Sentence examples for were the primary from inspiring English sources

Human figures were the primary subject.

For him, "those emotions" were the primary aim of art.

Cheap fossil fuels were the primary engine that grew our society over the last two centuries.

Iran and Russia were the primary backers of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance before Sept. 11.

Men were the primary breadwinners in most families and women worked if they had to.

Intimacy and comfort were the primary reasons couples gave for sleeping together.

(In years past, the local banks were the primary sources of residential mortgages).

In her prior will, Ms. Sander's nephews and nieces were the primary beneficiaries.

More than an art form, textiles were the primary medium for communicating social and political ideas.

Dobbins and the current Iranian foreign minister, Javad Zarif, were the primary brokers.

In the past, large pharmaceutical companies were the primary sources of antibiotic research.