How To Use Chiefly In A Sentence

Made chiefly from riveted stainless steel and copper sheeting, these free-standing works are occasionally complemented with wood.
The so-called psyche or butterfly is generated from caterpillars which grow on green leaves, chiefly leaves of the raphanus, which some call crambe or cabbage. The History of Animals
It chiefly differs in the croup being blue instead of snow-white; but as Mr. Blyth informs me, the tint varies, being sometimes albescent. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.
The tumultuous Cultural Revolution was chiefly responsible for the searing desire for change in China.
They were primarily portraitists, but Thomas is now chiefly remembered for his dramatic Boadicea monument at Westminster Bridge, London, showing the fearsome warrior queen in her chariot.

The most common bird of prey is the kestrel, which feeds chiefly on rodents such as mice and voles but will occasionally take small birds, beetles, small frogs, etc.
Although fruits added to jellies in the way just described are chiefly for decorative effect, they do add very greatly to the pleasure of eating them; but jellied fruits, as distinguished from _fruits in jelly_, are a delicious mode of eating fruit, and where it is in abundance afford a pleasant variety. Choice Cookery
These "Observations" were the first of a series of volumes by Gilpin on the scenery of Great Britain, composed in a poetic and somewhat over-luxuriant style, illustrated by drawings in aquatinta, and all described on the title page as "Relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century
Petit de la Croix, a Paris, 1710, in 12mo.; a work of ten years’ labor, chiefly drawn from the Persian writers, among whom Nisavi, the secretary of Sultan Gelaleddin, has the merit and prejudices of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Sir Robert Smirke in 1807 put up work which consisted chiefly of panelling, which was affixed to the easternmost wall of the feretory. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
North American deciduous tree (Ulmus americana) having double serrate leaves and winged fruits. It is grown chiefly as an ornamental shade tree but often dies from Dutch elm disease.
It was a memorable innings, although he will remember it chiefly for the five runs he did not make rather than the 95 he did. Times, Sunday Times
Chiefly, such activities were processional - arrivals of ambassadors and potentates, with plebeian doings relegated to the wings.
This is partly because the office of mayor is chiefly one of influence rather than power. Times, Sunday Times
She spoke the rude French of the fishing villages, where the language lives chiefly as a baragouin, mingled often with words and forms belonging to many other tongues. Chita: a Memory of Last Island
The monks were chiefly responsible for preserving this teaching, since it was largely directed to them.
Its "proverbial sentences, chiefly such as inculcated industry and frugality as the means of procuring wealth and thereby securing virtue," were sown like seed all over the land. Benjamin Franklin
Lombard influence shows chiefly in the bell towers.
But it was significant chiefly for its use of Turkey as an example, not a pulpit. Times, Sunday Times
Sheikh Muhammed is chiefly remembered today for his Yoga-sangrama, a long allegory in songs describing the spiritual struggle as a ‘battle of yoga’.
This limestone wave was shown to be one of a great series, running parallel with the Alps, and constituting an undulatory district, chiefly composed of chalk beds, separated from the higher limestone district of the Jura and Lias by a long trench or moat, filled with members of the tertiary series -- chiefly nummulite limestones and flysch. On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature
It was not long ago that American architectural history consisted chiefly of biographies, thematic or typological studies, and synthetic surveys.
Omar Khayyam, known chiefly in Europe as a poet, combined trigonometry and approximation theory to solve algebraic equations using geometry.
Some teachers were chiefly concerned to chart the acquisition of underlying skills, but many were satisfied with checklists of tasks completed.
It chiefly concerns one Alex-Li Tandem, who deals in fame, obtaining, verifying and selling autographs.
