main body
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"The idea is that the bats that are in the main body of the church will live in here, rather than in the church itself," he explains.
From BBC
The King and Queen, who had switched to a white outfit after wearing black to meet the Pope, walked back up the main body of the church, where another congregation were waiting.
From BBC
Firefighters had anticipated that the blaze would eventually move in this direction and reiterated that the main body of the fire remained inside primary containment lines and that things were still going as planned.
From Los Angeles Times
The main body of fire was extinguished put out at about 02:00 on Wednesday.
From BBC
That's to say, the main body of the tour as opposed to the era when the Lions used Australia for warm-up Tests ahead of the big stuff against South and New Zealand?
From BBC
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