Example sentences of "main [noun pl] [be] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spink 's main activities are as auctioneers and dealers in coins and medals and as dealers in Oriental works of art and British pictures . |
| 2 | The main considerations are as follows . |
| 3 | The numbers of seats allocated to the main parties were as follows , with the previous position shown in parentheses : DC 27 ( 28 ) , PCI 23 ( 26 ) , PSI 12 ( eight ) , Italian Green Party ( Federazione Nazionale per Le Liste Verdi ) six ( two ) , MSI five ( seven ) , PRI three ( three ) . |
| 4 | The main targets were as follows : ( i ) to increase gross national product ( GNP ) at an average annual growth rate of about 6 per cent ; ( ii ) to increase the total output value of industry and agriculture at an average annual rate of 6.1 per cent ; ( iii ) to increase total agricultural output at an average annual rate of 3.5 per cent , with grain output reaching 500,000,000 tonnes and cotton 5,250,000 tonnes by 2000 ; ( iv ) to increase total industrial output at an average annual rate of 6.8 per cent , with the output of raw coal reaching 1,400 million tonnes , electricity 1,100 million kWh , steel 80,000,000 tonnes , chemical fertilizer 120,000,000 tonnes and rail freight 1,900 million tonnes ; ( v ) to ensure that 40 per cent of major products in the machine-building and light industry sector reached or approached relatively advanced international standards ; ( vi ) to raise the proportion of the tertiary sector in the GNP from the current 25 per cent to around 33 per cent ; and ( vii ) to control the average annual population growth rate at below 12.5 per thousand . |
| 5 | The main changes are as follows : |
| 6 | The details of the technique have been presented elsewhere but the main features are as follows . |
| 7 | Main items are as follows : |
| 8 | The main points are as follows : |
| 9 | The main points are as follows : *Europe . |
| 10 | The benefits to industrial and commercial firms in enterprise zones are available for 10 years from the date of designation The main benefits are as follows . |
| 11 | The main ones are as follows . |
| 12 | The main ones were as follows : |
| 13 | Some of the main conclusions were as follows : |
| 14 | Its other main recommendations are as follows : * Farming . |