main objection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmainandobjection
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main
adjective[before noun]
uk/meɪn/us/meɪn/
larger, more important, or having more influence than others of the ...
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objection
noun[C]
uk/əbˈdʒek.ʃən/us/əbˈdʒek.ʃən/
the act of expressing or feeling opposition to or dislike of something ...
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(Definition ofmainandobjectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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An internal discussion document confirms that itsmainobjectionwas the double-payment burden.
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Themainobjectionto the original theory is that the radiation environment of space is lethal to almost all known organisms.
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This is mymainobjectionto this view.
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Themainobjection, however, was generally tacit and stemmed from the desire to protect the family honor.
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Hismainobjection, which sprang only in par t from the instinct for selfpreservation, was merely that they had come to the wrong place.
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Themainobjectionwas that this form of democracy placed the individual voter, rather than the mobilised poor as a class, at the centre of the polity.
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Mymainobjectionis that, beyond some brief initial remarks, there is little explicit discussion of the central concept 'descriptive adequacy' as applied to the corpus material.
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Themainobjectionto abstract stems is not merely that they reflect a tacit theoretic bias, but that the abstraction involved in defining these stems discards critical information.
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That is mymainobjectionat the moment.
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That is ourmainobjection, quite apart from the lack of any mention of criteria.
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Mymainobjectionis to paragraph 5 (4).
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That is themainobjectionto an election at this time.
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Themainobjectionto the non-scheme ports was that in a few cases there were the remnants of casual labour.
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We still feel that themainobjectionhas not been met.
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Mymainobjectionto the proposed form of tax, however, is that it fulfils only one function; that is to say, it collects dollars.
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Mymainobjectionis the delay which will be involved.
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The othermainobjectionis that of cost.
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Themainobjectionto the report in my constituency is to the new size of the electorate.
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Mymainobjectionis to the regional emphasis of the measure.
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That seems to be my noble friend'smainobjectionto the amendment.
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