main thesis
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmainandthesis
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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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thesis
noun[C]
uk/ˈθiː.sɪs/us/ˈθiː.sɪs/
a long piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one that is done for a higher college or ...
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(Definition ofmainandthesisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmain thesis
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Themainthesisin this study concerns the person-environment interaction and its relevance for depressive symptomatology.
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Nevertheless, themainthesisof the book develops strongly and with plentiful support from real discourses.
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Themainthesisis that factors of several different sorts interact to produce well-formed linguistic structures.
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Similarly, a number of the footnotes contribute to themainthesis.
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First, themainthesison the value of courtyard housing as a viable type in the housing problem has been argued very successfully.
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As all other commentators have noted, ourmainthesishas to do with the sacralisation of antiquity, mostly due to its links with nationalism.
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Most importantly of all, for similar reasons of unclarity, the defence of themainthesisis not wholly convincing.
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Cowan'smainthesisis that short-term memory depends on attention.
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The main argument of the book is somehow lost in all the anecdotes and stories, left unsupported by the historical, sociological, and political explanations needed to buttress themainthesis.
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Issues related to public finance and certain specific macroeconomic issues might be summarized more briefly without affecting the author'smainthesis.
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The classification applied not to themainthesisof the article but rather only that part making explicit arguments for the merits (or lack thereof) of tax policies.
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In short, although there is no doubting the author's research skills, his style and organization of the material are not effective in the presentation of themainthesis.
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Nathans'mainthesisis also somewhat overstated.
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Those historians who have questioned thismainthesishave not so much disputed these figures as challenged its implications.
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I take this focus on the interchangeability of surrounding margins as further support for themainthesisdeveloped so far about the register in general.
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It is rather that some of the larger questions that would impact upon the scope of the book'smainthesisremain unanswered.
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Themainthesisof the book is that for people above a threshold of material well-being, another kind of well-being focusing on autonomy, control, and participation are central.
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Mymainthesisis that the ethics of cloning is not as clear-cut as many seem to think.
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Themainthesisof this paper is that low-probability states play a subtle role in the market process.
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Certainly the weak forms in which this thesis is currently being pursued are consistent with the strong modularism adopted in my target article and also with mymainthesis.
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