They comprise chiefly: sigmatism or imperfect pronunciation of s; rhotacism or imperfect pronunciation of r; lambdacism or imperfect pronunciation of l; gam - The Montessori Method
This remarkable transformation, no doubt in some degree inevitable, was actually brought about chiefly through the instrumentality of a single man, a certain English archdeacon of Welsh descent, Geoffrey of Monmouth. A History of English Literature
Forasmuch as this self-love is so natural to them all that they had rather part with their father’s land than their foolish opinions; but chiefly players, fiddlers, orators, and poets, of which the more ignorant each of them is, the more insolently he pleases himself, that is to say vaunts and spreads out his plumes. In Praise of Folly
Usually, however, not wishing to go into the matter so thoroughly -- having come in contact with outsiders chiefly when they have been on holiday and least economical -- he considers a tip merely as the outflowing of a gen'leman's abundance. A Poor Man's House
_ -- The whole formation is Archean and Primary (with a few modern plutonic outbursts), and chiefly consists of granite, felspar, quartz, gneiss, schists, amphibolite and other Archean rocks, with Primary sandstones and limestones in the basin of Lake Nyasa (a great rift depression), the river Shiré, and the regions within the northern watershed of the Zambezi river. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
I filled all the little spaces that occurred between the remarkable days in the calendar with proverbial sentences, chiefly such as inculcated industry and frugality as the means of procuring wealth, and thereby securing virtue. Elson Grammar School Literature v4
He bowls chiefly sliders (straight on deliveries) and googlies. Times, Sunday Times
We buy an enemy,, or ivefy afritnH ta the tfyijd ad, Orjafqayn ad\ ifes Almeyda ta hide fcer-loffc * \ all eyes, but chiefly from hi* father, a: 'yet, juft afterwards,' hehinaftjf inform* his father, of Almeyda's love for Alonzo: is not this ii\con - fifteni with Orafmyn's gQQeroijs character?, The Analytical Review, Or History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign, on an Enlarged Plan
A penetrating sandstorm or dust storm with violent, occurring chiefly in Arabia, Africa, and India.
But to be more particular, for it is complained that Mr. Coleman has reported chiefly the expensive experiments of gentlemen farmers, my outgoes were, — Walden
This was followed by several papers chiefly bearing upon the relation between extinct and existing forms -- a line of research which culminated in the publication of the _Histoire des végétaux fossiles_, which has earned for him the title of "father of palaeobotany. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
The author chiefly represented in the collection is Philodemus, an Epicurean philosopher of the 1st century BC who taught Virgil, the greatest Latin poet, and probably also Horace.
[455] For the early divisions of verse and prose story were all Topsies, and simply "growed"; although the smaller romances of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, and the larger of the latter date, were undoubtedly influenced by the Greek, it was more a case of general imitation than specific endeavour; the Sensibility school was very limited and chiefly attended to tricks of manner; and the "Romantic vague" was never vaguer than in the vast and rather formless, though magnificent and delightful, novel-work started by Nodier, Mérimée, A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century
As long as efforts were confined chiefly to soaking out the active factor, or the cortin as it was called, with water, the results obtained were uneven and none too convincing. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950 - Presentation Speech
Yet chemical analysis has clearly proved that the manurial value of straw is perfectly insignificant, and that, as a constituent of stable manure, it is chiefly useful as an absorbent of the liquid egesta of the animals littered upon it. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock
And by close application to my book at night, my visage became considerally emaciated by extreme perspiration, having no lucubratory aparatus, no candle, no lamp, nor even light-wood, being chiefly raised in oaky woods. The poetical works of George M. Horton : the colored bard of North Carolina : to which is prefixed the life of the author, written by himself,
_ -- Several good and fairly cheap artificial rose oils are now obtainable, consisting chiefly of citronellol, geraniol, linalol, phenyl ethyl alcohol, and citral. The Handbook of Soap Manufacture
In his own times he was known chiefly for his portraits in pastel, which are especially exquisite. Times, Sunday Times
Accustomed chiefly to fish, herbs, and roots, the succulent beef had charms which outweighed surprise, and another night was spent in feasting on the "oddments" of the fresh killed beef. Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland
There is a rough zonal arrangement of the ore minerals around the intrusive, gold and copper minerals (chiefly enargite and chalcopyrite) being more prominent near the intrusive, and argentiferous galena and zinc blende richer at greater distances. The Economic Aspect of Geology
The cloak which Paul "left at Troas" (2 Tim. 4: 13) was the Roman paenula, a thick upper garment used chiefly in travelling as a protection from the weather. Easton's Bible Dictionary
Its diet consists chiefly of vegetable matter, but it also eats small animals.
Tremenheare on the state of that part of Monmouthshire which is inhabited by a population chiefly employed in mining. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
In roses, their spread is chiefly caused by grafting infected scions, buds and/or root stocks.
We beguiled our time chiefly in eating and drinking.
