main channel

collocation in English

meaningsofmainandchannel

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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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channel
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʃæn.əl/us
/ˈtʃæn.əl/
a television or radio station (= an organization that broadcasts television or ...
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(Definition ofmainandchannelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In our case hearing is themainchannel, and at times the only one, through which the children communicate with the system.
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Their argument is that conversational exchanges are themainchannelthrough which we discover other minds and our own.
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We considered themainchannelof the corresponding dissipation, the nonresonant electron diffusion in momenta.
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The higher the order of themainchannelthe longer will be the summation of the stream network mileage.
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But with strict wartime controls on the volume of imported consumer goods, the colony'smainchannel for dissipating surges in local purchasing power was blocked.
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The theory emphasizes the informative role of the media, claiming that it is themainchannelthrough which voters are able to learn the positions of the parties.
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If that took place, it would remove any possibility of an efficient management of themainchannelof the river.
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Themainchannelis the section 64 general scheme.
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These floods occurred for want of clearance in themainchannel.
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Will she encourage regional organisations elsewhere in the country to be themainchannelthrough which arts support is passed on?
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There are one or two catchment areas where there is only one watercourse, and that is themainchannel.
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Take the case of themainchannelof a river.
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The catchment boards are only responsible for dealing with themainchannel.
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If we say that they are themainchannelof recruitment, that surely is all they can fairly ask.
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But considerable clearing up work will naturally remain to be done after themainchannelhas been opened.
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The small ships without equipment could be told that they could move as long as they kept one side or other of themainchannel.
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That will be themainchannelfor recruitment both governmental and non-governmental.
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I was going to base my request on the fact that the catchment area authorities are charged with the maintenance of themainchannel.
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He must know that the bulk of the expense in connection with anymainchanneloccurs at the mouth of the river.
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The property in the banks of themainchannelof the river in certain cases has belonged to the internal district drainage boards.
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