mainly

Definition:
1. For the most part.
2. More than anything else.

Use 'mainly' in a sentence:

• 1. The committee ruled against all-night opening mainly on safety grounds.
• 2. It is mainly because of my fault.
• 3. The Paris talks will mainly be about procedural matters.
• 4. Restaurants were mainly in cities.
• 5. We communicated mainly by signs, gesticulation, and mime.
• 6. The spacious main bedroom is mainly blue.
• 7. Even today, formal verification is mainly a research area.
• 8. The pike lives mainly in large rivers and lakes.
• 9. Their ire was directed mainly at the government.
• 10. There were also several accidents mainly caused by engine failures on take-off.
• 11. Her job is mainly concerned with sales and promotion.
• 12. Mainly in it there were three points over which work was to be done, that were signed between Sharif and Bhutto.
• 13. It's mainly about the special drugs.
• 14. The African half of the audience was mainly from Senegal or Mali.
• 15. He worked mainly in New York City where living space is notoriously at a premium.
• 16. I think I've been very selfish. I've been mainly concerned with myself.
• 17. The stock market scandal is refusing to go away, mainly because there's still no consensus over how it should be dealt with.
• 18. Every square metre of soil was used, mainly for olives, vines, and almonds.
• 19. The failure of the talks was mainly due to insensitivity and mistiming.
• 20. The centre aims to help disadvantaged areas of Europe, mainly by fostering new businesses.
• 21. The satellite will be used mainly to relay television programmes.
• 22. He let out a long sigh, mainly of relief, partly of sadness.
• 23. Victory in the civil war had been achieved by a mainly volunteer army.
• 24. The people cultivate mainly rice and beans.
• 25. The committee is composed mainly of lawyers.
• 26. It is mainly based on agriculture.
• 27. The people in the hotel were mainly foreign tourists.
• 28. They eat mainly fruit and nuts.
• 29. Police work is mainly routine.
• 30. The missiles were mainly targeted at the United States.
• 31. Small birds live mainly on insects.
• 32. She has a microwave, but uses it mainly for defrosting bread.
• 33. The tanks were mainly constructed of steel plates.
• 34. The day should be mainly dry with sunny intervals.
• 35. The Earth is made mainly of iron and silicon and things like that.
• 36. The parliament is composed mainly of extreme nationalists.
• 37. The fashion at the time was for teaching mainly the written language.
• 38. At one time the schools were mainly attached to the church.
• 39. The course syllabus consisted mainly of novels by African-American authors, male and female.
• 40. Mark was mainly interested in sport at school, playing rugby as well as soccer.
• 41. In an orchestra, mainly.
• 42. The population almost doubles in summer, mainly because of the jazz festival.
• 43. We import raw materials and energy and export mainly industrial products.
• 44. He raises crops mainly for the use of his family.
• 45. This expression is used mainly in speech, not in writing.
• 46. The target audience for this advertisement was mainly teenagers.