main avenue

collocation in English

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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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avenue
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæv.ə.njuː/us
/ˈæv.ə.nuː/
a wide road with trees or tall buildings on both sides, or a wide country path or road with trees on ...
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(Definition ofmainandavenuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This road became themainavenuethrough which state power seeped into the city space to reshape it.
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Ourmainavenueof exploration was the improvement of the performance aspect of the visuals.
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This is complemented by an analysis of persistence in themainavenueof the quartier.
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Themainavenueof discharging these immediate responsibilities is to pile up debt still further and, incidentally, to pile up problems for posterity.
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It is for individuals to decide whether to pursue such cases and, until now, themainavenueof redress has been the courts.
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The board'smainavenueof progress is via the 12 working groups.
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The secondary modern school, to my mind, represents themainavenueof educational advance for the next 20 or 30 years.
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Themainavenue, lately built, welcomes the totality of the commerces.
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Excavations revealed part of themainavenue, paved with pebbles, along with foundations of buildings with storage pottery, possibly shops or harbour buildings.
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Both cities share themainavenuewhich serves as the borderline.
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Their central axis extends of a mile from the mansion facade, paralleling themainavenueleading to the house.
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This has been utilised for large exhibition plots, the buildings on which will form one side of themainavenue.
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Themainavenueprovides access to camping grounds, seaside establishments, and high-quality, luxurious hotels.
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Theirmainavenueof concern for him or her is customer service.
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Along themainavenue, on both sides there are various attractions, gazebos and pavilions.
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Of course, students in those days were highly motivated since success in examinations was themainavenueto recognition and status in society.
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The urban area is made up of onemainavenue, unpaved, and some cross streets.
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It is organized around onemainavenueand fifteen perpendicular streets, covering a surface of around 1200x400 meters, with a surrounding wall 57 meters wide and 4.8 kilometers long.
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With the wide availability of ortho-rectified imagery (both from satellite and aerial sources), heads-up digitizing is becoming themainavenuethrough which geographic data is extracted.
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He recognises that once one rejects the illegal act, there are three main avenues of choice for this country.
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