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How to use the word Primarily in a Sentence? Page #12

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I think people have been worried primarily because they don't know what it is we actually intend to do, i'm hopeful that now that we have a document out we'll be able to have a very constructive, positive conversation about how we do this in the right way.

Ted Mitchell

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

These trees, such as oak, rhododendron and the kharsu (an endemic species), are primarily responsible for groundwater recharging, but they are fast vanishing, being cut, whether for timber or for so-called ‘developmental works’ such as roads or tourist resorts.

Govind Bisht

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

These trees, such as oak, rhododendron and the kharsu (an endemic species), are primarily responsible for groundwater recharging, but they are fast vanishing, being cut, whether for timber or for so-called 'developmental works' such as roads or tourist resorts.

Govind Bisht

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed -- I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.

Georges Clémenceau

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9 years ago

A mans life is interesting primarily when he has failedI well know. For its a sign that he tried to surpass himself.

Georges Clémenceau

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9 years ago

Belief In God is primarily a matter of the moral will.

Edouard Rafael Sassoon

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10 years ago

Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.

Archibald Alexander

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13 years ago

Somewhere along the line of development we discover what we really are, and then we make our real decision for which we are responsible. Make that decision primarily for yourself because you can never really live anyone else's life, not even your own child's.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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14 years ago

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police.

Albert Einstein

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14 years ago

A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed --I well know. For it is a sign that he has tried to surpass himself.

Georges Clemenceau

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14 years ago

Each of us, as members of the Body of Christ, has been given at least one spiritual gift. Besides this, there are the natural abilities with which God has endowed us. He intends these to primarily be used for the edification of the Body of believers. There is no such thing as a private gift (Rom. 126-8).

Bruce Kemper

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14 years ago

I believe love is primarily a choice and only sometimes a feeling. If you want to feel love, choose to love and be patient.

Real Live Preacher

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14 years ago

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