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Examples

• Judaism is indeed the reconstructed political ideal of many shattered peoples--mainly Semitic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Undoubtedly the change was mainly a product of contemporary conditions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• This was mainly due to Arkwright, a contemporary of Hargreaves. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I think that I should prefer to carry on the argument mainly on my own behalf. Plato. The Republic.
• On September 20th occurred a battle, mainly an artillery encounter, at Valmy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Steel making consists mainly in so treating cast iron as to get rid of a part of the carbon and other impurities. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Its followers were mainly slaves, soldiers, and distressed people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A mandarin's education in China is, mainly, learning to read. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is mainly wood pulp that has enabled books and newspapers to be made so cheaply, for they are now furnished at a less price than the cost of the paper made in the old way from rags. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The warm-hearted, faithful old man acknowledged that he had written mainly for the pleasure of writing to me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Savage groups mainly rely for instilling needed dispositions into the young upon the same sort of association which keeps adults loyal to their group. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The age of inventions in the times of the ancients rested mainly upon simple applications of these mechanical powers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Prior to 1871, inventions in this art were mainly directed to perfecting the structure of this primary gin. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It remains to say a few words upon subject matter as social, since our prior remarks have been mainly concerned with its intellectual aspect. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• At first the mental activities of Alexandria centred upon the Museum, and were mainly scientific. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Knowledge which is mainly second-hand, other men's knowledge, tends to become merely verbal. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It was a simple mechanism which consisted mainly of two steel fingers that moved back and forth and twisted a wire band around each sheaf of grain. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• North of the Mason and Dixon line farming was practised mainly upon British or Central European lines by free white cultivators. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They had accomplished much, but it was the work mainly of empirics. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Clarke, who devoted himself mainly to engineering matters, and later on acted as chief engineer of the Edison Electric Light Company for some years. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I thought this curious--but I attributed it mainly to some clumsiness on the Superintendent's part which might have offended the young lady. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• They were a horde of nomadic horsemen living in tents, and subsisting mainly upon mare's milk products and meat. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Its windows are mainly east; and in the early morning, when the sun is bright, the whole apartment is in a perfect blaze of splendour. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The stock is mainly held in England, having been bought from the Khedive of Egypt. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Captain Prime, of the Engineer Corps, was the chief, and the work at the beginning was mainly directed by him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• One group of creatures is of peculiar interest in a history that is mainly to be the story of mankind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was mainly in the hands of Greeks, who were in many cases slaves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• On the contrary, his interest centered in the practical; and he was mainly concerned with scientific theory by reason of its application in the arts. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• I ventured to tell you that my father's influence and advice had mainly decided me to give you my promise. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In some cases we might easily put down to disuse modifications of structure which are wholly, or mainly due to natural selection. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

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