Example sentences of "his main [noun] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This naturally gives him a tremendous light-grasp , but his main work is in hunting for new comets and new exploding stars or novæ , in which he has been remarkably successful ( his present total is five comets and four novæ ) , and there are not many people who will attempt anything like this . |
| 2 | His main work was among his own countrymen . |
| 3 | Therefore , his main studies were amongst the great wealth of practical and devotional literature written by the earlier Puritan authors . |
| 4 | He spent much of his later years experimenting in his Heathfield workshop in Birmingham , one of his main interests being in designing a machine to copy sculptured heads . |
| 5 | Andrew Guest , of United Buses , said his main concern was about the discomfort facing passengers and drivers if the speed humps are built . |
| 6 | While Dean of Leighlin he hunted on the banks of the Barrow but his main residence was at Carrickblacker where he kept a stable of fine horses and in 1786 imported Hungarian hares to improve the native stock . |
| 7 | Wolfgang was undoubtedly genuinely grieved at the loss of his father , but his main preoccupation was with practical matters and the maintenance of his own family . |
| 8 | But his main preoccupation was with the unfinished Requiem , which had begun to prey on his mind . |
| 9 | His main interest is in developing practical expert systems that are installed in plant/factory/hangar environments . |
| 10 | His main business is in banking , but now he s expanded into ships . ’ |
| 11 | Although Green took heed of this advice and made such the subjects of many successful paintings , his main strength was in his large scale landscapes . |