They comprise chiefly: sigmatism or imperfect pronunciation of s; rhotacism or imperfect pronunciation of r; lambdacism or imperfect pronunciation of l; gam - The Montessori Method
_Dipterocarpus_, chiefly _D. turbinatus_, which has the odour and properties of copaiba and has been used for the same purposes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
Agesilaus resolutely answered, on the behalf of Phoebidas, that the profitableness of the act was chiefly to be considered; if it were for the advantage of the commonwealth, it was no matter whether it were done with or without authority. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
The honors, determined chiefly by the marks given at the end of the term, being mainly the reward of a diligence rather stupid than otherwise, as a rule were regarded with great indifference, and, for the most part, fell to the men who "poled" most assiduously, and got the best marks for attention, diligence, and correct recitation of the set tasks. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I
In this sense it is nearly synonymous with large j and they are often used indiscriminately, but with some difference of meaning .j for as target a term chiefly employedto detiote The Bee, or, Literary weekly intelligencer [microform] : consisting of original pieces and selections from performances of merit, foreign and domestic : a work calculated to disseminate useful knowledge among all ranks of people at a small expense
In fact only preliminary efforts have been made to make models with a temporal scale of 1 decade (not 5 years), and while they show some interesting results they still have many issues to be worked out (chiefly their ability to hindcast). Anthropogenic Climate Change In Serious Doubt « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
Intensive horticulture Usually chiefly ownership. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies
The stereo projector by polarized light include chiefly. the three parts: the objective lens system of the projection, the condensing system and a source of light.
The attention of the subject counts for much, and this distinction -- of involuntary from voluntary rhythmization -- which has been made chiefly in connection with the phenomenon of subjective rhythm, runs also through all appreciation of rhythms which depend on actual objective factors. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.
This limestone wave was shown to be one of a great series, running parallel with the Alps, and constituting an undulatory district, chiefly composed of chalk beds, separated from the higher limestone district of the Jura and Lias by a long trench or moat, filled with members of the tertiary series -- chiefly nummulite limestones and flysch. On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature
What we chiefly learn from this writer as to the dyeing process is [823] -- first, that sometimes the liquid derived from the _murex_ only, sometimes that of the _purpura_ or _buccinum_ only, was applied to the material which it was wished to colour, while the most approved hue was produced by an application of both dyes separately. History of Phoenicia
Its value bears chiefly on change: it can be intensified or subtilized.
LXXXV, chiefly from the two catenae of Cramer on Romans; a few passages are found in the catena of Aecumenius, and a few in the The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
He believed that no ladies were to be of the party, and that the gentlemen were chiefly of the King's new friends among the Huguenots, such as Coligny, his son-in-law Teligny, Rochefoucauld, and the like, among whom the young gentleman could not fall into any very serious harm, and might very possibly be influenced against a Roman Catholic wife. The Chaplet of Pearls
But we are chiefly concerned with what may be called pronominal variation, in which the word avoided is either a noun or its obvious pronoun substitute. Elegant Variation.
This results chiefly from age-selective migration from London, but also bears witness to the North-South movement of labour.
- Her "maid" is poor Kirkcaldy Helen, one of the notabilities, and also blessings here; who staid with us (thanks chiefly, almost wholly, to the admirable/management/) for nearly twelve years on a stretch. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle
The next three cases (43-45) are chiefly devoted to the various crystallisations of calcite, including that generally known as the Fontainbleau crystallised sandstone, and the stalactic and fibrous varieties from Africa, Sweden, and Cumberland; while the two cases marked 45 A and B are covered with polished samples, known to people generally as marbles, including the beautiful fire marble. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
Even so this was chiefly at the expense of Labour, while the Nationalist tide rose still higher on the backveld.
He remarks at Memphis how the unburnt brick of which the mounds are made up had in many places become remanie into a stratified deposit -- distinguishable from Nile mud chiefly by the pottery fragments -- and notes the bearing of this fact on the Cairo mounds. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2
_ A bird which builds chiefly in apple - trees; I believe it is the _Turdus viscivorus, _ or missel. The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire
Up to that time coal was chiefly used as a domestic fuel but from 1812 onwards it went to sea as bunker fuel.
The solid products of Pichincha since the Conquest have been chiefly pumice, coarse-grained and granular trachyte, and reddish porphyroid trachyte. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America
Is it not chiefly because they upheld the principle of serving the people, established exemplary relations with the people through sacrificing their own interests, crated inside the armed forces a comradeship that brought the initiative of junior officers and the rank and file into full play, relied on the masses, analyzed the experience of each battle, and from battle to battle made continuous progress, both strategic and tactical?
Bread is chiefly made of flour.
