Sentence examples for a couple main from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a couple main" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression and may be intended to refer to "a couple of main" or "a couple of main points."
Example: "In this presentation, I will highlight a couple of main points that we need to consider."
Alternatives: "a few key" or "a couple of important".

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Says power Digger and active Reddit user Victor Barrera, "I think Reddit's growth can be atrributed to a couple main factors: Digg's decline and a multitude of improvements and upgrades that really played into the scalability of their platform".

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Yet as a couple our main activity, it seemed, was making each other miserable.

It's a very small town with a port, a market and just a couple of main streets.

There are always a couple of main dishes, sometimes hot, lavishly garnished with tomatoes and bunches of watercress.

There are a couple of main valleys there that we're trying to keep people from escaping".

But allow a couple of main stems to grow for two or three years, so they can produce their short spikes of pale purple flowers.

Harman said that of the parents who were anti-vaccination that she had spoken to so far, there were a couple of main reasons given for not vaccinating.

She identified a couple of main problem areas on which I could focus: the upspeak and an excessive use of filler words like "um" and "y'know".

The only thing that they slanted was my feelings for Lefty and Sonny" -- a couple of main characters -- "and this idea that I didn't want to go through with seeing them in jail.

A couple of main courses failed to set off fireworks, notably a vegetarian pasta assembled with an almost audible yawn -- linguine, broccoli, chickpeas, no flavor -- and a $34 surf and turf that incorporated thick, oddly dry filet mignon and a tiny lobster claw.

Burke has a couple of main points: The Coalition's policy, he says, has been overtaken by events - why are they still talking about temporary protection visas - Australia is now sending everyone who arrives by boat without a visa for resettlement in Papua New Guinea.

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