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main plank

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meanings of mainand plank


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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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plank
noun[C]
uk /plæŋk/ us /plæŋk/
a long, narrow, flat piece of wood or similar material, of the type used for ...
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Examples of main plank


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The mainplank of these reforms was to legitimise and to introduce the demotic language into schools.
My mainplank was that there should be basic amenities like a sewerage system.
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Seldom has the passage of time so swiftly, effectively and comprehensively destroyed the intellectual foundations of the mainplank of a party's defence policy.
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I do not argue that that should be the mainplank of our traffic reduction strategy.
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It is this with which the mainplank of our policy is concerned.
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The mainplank of my argument is a minimum wage for industrial workers.
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The mainplank in our strategy must be to agree to the utilisation of and the reliance upon our abundant indigenous supplies of coal.
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The mainplank of the prevention strategy is education.
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That is a complete abandonment of the mainplank of his argument.
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The mainplank in the programme for regenerating the economy is putting some sense back into industrial relations.
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What an incredible display of confidence they have in the mainplank of their policy!
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The mainplank is an increase of stock and growing our own feed.
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He seems to be saying that he is prepared to go along with seeking cross-community support as the mainplank of acceptability.
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How can they be serious when the mainplank in their policy is the sale of council houses?
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It was for no other reason than to hide the complete inadequacies of the mainplank of what those councils were proposing to do.
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If they did that, the mainplank of our argument would be taken away from us.
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If we take away the workings of those institutions, do we not substantially leave them with the mainplank of their argument?
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Section 22, which is the mainplank of the matter, refers to the sale of salmon and trout.
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It was the mainplank of their election campaign.
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I am quite sure that the mainplank to reducing surpluses must be the price mechanism.
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