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Meanings of principal part in English

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Usage of principal part in English
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The principal part of your letter was high laudation of Darwin's book.
Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
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Esthonians and Livonians are Lutherans and form the principal part of the population.
Face to Face with Kaiserism
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The principal part of the basin thus formed is called Ulagalla.
How I Found Livingstone / Travels, adventures, and discoveres in...
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The eastward extension of the village, called New Towne, was the principal part.
Virginia: the Old Dominion / As seen from its colonial waterway,...
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The principal part of the ancient city, however, was on the main land.
Cleopatra
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In fact, it formed a principal part of my own education.
James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography
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Coquelin the younger was our stage-manager, and acted the principal part.
Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One
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The principal part was roofed with glass and suggested Charing Cross.
My Days of Adventure / The Fall of France, 1870-71
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But this was neither the whole, nor the principal part, of Pagan worship.
Selections From the Works of John Ruskin
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I hear that you are going to play the principal part next year-Kundry
Evelyn Innes
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No, yet love is indeed the principal part of his disease.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
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Madame Vestri played the principal part, which she was prevailed upon to recite.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
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A bridge, a road, or an entrenchment, often thus plays the principal part.
On War
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Thus in field-glasses refraction plays the principal part, and reflection does in the telescope.
The Moon-Voyage
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In 1650 the principal part of the Iroquois forces was directed against the Neutrals.
The Country of the Neutrals / (As Far As Comprised in the County...
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The principal part of the outfit was the electric motor.
Edison: His Life and Inventions
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