Example sentences of "['s] main [noun sg] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SCOTVEC 's main concern is with the latter of these . |
| 2 | Money 's main function is as a medium of exchange . |
| 3 | I think Chris 's main dream is to be accepted as a songwriter . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The Guardian of Feb 15 pointed out that a united [ CIS ] military " can hardly be sustained " and that Ukraine 's main fear was of united armed forces being effectively under Russian control . |
| 6 | But the ministers , especially now that Germany , the EEC 's main paymaster is in the president 's chair , are reluctant to put up more cash . |
| 7 | The School 's main entrance is opposite the Royal Infirmary . |
| 8 | Schmidt 's main interest is in a highly focused peer group norm , which is apparently a linguistically mixed code possessing characteristics both of Dyirbal and of English . |
| 9 | However , the presence of a mainly traffic-orientated road within a district of housing — though not ideal — should not divert attention from the fact that the area 's main use is for living , not travelling . |
| 10 | Carbon tet 's main use is as a feedstock for CFC production ( and this is clearly going to dwindle away ) but ICI does sell it to the laboratory suppliers for repackaging . |
| 11 | Iron sulphate 's main use is as a quick-acting source of iron in cases of chlorosis on soils where iron is either in short supply or is locked away and unavailable to plants by a chemical combination with lime . |
| 12 | Zynar 's main business is in importing a network made by Nestar , a Californian firm , and called Cluster One . |
| 13 | The company 's main business is in sheet fed offset and it is at the forefront of printing on recycled paper . |
| 14 | Nithard 's main focus was on Charles ; but in July 840 the eyes of most of the elite were on Lothar . |
| 15 | Richards ' main runner is On The Other Hand who was bought recently out of the John Mulhern stable after having been with Jeremy Maxwell in his early days . |
| 16 | It is well known that any such sheet of water will attract birds , and these reservoirs ' main importance is for the wintering wildfowl Table VI ( p. 33 ) gives an indication of the ornithological importance of the four major reservoirs which attract about 30 per cent . |