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01. The exportation of raw logs to Asia and the U.S. continues to be one of our province's [primary] industries.
02. Our local fishing industry is [primarily] based on salmon.
03. The doctor said that his [primary] focus at this point is to get our grandmother strong enough to begin treatment for her illness.
04. Many men in our society seem [primarily] concerned with their careers, at the expense of their families.
05. The [primary] reason he has done so well at school is that he works incredibly hard.
06. This magazine is [primarily] aimed at adolescent girls.
07. Science can now detect some birth defects in the [primary] stages of development of the fetus.
08. Our global economy now functions [primarily] to produce profit for large corporations.
09. Jacques Cousteau once noted that population growth is the [primary] source of environmental damage.
10. The organ has been the [primary] musical instrument used in the Christian church since the fourth century.
11. The [primary] purpose of growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings.
12. All 17 varieties of the penguin are found below the equator, [primarily] in Antarctica.
13. Calcium is the [primary] mineral needed for building and maintaining strong bones.
14. Many people want to learn a foreign language in order to communicate [primarily] on a social level with speakers of other languages.
15. The [primary] function of language is to carry meaning.
16. Rents for [prime] office space in Central Tokyo are the highest in the world.
17. A doctor once observed that sex is fun, and that is [primarily] the reason why so many people have done it for so many centuries.
18. Studies show that where coal is a [primary] fuel, high levels of urban pollution may result.
19. Sand consists [primarily] of fragments of rocks.
20. The [primary] function of the space shuttle is to carry personnel and equipment into space.
21. The Kobe earthquake was a [prime] example of how much damage an earthquake can do.
22. In the rural villages of Greece, men and women still hold [primarily] traditional roles.
23. In Great Britain, [primary] energy production accounts for 10% of GDP, one of the highest shares of any industrial nation.
24. Studies show that the immune system and its [primary] weapons are affected by stress.
25. So-called magic mushrooms have been used for centuries, [primarily] in the context of religious rituals and ceremonies.
26. Ground motion is the [primary] effect of an earthquake.
27. Eric Hoffer once suggested that when people are bored it is [primarily] with themselves.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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