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How to use the word mainly in a Sentence? Page #10

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Hey, just like that fish'n chips place in Wellfleet, it mainly boils down to the quality of those raw ingredients, you just need some really great fish.

Michael Cimarusti

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We had been inclined not to call a referendum, it would be very difficult to avoid it being presented mainly by the media as a referendum on the euro. And we didn't want that.

Yanis Varoufakis

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They mainly need tents, basic household items, food and water and sanitation services.

Vanessa Huguenin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think that (people) can identify themselves with (the migrants) because everyone has a passport, everyone uses the same objects, they smoke cigarettes. They wear brand clothes. Mainly I did it so I can attract the interest of the people that are tired of seeing sad moments and sad faces.

Anna Pantelia

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Clearly there are things we share with (Prime Minister David) Cameron, mainly this push for a less bureaucratic, more cost-effective EU that does not seek deeper political integration.

Witold Waszczykowski

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Mainly we had flu-like infections, sore throats, fevers, unlike in the summer when we were treating blisters and foot injuries. People are mainly seeking immediate help to relieve symptoms as they are in a hurry, they rarely stop for a prolonged intervention.

Astrid Coyne-Jensen

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are mainly looking at Europe because the U.S. market is open, so anyone can use their facilities, we are also looking at Australia, mostly airport refueling facilities and at diesel demand in the mining sector.

Meng Fanqiu

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Massa's vote has grown a little, mainly picking up the votes lost by Massa.

Ricardo Rouvier & Associates

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It was the point when the Assad regime and mainly the Iranians realized that the Americans are not serious, that they really did n’t care enough.

Faisal Al Yafai

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It (growth) is mainly coming from the manufacturing sector with foreign investment, not the actual growth of Vietnamese private firms, vietnam's preparation for the upcoming integration is insufficient.

Le Dang Doanh

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are ready to make a huge investment in Iran and this is mainly linked to gas pricing offered by Iran ... Gas price is a crucial issue.

Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Sentiment was soured mainly by sharp falls in European and U.S. equity markets, and global commodity prices, the markets were also hit by China's PMI data released today, which doesn't look good.

Alex Kwok

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We told to the chief executive of BOI that entrepreneurs can not reap benefit of country's attractive investment regime because of mainly lack of infrastructure that include roads and highways, ports, energy and gas.

Masud Rahman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

China's economy has recently slowed, with (weakness seen) mainly in the manufacturing sector. But it is expected to grow stably with support from the authorities' fiscal and monetary measures.

Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think mainly it's about how the political atmosphere can drive people paranoid and crazy and create the destruction of the society, the political polarization, the political tensions and the idea of a polarized society between enemy and friends can destroy our identities, our confidence.

Emin Alper

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Policy makers have mainly ignored this important crop because it is widely perceived as a poor person’s crop that people turn to when maize fails.

Godfrey Pyumpa

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The team did the work mainly to get a better understanding of processes of gold and silver deposition in ancient hydrothermal systems that are no longer active but that are host to ore deposits, there are many such deposits forming mines and prospects around the Pacific Rim (Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, and the western US). So the aim was to apply our understanding to new discoveries.

Stuart Simmons

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

China's exchange rate reform had nothing to do with the global stock market volatility, it was mainly due to the upcoming U.S. Federal Reserve monetary policy move, we were wronged.

Yao Yudong

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

GCC credit risk remains in better shape compared to most other emerging market bonds mainly because of the stronger underlying fundamentals, higher credit ratings and sufficient liquidity buffers from the government to intervene and support the markets in case of need.

Apostolos Bantis

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There are a ton of things we could apply this model to, most of these services are highly fragmented. Any industry that is popular with mainly mom-and-pop operators and no large brands could work. The opportunities are endless.

John Leonesio

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

There were several recommendations stemming from AF447, mainly centered around the flight data recorders and, more specifically, on ensuring the ability to locate them more easily and quickly.

Ilias Maragakis

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Mainly, I've learned to be happy with who I am and not just to 'fit in' with what is expected.

Laura Lawson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

As for now, the volatility of today's stock market has nothing to do with our privatisation deal, but in the future it may affect our decision on the listing in China, our business is mainly in China, and Chinese investors will understand better about our business models.

Angela Wang

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It was tough... Richard Gutsell and Michael Speakman had a downward wind so it helped an awful lot, but it's mainly down to Richard Gutsell because if you can't throw it that far you can't catch it.

Michael Speakman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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