major thrust
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandthrust
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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thrust
noun
uk/θrʌst/us/θrʌst/
the main idea, subject, or opinion that is discussed or ...
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(Definition ofmajorandthrustfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, at the pilot sites this was not themajorthrustof the work.
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However, themajorthrusthas come about due to progress in quantum electronics.
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Themajorthrustof this book is a reanalysis of gender as a binary category within sociolinguistics.
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While they are effective in their own way, their relevance to themajorthrustof the volume is less obvious, and the topics really deserve more extended treatment.
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These observations, while of interest, take us a bit far from themajorthrustof his material.
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Progressive deformation producedmajorthrustfaults accompanied by cataclastic zones, implying that unroofing of the lower high-pressure units may have resulted in decreasing temperature and confining pressure.
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Themajorthrustof these arguments is that the ethics of the personal and professional can exist in separate compartments.
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Generally, themajorthrustof the vast body of data reviewed is related to central and peripheral physical structures and their function in communication.
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This shows only that ourmajorthrustmust point in other directions.
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The estate action initiative is amajorthrustin this area.
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Amajorthrustof the strategy will be to ensure that maximum benefit is gained from existing levels of local investment in information management and technology.
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Themajorthrustfor new businesses and the development of small businesses must come at local level.
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Themajorthrustof the information management and technology strategy for the national health service is that the implementation of computer systems is a local responsibility.
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Themajorthrustof the report is the demand for the doubling of the amount of renewable energy to 12% by 2010.
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The plan also provided for the successive landings which were to be made in relation to themajorthrust.
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Alongside thatmajorthrustwe state in paragraph 4.10 that the professions allied to medicine are marginalised in the allocation of research priorities, and hence in funding.
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We are not talking just about contract compliance, although that is themajorthrustof the debate.
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I do not agree with every tax and benefit change, but themajorthrustof the policy is right.
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Our experience with fast breeders is very encouraging and themajorthrustof our research and development should be towards this end.
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Themajorthrustof the society's activities appears to have been the holding of shows.
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