main engine
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmainandengine
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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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engine
noun[C]
uk/ˈen.dʒɪn/us/ˈen.dʒɪn/
a machine that uses the energy from liquid fuel or steam to ...
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(Definition ofmainandenginefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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One of themainenginerooms of renewal of our understanding of late tsarism has come from economic history.
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This topic has historically served as themainenginefor the development of quantum optics.
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That cooperation has been themainengineof the successful outcome we will be voting on this week.
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With their integrated economies, together they represent around half the global economy: this transatlantic partnership is themainengineof global economic prosperity.
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Inflation is themainengineof the unemploy-ment that we are fighting.
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Themainengineof inflation was the burst in commodity prices, the oil shock and the accompanying pay explosion.
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The work carried out includedmainengineair charge cooler defect repairs and to change a rotating joint on a radar.
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Little wonder that the construction industry is now themainengineof recession.
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It is not aid but trade that constitutes themainengineof development.
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Its rôle should be that of the starter motor and not themainengine.
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On the first point, themainenginefor the sale of council houses has been the right to buy.
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Machines are now in service in which the drum is rotated hydrostatically through fluid power supplied from hydraulic pumps interposed on themainengineand gearbox of the vehicle.
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Nevertheless, this is a field where new ideas can act as "a sparking plug" to themainengineof the social services, which is, of course, on the test-bed.
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I am sure that the combined purchasing power of themainengineand shipbuilding industry could have a major influence on the standardisation of components, which is seriously needed.
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Although the law commissions would be themainengineof law reform, it is not practicable, or suitable, for the law commissions to undertake all of the work themselves.
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Themainenginewas not piles of taxpayer's money, local authority efforts or volumes of regulation, but the close co-operation between central and local government and the private sector.
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Ramsgate is the principal town in my constituency, and themainengineof economic growth and activity in the town is its harbour.
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I believe that it is the parents of children who are denied employment who will provide themainengine for change, rather than those who are directly affected.
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As a result, the engineers could not warm up heavy fuel oil to burn in themainengineand the auxiliary boiler as they usually did, and they used diesel.
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It is a known fact that in themainengineroom artificers have to undertake a greater degree of responsibility than any other lower deck rating.
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