Sentence examples for leading occupation from inspiring English sources

Agriculture is the leading occupation in Uttar Pradesh.

Agriculture is the leading occupation in West Bengal.

In 1921, 674 people were identified as working in the fishing industry, the leading occupation in the town, followed by transport and communication with 600 employees.

But instead of forcing Scudder to make his peace with this new world, Block thoughtfully sends him back to the early 1970s, when he was still a working cop and crime was still "the leading occupation" in the neighborhood.

But for sentimental reasons, I'm going with Lawrence Block's nostalgic novel, A DROP OF THE HARD STUFF (Mulholland/Little, Brown, $25.99), set in New York in the 1970s, when Matt Scudder was still a working cop and crime was still "the leading occupation" in his Hell's Kitchen ­neighborhood.

Cultivation was the leading occupation (51%), with only 10% in professional employment and 18% in trade(see Table  1).

Cattle-raising and agriculture are the leading occupations in Andorra, with smuggling a close third.

The leading occupations are teacher, computer programmer, writer/editor, and lawyer.

Paddy-rice agriculture on the plain and forestry in the mountains are the leading occupations in the prefecture.

The leading occupations for women in 1970 were secretaries, bookkeepers, and elementary school teachers.

In 2006-2010, the leading occupations were secretaries and administrative assistants, cashiers, and elementary and middle school teachers.