The balsamic odors (chiefly aldehydes, Rimmel's jasmin, violet, and balsamic series, with the chemical types: terpineol, ionone, vanillin). Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man
The films were bought chiefly for their entertainment value.
The accident happened chiefly because you were careless.
He deals more in exhortations, because those intent on useless questions needed chiefly to be recalled to the study of a holy, moral life; for nothing so effectually allays men's wandering curiosity, as the being brought to recognize those duties in which they ought to exercise themselves" [Calvin]. speak -- without restraint: contrast Tit 1: 11, "mouths ... stopped." doctrine -- "instruction" or "teaching. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
They comprise chiefly: sigmatism or imperfect pronunciation of s; rhotacism or imperfect pronunciation of r; lambdacism or imperfect pronunciation of l; gam - The Montessori Method
There it is called choucroute, and there it reaches its apotheosis, chiefly in Alsace, the province just across the Rhine from Germany. THE NEWS BLOG
He is chiefly known, however, for his work on mathematical and statistical tables.
The color scheme runs along the high ridges from blue to rosy purple, carmine and coral red; along the water borders it is chiefly white and yellow where the mimulus makes a vivid note, running into red when the two schemes meet and mix about the borders of the meadows, at the upper limit of the columbine. The Land of Little Rain
It has since been given to phosphatic concretions found chiefly in the greensand in Suffolk and Elements of Agricultural Chemistry
At the École Durkheim studied chiefly history and philosophy, and after graduation he gained a position as a philosophy teacher in a lycée.
It covers less than thirty pages folio, and is chiefly occupied, as the title imports, with the military events of the conquest by the duke of Alva. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3
It may be divided into two arches by a vertical plane passing through the acetabular cavities; the posterior of these arches is the one chiefly concerned in the function of transmitting the weight. III. Syndesmology. 5i. Articulations of the Pelvis
Iceland spar is used chiefly in the optical instrument known as the polariscope. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania
Thus we have evidence of the existence in pre-Buddhist India of rites and beliefs — the latter chiefly of the kind called animistic — disowned for the most part by the Buddhists and only tolerated by the Brahmans. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1
The Catholic Mass is composed of the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist, but when Catholics speak of ‘going to Mass’ it is chiefly the second they have in mind.
Provenal literature in the medieval period consisted chiefly of the lyric poetry composed by the troubadours for the feudal courts of the Midi, northern Italy, and Spain.
The nerves are derived from the celiac plexus and are chiefly non-medullated. XI. Splanchnology. 4g. The Spleen
Mitchell claims to have been chiefly inspired by his parents, especially watching his father play guitar at family gatherings.
There is evidence that, chiefly through the Divine blessing upon Renwick's faithful preaching, and his singular wisdom in council, those Societies increased, instead of diminishing, in the latter part of the prelatic persecution. The Life of James Renwick A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Labours And Martyrdom And A Vindication Of His Character And Testimony
The sixty pages on palaeontology emphasize geology and stratigraphy and chiefly illustrate trilobites.
Speech and speech-reading are taught where the measure of success seems likely to justify the labor expended, and in most of the schools some of the pupils are taught wholly or chiefly by the Oral Method or the The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
But it chiefly is a weapon against innovation, against new ideas, any ideas. Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood
The tumultuous Cultural Revolution was chiefly responsible for the searing desire for change in China.
In the majority of clonal plant species, which reproduce chiefly by vegetative propagation, seedling recruitment is infrequent.
Is it not chiefly because they upheld the principle of serving the people, established exemplary relations with the people through sacrificing their own interests, crated inside the armed forces a comradeship that brought the initiative of junior officers and the rank and file into full play, relied on the masses, analyzed the experience of each battle, and from battle to battle made continuous progress, both strategic and tactical?
This has, indeed, long since been insufferable; although it ought chiefly to be imputed to the imprudent penuriousness of our own merchants and inhabitants, who, it is to be hoped, shall, through the abolition of this seawant, become wiser and more prudent. Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete
The oil consists chiefly of geraniol, free, and combined with acetic and caproic acids, and dipentene. The Handbook of Soap Manufacture
He knew, as he sat with clenched hands and staring eyes, that chiefly he was longing for a woman -- a woman whose eyes and lips and sunny hair haunted him after months of forgetfulness, and whose face smiled at him luringly, now, from out the leaping flashes of fire -- tempting him, calling him over a thousand miles of space. Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest mounted Police
During the Hohenstaufen period, as in the preceding age, the customary education for women of rank consisted chiefly in learning to read the Psalter. Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany
[23] The _hermandad_ of Castile had never been countenanced by legislative sanction; it was chiefly resorted to as a measure of police, and was directed more frequently against the disorders of the nobility, than of the sovereign; it was organized with difficulty, and, compared with the union of Aragon, was cumbrous and languid in its operations. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1
This group is chiefly made up of elderly people.
