principal argument

collocation in English

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principal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
first in order ...
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argument
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɑːɡ.jə.mənt/us
/ˈɑːrɡ.jə.mənt/
a disagreement, or the process ...
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(Definition ofprincipalandargumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They seem to encumber theprincipalargumentof the study and disturb the coherence of its structure.
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This consideration constitutes hisprincipalargumentand the intellectual strength of the book.
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In fact, theprincipalargumentis one of accelerating importance within what we properly regard as a free society.
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This loss of information will not affect the analysis unless the inductive term is theprincipalargumentof another inductive term.
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However, it is difficult to identify theprincipalargumentof the book from the introduction, the conclusion, or other chapters.
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As he himself pointed out, much of the book was actually a cobble of past articles, some of which had been written before he had fully formulated hisprincipalargument.
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Theprincipalargumentagainst such research is that one is dealing with an individual human being from the very moment of fertilisation.
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I think hisprincipalargumentwas that there was not sufficient demand for this change to be made.
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I have attempted lo examine and to understand theprincipalargumenton both sides.
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I now turn to the otherprincipalargumentwhich has been used.
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I come to myprincipalargumentagainst the recommendation on length of speeches.
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Myprincipalargumenton this issue is one of fairness.
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Theprincipalargumentover the years has been that it is much more expensive than brushed concrete.
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They know that theprincipalargumentfor abolition is correct.
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Theprincipalargumentwhich is used against me is that all this power which we want to enact is already possessed.
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Myprincipalargumentis that these things are almost certain to have been developed long before a new replacement aircraft carrier can be built.
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Theprincipalargumentin that debate, which has been repeated today, has always persuaded me: corporal punishment does not work.
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Hisprincipalargumentwas that this provision might clog the machine.
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I understood that to be theprincipalargument.
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That was, in fact, theprincipalargumentput forward in favour of nationalising the coal industry.
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