Example sentences of "main [noun sg] [adv] [is] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The main danger now is that the gain in competitiveness will be eroded by inflation partly triggered by the rise in import costs .
2 The main danger now is that the gain in competitiveness will be eroded by inflation partly triggered by the rise in import costs .
3 The main point here is that not only did the Labour leaders reject the left 's version of the social contract with its new emphasis on a radical industrial policy , but also they increasingly came to question even the Crosland/Fabian/ ‘ Keynesian ’ version of socialism , so that their politics in the latter half of the 1970s became more and more of a mere holding operation — mere ‘ government ’ lacking any social purpose with a broad popular appeal .
4 The main concern now is whether it can generate enough advertising revenue in a more competitive market to stave off programming and scheduling compromises to make it more popular and to build its audience .
5 The main problem here is that his mother has not managed to gain Darren 's attention to her signal that the reward is available .
6 The main problem here is that that sort of approach would n't give potential inward investors any confidence at all that a strategic development would be acceptable within the county or within the district .
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