Example sentences of "[noun pl] was the main " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grazing of sheep and store cattle was the main occupation , although in the course of the sixteenth century dairying was to assume increasing importance . |
| 2 | Dilsworth H. Brown , the AAM 's outgoing president stated at a news conference that money , or , as he put it , a ‘ financial base ’ for museums was the main issue facing them right now . |
| 3 | The variety of our work and that of our surroundings was the main attraction of a cutter life and nowhere was this more true than in the North of Scotland , which was why I liked working the area . |
| 4 | Intestinal metaplasia in four or more biopsy specimens was the main criterion for inclusion in the study . |
| 5 | Pitt was almost the only British politician ever to think that acquiring colonial possessions was the main purpose of European war ; by 1759 he had reached a position where he could carry out his objective almost at will . |