Example sentences of "[prep] be the main " in BNC.
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| 1 | No they were , that 's what they were were n't it when it all happened , the old Revered somebody or other , they wilful murder but erm yeah basically it does n't seem like , there was no real evidence as to who erm fired first and there was no conclusion that the about that , but they were certainly I R A gunmen , para 's , its like without a doubt if you know some people , but like with those high powered weapons they may , alright its unfortunately that somebody may have got shot , but it may not of been the main shot , that may , may of been a ricochet or , or anything like that , both their they 've got a killing range of up to three mile so one mate come round , he says he 's gon na come round again tomorrow and have a look at it |
| 2 | Self-directed learning takes a great deal of planning by the teaching team , and teachers are reluctant to let go of the responsibility of being the main teaching resource . |
| 3 | In spite of being the main source of generating profit , E&P operations have not been immune from the cost-cutting drive aimed at reducing capital debt . |
| 4 | After all , it was they who tended to be the main victims of burglary , assault , and other forms of violent crime . |
| 5 | This rivalry , reflected in the conflicts between the successor political parties , and the interest groups they represent , has continued to be the main engine of Nigerian politics to the present time . |
| 6 | This implies a dramatic shift in Moscow 's non-committal stance on the Western allies ' 1987 Berlin Initiative , which is expected to be the main subject of today 's talks . |
| 7 | He saw little sign ‘ of the commitment to deepening European unity which is going to be the main thrust of European , if not domestic politics , in the next five or 10 years . ’ |
| 8 | Education appears to be the main priority for Sarah Loosemore , the 18-year-old who is Britain 's best women 's prospect . |
| 9 | Poll tax evasion is thought to be the main reason for the falling numbers . |
| 10 | The concept of primary problem was used by the ASW to identify , from the whole range of psychiatric and social problems noted in each case , which was considered to be the main or primary problem . |
| 11 | This seems to be the main process ordering them into ranks . |
| 12 | Figures for earlier years also showed that earnings area more likely to be the main source of income for lone fathers than lone mothers . |
| 13 | The Vancouver stations were run down — and two were demolished — once Vancouver had ceased to be the main portal to the Orient with the ending of the passenger shipping services . |
| 14 | ‘ Ague ’ was malaria , meaning literally ‘ bad air ’ , the marshy miasma which , until the discovery of the malarial mosquito in 1880 , was believed to be the main cause of the disease . |
| 15 | The digestive enzymes , however , do not appear to be the main agents producing bone modification , and it is the level of acidity combined with the length of time the food is in the stomach that are the main determining factors . |
| 16 | The reason for the last value is not clear , although since the spotted eagle owl also has the lowest value for average relative abundance , and since there is a positive relationship between them , the loss of distal elements would appear to be the main cause of reduced overall relative abundance . |
| 17 | Poor permeability seems to be the main problem . |
| 18 | Design and control appeared to be the main areas of commonality , indicating that a high degree of cooperation and communication was needed with regard to information of mutual interest . |
| 19 | The Mosher case is said to be the main reason . |
| 20 | Although he helped to form the National Deaf and Dumb Society , he was also to be the main reason for its demise . |
| 21 | Mains transformers seem to be the main cause of problems , and I suppose that when building power supplies you do so sometimes have to connect the transformer in an apparently illogical manner . |
| 22 | Myhamet , who scored by three-and-a-half lengths at Taunton last month following a break of almost four months , looks to be the main danger . |
| 23 | Worse , David Pascal , chairman of the NCC , turns out to be a devotee of that well-known rightie novelist Tom Clancy , who presumably never splits his infinitives since this , along with a desire to train schoolchildren not to say ‘ He done it ’ appears to be the main components of Mr Pascal 's plans for a more grammatical tomorrow . |
| 24 | Kawanishi were to be the main assemblers . |
| 25 | Later that month the British Pacific Fleet 's ( BPF ) main strike force sailed from Trincomalee for Sydney , which was to be the main Fleet base for Pacific operations . |
| 26 | Anderson does not deny that kin probably continued to be the main and the most reliable source of aid for migrants into the expanding towns , as they had been in the rural communities ( mostly in Lancashire and Ireland ) from which the migrants came . |
| 27 | With eight editions published by 1964 , this was to be the main connection linking Nesta Webster to the development of the fascist conspiracy theory . |
| 28 | From a national movement designed to revolutionize the political structure of the nation , the BUF had degenerated into an organization which became increasingly dependent on a localized campaign playing on anti-immigrant racial populist themes , which was to be the main pattern of British fascism from then onwards . |
| 29 | Worry was considered by Woman 's magazine to be the main cause of an unattractive appearance . |
| 30 | The fights of women ( held to be the main culprits ) who take their grumbles to outsiders provide an opportunity for these outsiders to bewitch the entire lineage . |