Synonym: chiefly, generally, in general, mainly, primarily, principally. Similar words: remain, maintain, remaining, maintenance, the mass of, domain, mainly, mainstream. Meaning: adv. 1. for the most part 2. without distinction of one from others.
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91. In the main they are shy creatures, though their speed, strength and agility demand a healthy respect.
92. The coverage by the columnists diverged from that in the main news stories on this question.
93. Most of the 20,000 asteroids in our data banks remain on well-behaved paths, for ever circuiting the sun in the main belt.
94. In the video Jones is, in the main, observing rather than advocating the ruthless antics of the hard men.
95. Instead, in the main, it has concentrated on access, second chance, and a limited concept of training for community activists.
96. Open to the public in the main hall of the Bishop's Castle Community College.
97. Two classroom periods per episode are suggested in the main plan.
98. Cards are thus equivalent to entries for books in the main card catalogue. 4.http://sentencedict.com
99. Like the crowd at the airport and in the main street of Danu waving the malai flag of green and white.
100. In the view of the applicants in the main proceedings, a residence requirement would not automatically infringe article 52.
101. However, the contents of a relocation package are not, in the main, considered to be a negotiable item by most employers.
102. The reception was being held in the main hall of the Residency.
103. Back in the main street of Ballinasloe, I had to act fast, or I would miss my train.
104. A two-hour bus tour takes in the main sites and ends at a peak overlooking the city.
105. It should enable collections in the main building to be rearranged in a more logical sequence.
106. But now, in the main, companies are leaner and fitter; they have pared down their operations in order to survive.
107. For this they grow large amounts of fodder crops on fields in the main valleys or on the lower margins of the uplands.
108. Health programmes, on the other hand, are concerned, in the main, with reducing the impact of ill-health on individuals.
109. Elsewhere in the Asia/Pacific region, depressed economic conditions have in the main continued, notably in Australasia.
110. Despite his off-course number crunching, he was, in the main, a feel player, not a technician.
111. Look for what is not included in the main body of the ad.
112. But in the main, he found that a man must hammer out his theology alone.
113. In the main, local law societies answered the question negatively, or simply stated that it was a matter for the lender.
114. The DOS version of the program shows the preview picture in the main window.
115. They are just as important though as what goes on in the main body of the conference centre.
116. The larger processor fits in the main processor slot the smaller in the coprocessor slot. 6.
117. Old classrooms in the main block were refurbished and brought back into use for Sociology and Philosophy.
118. The larger of the two chips fits in the main processor socket, the smaller in the coprocessor socket.
119. In the main, larval control would have to be near perfect in its efficiency and to allow very few adults to survive.
120. In the main compartment were two very old-looking notebooks bound in calfskin; nothing else.
More similar words: remain, maintain, remaining, maintenance, the mass of, domain, mainly, mainstream, mathematics, ain't, in the way, in that, faint, in the end, in the air, in the past, in the open, in the dark, in the way of, painter, in the world, in the least, in this case, complaint, paintwork, in the name of, in the future, in the case of, in the heat of, plaintiff.