Example sentences of "it be the main " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the eighteenth century growing sugar and carrying out the first stages of refining it were the main economic activities on the islands . |
| 2 | It 's the main ‘ motorway ’ through the city , and there are a dozen or so stalls on the Rialto selling souvenirs — including the painted masks you 'll see on sale all over the city . |
| 3 | It 's the main water supply for the whole camp , for us and for the barracks . |
| 4 | It 's the main settlement in one of the most beautiful dales in North Yorkshire — a well wooded narrow valley running north and south for about eight miles . |
| 5 | It 's the main framework that you do n't really want to replace , unless it 's absolutely necessary . |
| 6 | It 's the main problem we get to face in the daytime now , is the windows being smashed . |
| 7 | Which would in fact join this er western relief road and which is already heavily congested , it 's the main part of one of our presentations to you . |
| 8 | The Vulcan Bomber 's going out of operation , but this weekend it 's the main attraction at what 's being billed as Britain 's most spectacular air show . |
| 9 | Do you think it 's the main thing ? |
| 10 | and it 's the main reason er that it 's been brought about so that we can look after the clients that we have er cos in the past tt erm er how did you come to get the business that you have with us ? |
| 11 | it 's the main half that comes down |
| 12 | Oh yeah yeah yeah I say reset the system , do a system reset and then see how it goes , it 's all , it , it er it 's the main problem them , and there 's no cure for it . |
| 13 | It is also a vindication of the lesson Weill , though one of Berlin 's most intellectual musicians , had taken from his mentor : ‘ My teacher Busoni , at the end of his life , hammered into me one basic truth which he had arrived at after 50 years pure aestheticism — the fear of triviality is the greatest handicap for the modern artist , it is the main reason why ‘ modern ’ music got more and more removed from reality . ’ |
| 14 | It is the main task of the trade union movement to create this unity . |
| 15 | Resentment about the link has continued ever since ; it is the main cause of the present rebellion in Bougainville . |
| 16 | It is the main reason for filling in football coupons and entering all kinds of competitions . |
| 17 | To some of these countries tourism has become very big business indeed : it is the main source of income and the driving force behind the national economy . |
| 18 | It is the main sections which will need to exist — ‘ post-WFP ’ — in Fig. 3.6 . |
| 19 | When overt attachment behaviour is at its peak in young children , it is the main attachment figure ( usually the mother ) who is needed . |
| 20 | Winemakers often argue over the question whether Cabernet Sauvignon is universally liked because it is the best red grape variety in the world , or because it is the main ingredient in claret the world 's most widely available red wine . |
| 21 | It is the main function of the Statutory Instruments Act to ensure that where an instrument is made by a Minister of the Crown in pursuance of powers delegated to him by Parliament , Parliament shall have a reasonable opportunity to scrutinise his efforts with a view to deciding whether or not to endorse them . |
| 22 | It is the main breeding place in the area and I often take visitors there in mid-June , when the pups are being born . |
| 23 | It is the main medium on which the government relies to communicate its message to the public , especially to rural communities . |
| 24 | It is the main medium on which the government relies to communicate its message to the public , especially to rural communities . |
| 25 | Furthermore , as Moi suggests , she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own , or of the existence of female traditions and strengths which might have tended to challenge or subvert the supposedly monolithic nature of the male power which it is the main aim of her book to describe . |
| 26 | It is the main form of internal business correspondence and the means used to communicate the majority of written messages . |
| 27 | All language-based views of reading take account of it ; but the prominence given to it is the main distinguishing mark of the view of reading held by Goodman and Smith with which this paper began . |
| 28 | The quarterly or annual ROI calculation presents an unambiguous case and a very strong influence on local managerial behaviour because it is the main — and often only — form of control of it available , as well as the measure of its success . |
| 29 | For something so very Italian it comes as a surprise to learn that the juniper harvested by the Scarponis has a British connection — it is the main ingredient in that quintessential British drink — Gordon 's Gin . |
| 30 | Humans , as it happens , make little use of smells in communicating with others ; but in some other species , such as ants , it is the main method of communication . |