Cherry is chiefly used as a decorative interior finishing lumber, for buildings, cars and boats, also for furniture and in turnery, for musical instruments, walking sticks, last blocks, and woodenware. Seasoning of Wood
Think about it this way: pretend for a moment that you are a beer-bellied, slope-faced, slack-jawed, thick-necked, trailer-park-dwelling hominid from the jungles of Appalachia, with a high-school equivalency degree and career skills chiefly in plumbing and siring children. Think Progress » Fifteen States Have Polluter-Driven Resolutions To Deny Climate Threat
For when, in our representation of the Darwinian conclusions and in our own investigation, we proceed as objectively as possible, and try to avoid all systematization which is unfruitful for our task, in discussing the Darwinian theories in reference to religion, we shall have to take chiefly into consideration their relation to religion in an objective sense, and chiefly also their relation to the contents of religion; but this would make it appear that we supposed religion in a subjective sense, religiousness, to be in the first place an activity and a possession of knowledge. The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality
That many popular historical writers used this term chiefly because it was fashionable, can also be derived from the fact that they did not attribute to it a very distinctive meaning. REVOLUTION
In one case we know that he delivered a speech from a script; otherwise only a few important passages, chiefly the exordium and peroration, were written out in extenso beforehand.
The privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States, as contradistinguished from citizens of a State, are chiefly defined in the first eight amendments to the Constitution of United States. The Volokh Conspiracy » McDonald amicus: Don’t trust Fairman and Berger
The weekend edition of the Financial Times is a must-read at the moment, chiefly because of its sparkling interviews.
His reaction has instead been chiefly one of anger, and with good reason. Times, Sunday Times
A sound theory is therefore an essential foundation for criticism, and it is impossible for it, without the assistance of a sensible theory, to attain to that point at which it commences chiefly to be instructive, that is, where it becomes demonstration, both convincing and sans re'plique. On War — Volume 1
His teratological work is important, and is chiefly contained in the second volume of the _Philosophie anatomique_. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
The trees thin and chiefly cypress, with occasionally a large sterculia, but no water whatever: at the ninth mile we entered a very thick eucalyptus brush, overrun with creepers and prickly acacia bushes. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales
She is known chiefly for her commitment to nuclear disarmament.
“The privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, as contradistinguished from citizens of a State, are chiefly defined in the first eight amendments to the Constitution of the United States.” The Volokh Conspiracy » “Incorporation,” Originalism, and the Confrontation Clause:
Having finished the hurried and uncomfortable meal, consisting chiefly of tinned tongue and a rather out-of-date cream cheese, Toni was allowed to run home to change her dress; and at half-past two precisely she was back, robed in the daintiest, filmiest white lawn gown, to take her place with the other stallholders, in readiness for the opening ceremony, performed, much to the delight of the entire Madgwick family, by a real duchess. The Making of a Soul
Never anything remotely close to condescending or evil, The Reader nevertheless suffers chiefly from a distasteful thematic overemphasis, though not far behind is the film's rather insistent self-flattery. Review Catch-Up: Doubt, Slumdog Millionaire, Defiance, The Wrestler, The Reader
There is a rough zonal arrangement of the ore minerals around the intrusive, gold and copper minerals (chiefly enargite and chalcopyrite) being more prominent near the intrusive, and argentiferous galena and zinc blende richer at greater distances. The Economic Aspect of Geology
But for what is he chiefly remembered? The Times Literary Supplement
The candles, pictures, images, rosary, holdy water, ringing of bells, chanting in an unknown tongue -- all these mummeries which are so conspicuous in a Catholic service interest me chiefly from the fact Letter to Young John Allen,December 28, 1889
Thomas begins with recent neo-Kantian studies of the aesthetics of melancholy, and applies these ideas to a number of case studies, chiefly the bucolics of Virgil, the eclogues of Miklós Radnóti, and the utopian lyrics and music of Bob Dylan.
The clergyman participates in marriages chiefly as a witness.
It would, however, be absurd to complain that Blunden and Mellor chiefly admire skill in a poet.
