise there is no equilibrium of equality for punishment to restore . |
| 16 | My main difficulty is that it reduces the principle enunciated by this House in the Hoffmann-La Roche case to the status of an arbitrary rule — what Dillon L.J . |
| 17 | The main difficulty is that the non-business sector is not a homogeneous group of organizations . |
| 18 | The main difficulty is that in order to record capital the organization not only has to know what assets it owns but it also has to put a value on them , even if the ‘ value ’ is their historic cost . |
| 19 | The main difficulty was that the tinfoil had to be wrapped round the drum each time it was loaded , and it was almost impossible to replace accurately . |
| 20 | But the main difficulty was that if compensation were paid out on this ‘ once for all ’ basis , ‘ it would be exceedingly difficult for any future government ever to make radical changes in the financial provisions , however badly they were working . |
| 21 | My main worry is that he has n't brought interest rates down far enough . |
| 22 | I realise your main worry is that she or the children might have been infected with the AIDS virus . |
| 23 | The main worry was whether I would have many players left for the play-offs through injury and suspension . ’ |
| 24 | The main division is that between receiving and the rest of the sub-section : per Lord Bridge in Bloxham . |
| 25 | ‘ The main finding was that the children expressed a lot of emotion towards their mother , like hate and distrust and abandonment , ’ Ms Williams told NT |
| 26 | A main decision is whether to settle for one fixed camera position or whether to stay mobile . |
| 27 | Her main fault is that she takes too seriously the allusive jokes in Asquith 's letters . |
| 28 | The main industry 's that export to the US are Food and drink ; and Textiles . |
| 29 | One other benefit of fitting the freewheel in the main gear is that the rotor is not encumbered by the rest of the drive train , including the various reduction gears and tail drive and is allowed to spin much more freely than would otherwise be the case . |
| 30 | The main criterion is that the methods selected should be the best available for achieving the selected objectives for a known group of students . |