primary instrument

collocation in English

meaningsofprimaryandinstrument

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primary
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us
/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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instrument
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪn.strə.mənt/us
/ˈɪn.strə.mənt/
an object, such as a piano, guitar, or drum, that is played to produce ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandinstrumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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With changes in the political order of movie regulation, law no longer was theprimaryinstrumentfor the regulation or policing of human behavior.
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Most countries rely on oneprimaryinstrumentto prevent old-age poverty, but there are cases where there is a combination of several schemes.
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Inflation remained the central policy goal, and theprimaryinstrumentof policy throughout this period was the interest rate.
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Theprimaryinstrumentused in this research was a mail-out survey, supplemented by semi-structured telephone and face-to-face interviews.
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That instrument should be available free to the purchasers of theprimaryinstrument, for which they will pay £5.15.
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Again, everyone agrees that trade is not the ideal or theprimaryinstrumentthrough which social or environmental objectives, however desirable, should be pursued.
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After he had listened to our case, he said that he understood the need for renovation grants as aprimaryinstrumentfor tackling the problem.
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I do not think that the criminal law can ever be theprimaryinstrumentfor resolving this problem.
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He began playing clarinet at age nine before switching to what became hisprimaryinstrument, the alto saxophone, two years later.
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Hisprimaryinstrumentis the piano (frequently prepared piano).
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It was also in high school where she bought her very first guitar, which is now herprimaryinstrument.
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All students study solfge and music theory in addition to theirprimaryinstrument.
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Hisprimaryinstrumentwas the clarinet.
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This is aprimaryinstrumentfor instrument flight and is also useful in conditions of poor visibility.
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He began on clarinet and tuba as a youngster before choosing bass as hisprimaryinstrument.
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Hisprimaryinstrumentwas the viola.
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The guitar became herprimaryinstrumentfrom that point forward.
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Herprimaryinstrumentis a twelve string guitar fitted with eight strings.
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It was the first custom-built observatory and the last to be built without a telescope as itsprimaryinstrument.
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Herprimaryinstrumentis the hurdy-gurdy.
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