Example sentences of "be the main " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the fact that you already have a good instinct for acting will probably have been the main reason why you passed your entrance audition for drama school . |
| 2 | It would seem that the special state character of Northern Ireland , with its very legitimacy always under threat , has been the main reason for the maintenance of this pattern of politics . |
| 3 | Thus , in 1969 he had been the main Cabinet instrument of dissent in rejecting Wilson and Mrs Castle 's proposed statutory incomes policy . |
| 4 | CAMBODIA has been the main subject of my mailbag this week . |
| 5 | He has also been the main advocate of pluralism , and of not assuming there is only one correct interpretation of the past . |
| 6 | Joint ventures have been the main means by which about a tenth of Hungarian state companies have been touched by privatisation . |
| 7 | American firms have been luckier : their interest rates have been falling , so the state of their cash flow has been the main worry . |
| 8 | Rivers and canals had been the main means of transporting goods , particularly heavy or bulky goods , but at the beginning of the nineteenth century , railways began to appear . |
| 9 | It has been the main source of advice to successive governments on all matters nuclear . |
| 10 | LUBAINA HIMID is a lecturer in Fine Art at Lancashire Polytechnic and has been the main force behind the flowering of Blackwomen 's Art in Britain . |
| 11 | Though there is a case to be made for its use as an educational medium — and the BBC 's contribution to the Open University at Milton Keynes has been considerable , if politically questionable , and will continue despite the closure of their studios in a fine example of accountant 's false logic — this has not been the main area of impact . |
| 12 | Grass has been the main diet for horses since the horse evolved and although it varies in nutritional quality throughout the year it does provide a balanced diet for most animals who are not working or breeding . |
| 13 | However it is the rôle of coal in the West German energy economy which has , for some time , been the main issue . |
| 14 | Snowdonia ) the greatest losses have been due to afforestation ; in SW England and southern Wales , agricultural conversion has been the main cause , whereas in intermediate areas such as the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales , moorland has been lost to both . |
| 15 | What over the years have been the main disadvantages for textile manufacturers ? |
| 16 | In Sussex most conservation work has been carried out to conserve particularly vulnerable habitats , in which birds are often an important element , and in a few cases the birds have been the main reason for the conservation work . |
| 17 | Up to this point , variety had been the main source of income for the Firm . |
| 18 | I believe that Frank is too autocratic , too opinionated — especially about relay selections , which have been the main bone of contention between us down the years . |
| 19 | The ‘ dig ’ carried out in 1984 brought to light what could have been the main centre of administration in Anglo-Saxon times and could well have been the site for the ancient ‘ Dic Ring ’ from which Dickering got its name . |
| 20 | Emigration and tourism have long been the main contributors to the economy of Madeira , emigration being the older . |
| 21 | Traditionally the merchant banks have been the main financial advisers in a merger or acquisition deal — they traded very much on their reputation for knowing all the right people and being able to approach them at any time . |
| 22 | It is an American gun and has been the main weapon of the Official IRA . |
| 23 | U-TURNS galore have been the main feature of Government activity in the past month but none has been more important than that over the economy . |
| 24 | Although schizophrenia and the associated traits of ‘ schizotypy ’ have been the main focus of interest , research has also shown similar continuity with affective psychosis . |
| 25 | What then have been the main criticisms ? |
| 26 | The care of the sick had not been the main concern of the House of Industry , and early personal records are lacking , but the workhouse master kept a weekly journal , the earliest entry in which is dated April 23rd 1842 . |
| 27 | It has been the main argument of this book , however , that this objection ought not to be allowed to have the last word . |
| 28 | Their essentialism has been the main focus of criticism from other feminists . |
| 29 | Edward Sagalayev underlined the fact that the media had been the main contributors to glasnost and perestroika . |
| 30 | Children and the elderly have been the main victims . |