In general, the aspect of the exterior of the Palais de Fontainebleau, the walls themselves, the Cours, the alleyed walks are chiefly reminiscent of the early art of the Renaissance. Royal Palaces and Parks of France
This great soldier was a man of many accomplishments, an ardent musician as well as a poet; and his leisure was passed chiefly in composing ballads, rondeaux, and virelays. The Book-Hunter at Home
Franconian farmers switched to other crops, chiefly clover and hops, hence the irresistible rise of the Franconian brewing industry in this period.
And that leads librarians to despair of the lack of middle reader novels which accounts for this years newbery picks and four honor books because when librarians say they want more middle reader novels what they mean is chiefly what was picked, heroine of an age, books of alength, their message whether they knew it or not was, you write 'em, we'll sticker 'em. Three random notes
To be sure, this is a most important branch of our work, and the work for which we are chiefly known to the public at large. Christianity Today
The distinction between a job and an occupation is chiefly one of scope. A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions
His munificence was in proportion to his vast wealth (derived chiefly from his property in Cardiff), and innumerable poor Catholic missions throughout Britain, as well as private individuals, could testify to his lavish, though not indiscriminate generosity. The Third Marquess of Bute: Catholic Convert and Patron
It was foolish of the Obama administration to make the issue of terrorism one for negotiation: Khartoum either does or does not support terrorism, and there is considerable evidence that it still does, chiefly by funnelling Iranian weapons to Hamas. Sudan's self-inflicted economic distress | Eric Reeves
The US group was known chiefly as a breeder of animals such as rats for laboratory experiments until it bought Inveresk last year.
A sudden sally of the townsmen during the battle chiefly occasioned confusion: Camillus, turning on these with a part of his army, not only drove them within their walls, but on the very same day, after he had discomfited themselves and their auxiliaries, he took the town by scalade. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08
a cotton and linen cloth, and _diaper linen_ was woven of flax with a raised figure such as in damask, and used chiefly for table-linen. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century
The 1740 edition of the dictionary of the Académie française altered the spelling of 36% of French words, chiefly replacing mute s by acute and circumflex accents.
Chiefly to this, — that philosophers have not always distinguished the theoretical and the casuistical uncertainty of morals from the practical certainty. Philebus
The diseases known as tartaric, especially gout and lithiasas, are caused by the deposit of determinate toxins (tartar), are discovered chiefly by the urine test, and are cured by means of alkalies. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip
The pebbles, like those of the boulder-clay of the northern side of the Moray Frith, are chiefly of the primary rocks and older sandstones, and were probably in the neighborhood, in their present rolled form, long ere the re-formation of the inclosing mass; while the shale and the septaria are, as shown by their fossils, decidedly Liasic. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland
Local philanthropies, chiefly the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Lenfest Foundation and the Annenberg Foundation, pledged to help raise $150 million to guarantee the Barnes's future.
Now palmwood is chiefly used in the local context to manufacture bows and bullroarers, which are identity-conferring objects of male power.
[Chronicon Hierosolymitanum, eodem libro 9.cap. l2.] continueth this historie of these two hundreth saile of ships, and sheweth how by their prowesse chiefly, the multitude of the Sarazens were in short space vanquished and ouerthrowen: The words are these; Ab ipso verò die tertiæ feriæ dum sic in superbia et elatione suæ multitudinis immobiles Saraceni persisterent, et multis armorum terroribus Christianum populum vexarent, sexta feria appropinquante. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I
The lecturer, in a most interesting and instructive address, dwelt chiefly on the principal characteristics of the three classes of fowls, the non-sitting or table fowl, the layer, and the general-purpose fowl.
Hitherto native strontianite, that is, the 90 to 95 per cent. pure carbonate of strontium (not the celestine which frequently is mistaken by the term strontianite), has not been worked systematically in mines, but what used to be brought to the market was an inferior stone collected in various parts of Germany, chiefly in Westphalia, where it is found on the surface of the fields. Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882
As captured on video, the riverscape seemed to consist chiefly of slowwater sections winding through gentle bends and interrupted occasionally by riffles. The Song of The Dodo
Those who covered the waterfront - sailors, stevedores, and stewbums - were chiefly counted among the clientele.
The president hailed as the most gifted communicator since Ronald Reagan has suffered chiefly from the inability to tell a convincing story. Barack Obama's down but not out
It chiefly consisted of household linen, plate, china, and books, with a handsome pianoforte of Marianne's.
