Example sentences of "main [noun sg] was [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jacobitism 's main base was in the north-east lowlands , an area where it had been difficult to insert Presbyterian ministers after the Glorious Revolution , and where Stuart loyalism continued to be nurtured by an active episcopalian clergy . |
| 2 | ‘ The main damage was at the back , to dressing rooms , for example , and there will still be a lot of work to do by the time December arrives . ’ |
| 3 | This was used as a bacon store by Sainsbury 's , grocery wholesalers whose main warehouse was behind The Crystal Fountain in Milford Street and who ran a fleet of chain driven lorries . |
| 4 | When he was sentenced to life for killing his former rape victim , the main focus was on the release of the rapist : MP 's fury as revenge murderer gets life WHY WAS THIS MONSTER FREED ? |
| 5 | Er E one was mentioned I believe and er but the main emphasis was on the range of agricultural policies A one I think to A four . |
| 6 | During that time the main emphasis was on the female as fashionable : hemlines rose inexorably with the soaring British economy . |
| 7 | Initially it was the basic problem of shelter that attracted social scientists , with the result that the main concern was for the home environment of the poor . |
| 8 | Andrew Guest , of United Buses , said his main concern was about the discomfort facing passengers and drivers if the speed humps are built . |
| 9 | Just as their main interest was in the ways of life of people as seen by the people themselves , so they tried to get a sense of the past into their work by using life-histories . |
| 10 | Her main interest was in the time course of memory formation , and she had been using a variety of drugs , including agents which disrupt entry of ions such as potassium into the cell , and also protein synthesis inhibitors , to dissect out a series of phases , which she described as short- , intermediate- and long-term memory . |