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The body is made up primarily of bone, muscle, and fat.

Public order is primarily an urban problem.

Minstrelsy had been primarily a phenomenon of the North.

Along with the sickle blades are many grinding stones, primarily mortars and pestles of limestone or basalt.

The Roman Numeral System developed primarily as a means of record-keeping, as a way to keep track of commercial transactions, um, taxes, censors’ records, things of that sort.

These animals primarily work the soil mechanically.

Printing, however, was primarily aimed at a cheap mass sale.

Pollen is shed primarily when the air is dry to prevent too much sticking to wet surfaces or being knocked out of the air by rain.

The first farmers, who may have lived as long as 10,000 years ago, undoubtedly used simple techniques and still relied primarily on other forms of food production, such as hunting, foraging, or pastoralism.

While some of these urban centers were identified with a particular economic function, such as proximity to gold or iron deposits or a strategic location on a major trade route, others served primarily as administrative centers or the site of temples for the official cult or other ritual observances.

Corn had the best yields, but it was primarily used to feed livestock.

Depending on the species, play may be primarily for social interaction, exercise, or exploration.

On the Moon, ancient craters less than 100 meters across (corresponding to depths of about 20 meters) have been obliterated, primarily by meteoritic erosion.

It turns out that the jaw is primarily responsible for capturing and transferring returning sound waves to the dolphin’s inner ear.

It spreads primarily by underground stems; colonies form when pieces of the root system or whole plants float into an area and take root or when seeds float into a suitable area and germinate.

They occur primarily in regions of recent volcanic activity as hot, dry rock; natural hot water; or natural steam.

The ecologist is concerned primarily with the quantities of matter and energy that pass through a given ecosystem, and with the rates at which they do so.

The principal seagoing ship used throughout the Middle Ages was the galley, a long, low ship fitted with sails but driven primarily by oars.

The growth of independent guilds was furthered by the fact that surplus was not a result of domestic craft production but resulted primarily from international trading; the government left working people to govern themselves, much as shepherds of tribal confederacies were left alone by their leaders.

So, it looks as though beavers are less interested in minimizing their exposure to predators, and more interested in saving energy when foraging for wood, which may also explain why beavers forage primarily during the evenings.

Pastoralism is a lifestyle in which economic activity is based primarily on livestock.

In addition, her thinking would be primarily egocentric.

And during those years, several things happened, primarily linguistic or thematic and both involving secularization.

It was used primarily as a vehicle for teaching religion and was generally presented in the Latin, the language of the Christian Church which had considerable influence in Italy at that time.

Micronesia, the area north of Melanesia, consists primarily of small scattered islands.

Desertification is accomplished primarily through the loss of stabilizing natural vegetation and the subsequent accelerated erosion of the soil by wind and water.

There is little doubt, however, that desertification in most areas results primarily from human activities rather than natural processes.

In seeking to describe the origins of theater, one must rely primarily on speculation, since there is little concrete evidence on which to draw.

A closely related theory sees theater as evolving out of dances that are primarily pantomimic, rhythmical or gymnastic, or from imitations of animal noises and sounds.