Scarcity and resulting costliness confined its use chiefly to precious metalworking, where it was employed as a flux to cleanse surfaces of oxides and reduce melting temperatures to aid welding and soldering.
The exhibition while aimed chiefly at children will feature interactive and multi-media displays on Energy Saving and will be of interest to adults and children alike.
Indeed, so far as its physical aspect is concerned, with its flat, unvaried surface, covered chiefly with wooden houses, few or none of which pretend to architectural beauty — its irregularity, which is neither picturesque nor quaint, but only tame — its long and lazy street, lounging wearisomely through the whole extent of the peninsula, with Gallows The Scarlet Letter
The ginger-haired baby Elizabeth is mainly a squalling infant in the period of the narrative, which chiefly covers the years 1527 – 35, but in the figure of her sibling Mary, one is given a chilling prefiguration of the coming time when the bonfires of English heretics will really start to blaze in earnest. The Men Who Made England
The only fish we got were some torsk and halibut, which were chiefly brought by the natives to sell; and we caught a few sculpins about the ship, with some purplish star-fish, that had seventeen or eighteen rays. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16
The roughly-prepared coating is imported in two forms, called lac-lake and lac-dye, which contain about 50 per cent of colouring matter, combined with more or less resin, and with earthy matters, consisting chiefly of carbonate and sulphate of lime and silica. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
The oil consists chiefly of geraniol, free, and combined with acetic and caproic acids, and dipentene. The Handbook of Soap Manufacture
Along the roadside were trees flowering gloriously, chiefly the magnificent African Tulip, with its spectacular orangey-red flowers.
[[User: Ro Thorpe | Ro Thorpe]] 16: 26, 4 November 2008 (UTC):: The Oxford English Dictionary does include "sovran" and derivatives, but cites no use of them any more recently than 1887, and says that these spellings are now "chiefly poetic. Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
I might have said I was a feminist before 1970, which is when I became pregnant and developed a long-term relationship with one of New York City's outpatient clinics, but secretly I was a premature "postfeminist," convinced that sexism was a problem chiefly for the oversensitive and underassertive. Ms. Magazine Online
In the 16th century it was chiefly utilitarian, covering wall seams and keeping out drafts.
Although there were abundant lakes and ponds on the islands, they would have been vegetated chiefly by bulrushes.
It is the Church of God which we must oversee - that Church for which the world is chiefly upheld, which is sanctified by the Holy Ghost, which is the mystical body of Christ, that Church with which angels are present, and on which they attend as ministering spirits, whose little ones have their angels beholding the face of God in heaven. The Reformed Pastor
The horizon of life is broadened chiefly by the enlargement of the heart.
A hen I call him, as well for his cackling, ready and smooth tongue, wherein he giveth place to none, as for his deep and subtle art in hiding his serpentine eggs from common men's sight: chiefly for his hennish heart and courage, which twice already hath been well proved to be as base and deject at the sight of any storm of adverse fortune, as ever was hen's heart at the sight of a fox. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance
Anastrophe occurs chiefly with dissyllabic prepositions. New Latin Grammar
Some fine specimens of ancient tapestry of Arras, hence the name arras, chiefly in shades of grey and blue, and also specimens of the delicate hand-made Arras lace, are here. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller"
She will be remembered here chiefly for her stunning city council upset and the Clarendon Gardens issue.
The monks are chiefly devoted to the splendor of their religious services; the solitaries still cherish Hesychast ideas and an apocalyptic mysticism, and the whole monastic republic represents just such an intellectual decay as must follow on a total exclusion of all outside intercourse and a complete neglect of all intellectual effort (Kaulen). The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne
During that period I was chiefly concerned with the question of how to structure the narrative.
The mentioned above dating results imply that Mesozoic magmatism in the NCB chiefly happened in early Cretaceous.
Unfortunately, the discomfort of dirtiness is chiefly suffered by other people. The Road to Wigan Pier
It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay. Eric Hoffer
Histiocytosis associated with disturbance of cholesterol metabolism, occurs chiefly in young children.
