main artery
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmainandartery
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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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artery
noun[C]
uk/ˈɑː.tər.i/us/ˈɑːr.t̬ɚ.i/
one of the thick tubes that carry blood from the heart to other parts of ...
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(Definition ofmainandarteryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It does not interfere with themainarteryof traffic.
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Whatmainarterycan possibly carry traffic of that nature?
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It should be amainartery, but it is chopped and cut about with various speed limits.
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The pellet had punctured his lung, destroyed his gall bladder and ricocheted through his liver, ending up just a millimetre away from themainartery.
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Themainarteryin reality is the confidence that underlies a great deal of frothy agitation—confidence in the fair play and justice of this country.
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Only this country would allow amainarteryto drive right through the main capital city of the country.
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How many ever express any concern for those whose business it is to provide employment and industrial profits, thatmainarteryof national revenue?
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There should be a law which says that those owning ground should provide amainarteryinto which the farmer could drain his land.
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It is cluttered up with local traffic though it constitutes amainartery.
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In these days it is incredible that such a narrow road should form amainarteryfor traffic.
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No form of commercial vehicle should be allowed to be stationary on amainarteryduring the peak hours.
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Why, because of a mistake made 100 years ago, should their lives be made intolerable by this obstruction across themainarteryof the city?
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Coal has been themainarteryof our economy in the past and will remain so substantially for many years.
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That onemainarterywould feed the two bridges.
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Meeting there, they would have onemainarteryleading away.
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While she was recovering from her operation, a ligature used to tie amainarteryslipped.
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It is like a blockage in amainarteryright through the centre of the town.
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The conveyor belt is themainarteryof output in a colliery and if anything goes wrong with one of those belts, everything else stops at the same time.
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You only have to stand and look at the traffic outside our own door during the rush hours to realise how serious the traffic on thatmainarteryis.
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I am not suggesting a speed limit along the whole of it, as it is amainarteryand a lot of traffic does go along that road.
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