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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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source
noun[C]
uk/sɔːs/us/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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(Definition ofmainandsourcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Non-married older people of both sexes were far more likely than the married to rely on children as theirmainsourceof income.
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The slopes around the site, belonging to the catchment area of the local water current, must have been themainsourcearea of pollen.
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Usually, the family itself is themainsourceof this inadequacy at protecting the loved one's values.
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The extension service was cited as themainsourceof fresh seeds particularly in villages without seed banks.
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Interestingly, the media were themainsourceof information for most people.
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This legal clearing percentage has been used to issue conversion (clearing) permits and has become themainsourceof timber exploitation.
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Roads are themainsourceof human disturbance in these forests, because villages are sited on the roads.
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The censuses contain statistics on occupations, but cannot serve as themainsourcefor a study analysing questions on servant recruitment and careers.
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Early on, this type frequency factor dominates learning and provides themainsourceof productivity.
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The othermainsourceof food, fishing, was curtailed as a consequence of the cold winters that followed the eruption.
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This filter s out only the highest of the 100 possible modes as these are themainsourceof numerical grid scale noise.
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Loans were themainsourceof finance for capital projects.
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Both of the twomainsourcetypes have strengths and weaknesses which need to be considered.
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Themainsourcewas the personal experience of the designer.
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First, in many species including rat, mice, rabbit, goats and pigs, the corpus luteum is themainsourceof progesterone until term.
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Income from peanuts, reinvested in cattle and stock, became themainsourceof the wealth that allowed young men to strive for social independence.
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Secondly, while it is expected that spouses will continue to be themainsourceof support, they too are ageing.
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Themainsourceof income tends to shift with age and as older people become economically inactive (results not shown).
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