In 1811 he published "Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect," Kelso, 18mo; another duodecimo volume of poems, at Jedburgh, in 1821; and his last work, entitled "Poems on Various Subjects," at Edinburgh, in 1826. The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century
But since the favor has been extended to other churches, as well as from other reasons, the number is greatly diminished, and consists chiefly of people in _villeggiatura_ near by and of a few hundred Neapolitan peasants, who with undiminished fervor come to obtain the Pardon, and whose singular performance, called _gran ruota_ (the great wheel), everybody goes to see. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880
They can obtain wives from the idolators; but the Mahommedans would rather give their daughters to the latter, as being real Adeeghas, than to these Christians, who are found chiefly in the interior. Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia
_And -- "sixth and lastly" -- should confession be made that in the present rendering a purely arbitrary title has been assigned this little book; and chiefly for commercial reasons, since the word "dizain" has been adjudged both untranslatable and, in its pristine form, repellantly outre. Chivalry
But free states and aristocracies are mostly destroyed from want of a fixed administration of public affairs; the cause of which evil arises at first from want of a due mixture of the democratic and the oligarchic parts in a free state; and in an aristocracy from the same causes, and also from virtue not being properly joined to power; but chiefly from the two first, I mean the undue mixture of the democratic and oligarchic parts; for these two are what all free states endeavour to blend together, and many of those which we call aristocracies, in this particular these states differ from each other, and on this account the one of them is less stable than the other, for that state which inclines most to an oligarchy is called an aristocracy, and that which inclines most to a democracy is called a free state; on which account this latter is more secure than the former, for the wider the foundation the securer the building, and it is ever best to live where equality prevails. Politics: A Treatise on Government
Whatever Forster's intentions, the judges were chiefly impressed by his treatment of the subject.
We all jacked our jobs in, bought a massive great removal van and spent a couple of happy years playing gigs around Europe, chiefly in Belgium, beer capital of the world.
Acne is more of a problem in men than it is in women as testosterone is the hormone that is chiefly responsible for it. Times, Sunday Times
Aldridge says: ...permit me to say that the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States, as contradistinguished from citizens of a State, are chiefly defined in the first Eight Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. The Volokh Conspiracy » McDonald amicus: Don’t trust Fairman and Berger
He kept animals , chiefly cattle, with some pigs.
The extension eastwards, which is given in map E. with this chapter, took place chiefly during the fourteenth century when Rouen was rapidly growing to be the second town in the kingdom. The Story of Rouen
The privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, as contradistinguished from citizens of a State, are chiefly defined in the first eight amendments to the Constitution of the United States. The Volokh Conspiracy » I’ll say it if Justice Souter Won’t:
In 1240 Edward succeeded his father as keeper of the king's works at Westminster, which then chiefly concerned the palace.
They are self-employed business people who travel the country holding fairs, chiefly during the summer months.
This chiefly involved converting the restaurant to home-grown produce. Times, Sunday Times
Bingham: “permit me to say that the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States, as contradistinguished from citizens of a State, are chiefly defined in the first Eight Amendments to the Constitution of the United States...” The Volokh Conspiracy » Lash on the Original Understanding of the Privileges or Immunities Clause:
Also, at least in many rural communities, the square dance and hoedown are still around, even if chiefly on that life support of a special evening of ‘Western’ dancing.
He stood alone atop the multi-tiered tomb, in his hand a tokotoko—a chiefly sign that only he had final say over burial protocol.
It consisted chiefly of a dialogue between the two lovers; and the boy, with a wonderful ease and grace and skill, mimicked the shy coquetries of the girl, her fits of petulance and dictation, and the pathetic remonstrances of her companion, his humble entreaties and his final sullenness, which is only conquered by her sudden and ample consent. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873
A Maori village consisted of those of chiefly rank (rangatira), the main chief (ariki), the main body of the village and a small group of slaves.
Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma.
Is it not chiefly because they upheld the principle of serving the people, established exemplary relations with the people through sacrificing their own interests, crated inside the armed forces a comradeship that brought the initiative of junior officers and the rank and file into full play, relied on the masses, analyzed the experience of each battle, and from battle to battle made continuous progress, both strategic and tactical?
At the door of the servants 'hall the two comfortable policemen in their dark uniforms and shining buttons sunned their fair beards as they smoked their morning pipes, exchanging a remark in a low voice about once in five minutes, and never without previously looking round to see whether any one was listening to them, but chiefly occupied in watching an underkeeper who was feeding the big hounds in a sunny corner of the inner court. Greifenstein
The title of the book rather excludes Wotton's poetry, for which he is now perhaps chiefly remembered.
In many villages the expenditure in out-relief -- chiefly in orders upon village shops for flour, clothes, butter, cheese, &c. -- amounted to from Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King

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