Sentence examples for a mains from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a mains" is not correct in standard written English.
The correct term is "mains" when referring to the main course in a meal or the main electrical supply.
Example: "For dinner, I would like to order the steak as my mains."
Alternatives: "a main course" or "the main dish."

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The usual way is through a mains adaptor.

Now, with a mains top-up, it can travel 15 miles in electric-only mode.

The one culinary disappointment was a mains dish of emu, in Cairns.

We didn't have a generator – we were just running the lights off a mains power socket.

The system can be powered from a mains supply, rechargeable battery pack or even solar sources.

This is not something easily appreciated living in the city, connected to a mains supply.

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The V6 is as powerful as a mains-powered vacuum but is cordless and amazingly light.

3Doodler works by using a mains-powered heater to melt ABS plastic (the same non-toxic plastic used in 3D printers) inside the pen.

Then again, people who use them love them and what's really so bad about building a hinterland via a mains-charged Etch A Sketch, with print-enlarging feature?

But he told Guardian Australia he had decided to stay to finish work on local projects, including connecting the Daintree to a mains-like power grid, continuing his work tackling tuberculosis, and road projects.

Those with great self-control might just sneak in a mains-only evening meal at the award-winning Curry Fever (139 Belgrave Road, +44 (0)116 266 2941; thecurryfever.co.uk) or Ashoka (257 Melton Road, +44 (0)116 266 2185) - which has interesting things like tandoori trout on the menu - for around £10-a-head.

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