Example sentences of "main part [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main part of the chamber was taken up by a table , long and black and battered , that stood at right angles to the sergeant 's desk and had about half a dozen unpadded chairs around it . |
| 2 | She ran through the gate leading into the main part of the Park . |
| 3 | As already explained , the tanks balance one another on the main part of the run , but there is a change when they approach the ends of the run . |
| 4 | The main part of the animal consists of a cup ( or calyx ) to which the stalk is attached at its upper end , and from the top of the calyx stretch long arms , which are five in number or more usually a multiple of five . |
| 5 | But in the main part of the Land for Housing circular it was stated that ‘ while the fullest possible use must be made of existing urban sites suitable for housing , most new housing will continue to be on the new sites . |
| 6 | The main part of the mill was built around 1585 with additions later in the 17th century . |
| 7 | The main part of the balloon is the bladder itself , and the part you blow into is the neck . |
| 8 | This of course was not the main part of the work , but a pilot study used to test and refine some hypotheses about the wider sociolinguistic situation , which was then investigated more fully over a much longer period of time . |
| 9 | Details of the main part of the plan , to dispose of 100 000 drums containing 45000 cu.m of waste with ‘ intermediate ’ levels of radioactivity in two dumps , are revealed in a new technical report from the UK Atomic Energy Authority . |
| 10 | And then , because she did n't want to be saying goodbye to him any sooner than she had to , she took him for a wander through the main part of the Hall to see how the preparations were going . |
| 11 | She pointed to one in the main part of the bar . |
| 12 | Each returns carrying a crop full of water with which it wets the walls of the main part of the nest . |
| 13 | The main part of the nest lies below ground level beneath the towers . |
| 14 | Heat generated by the fungus gardens and termites in the main part of the nest above the basal plate causes the air to rise through the passageways and chambers until it reaches the large spaces in the upper part of the nest and within the towers . |
| 15 | The seam joining the main part of the sock to the toe section should n't rub . |
| 16 | He gave the scientist instructions on how to return to the main part of the school . |
| 17 | The main part of the school was considerably more attractive , being a red-brick residence , rambling but characterful , built for the vendor of wine and spirits in the last years of the Old Queen , when people were beginning to wonder if she would ever go . |
| 18 | They could n't have got into the main part of the school . |
| 19 | The main part of the bundle is the Daily Mail Yearbook , much-creased and stuffed with notes and odd bits of paper . |
| 20 | She tells me that this has recently become quite itchy , and when there appear to be one or two areas that have er become discoloured darker than , than the main part of the mole . |
| 21 | Later in the day I learnt from the Canadian that we were not in the main part of the camp at all , but in the cells or ‘ cooler , awaiting interrogation . |
| 22 | In FE centres , National Certificate Modules make up the main part of the curriculum , whilst in schools , modules are used mainly to supplement other courses and as taster or enrichment courses . |
| 23 | Again , if you are using fine yarn for the main part of the garment , add an extra strand of yarn for the welt if necessary . |
| 24 | I use it for a wide sleeve gathered in at the bottom and I have knitted the main part of the garment with a 2x1 welt . |
| 25 | Apart from the houses , which formed the main part of the development , there were small parades of shops ; an estate office ; a club ; a covered market or ‘ superstore ’ ; one inn and one splendid church built on a site given by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1879 , St. Michael and All Angels , the parish hall being added in 1889 . |
| 26 | Given that part of the rationale behind the ACDP is the devolution of responsibility to colleges , one could make the case that the specialist nature of these courses makes it very desirable that colleges should undertake the main part of the development work , in partnership with the Council and the commercial organisations served by the course . |
| 27 | So , the fact that who works in the green grocers is just a bit of additional information , it 's not necessary for the the main part of the sentence , you can take it out and it 's not going to take , make any difference to the construction or the meaning of the sentence , it 's a bit of additional information . |
| 28 | In the main part of the building the paintings are hung on the first and second floors . |
| 29 | The annexe need not have been roofed , although there was access to it from the main part of the building . |
| 30 | All but one room are in the main part of the building . |