adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
concerned
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The person principally concerned with the general supervision of standards is, of course, the traffic commissioner.
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They were principally concerned with the Coniunctio Solis et Lunae, the marriage of the solar and lunar principles.
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Characters enacted the drama, but tragedy was principally concerned with the actions which resulted.
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First, we are principally concerned with insider dealing on impersonal stock exchange markets and not with face-to-face transactions.
■ VERB
aim
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It would be aimed principally at S5 pupils and adult returnees to further education.
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The government should aim principally to remove barriers between people and economic opportunity.
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Very often shopping schemes are aimed principally at the multiple chains, which will pay higher rents.
use
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Strictly a child could be excluded from a pub garden if it is used principally as a drinking area.
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The money raised is now used principally to provide Ilkley with its Christmas lights, but local charities also benefit.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The road is used principally for military purposes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although other factors are involved, the depreciation in value is principally due to the number of these coins found by detector users.
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Empiricism is principally the use of replicable experimental techniques, applied to texts.
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Somerville has always had strong links overseas, principally through Graduate House.
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The market was principally composed of lambs of varied breed and from many diverse parts of the country.
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The Special Branch, on the other hand, was under G-2 and was principally an analytical organization with no operational control.
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These principally involved the fishing industry, but they also included many other activities - even the construction of railways.