The banjo that he used in his comedy performances has now become his main act.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

He said each show has a main idea or theme.

VOA: special.2010.01.08

And now Microsoft has targeted Google's main business.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

"The main effect of the Internet on language has been to increase the expressive richness of language, providing the language with a new set of communicative dimensions that haven't existed in the past."

VOA: special.2010.01.28

But China,Pyongyang's main patron, has not publicly condemned the attack or even acknowledged that North Korea was to blame.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

"And,all those public buildings," "In particular, the main hospital in Ouagadougou has been flooded and patients have been evacuated these days.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

But Ryan says that's not the main reason the number of commercial lobster boats has dropped in the Boston Harbor.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Pakistan's military has achieved a measure of success against Taliban militants in the Swat Valley and taken control of its main town,Mingora.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

One of the main organizers of the relief effort was the Turkish charity the Foundation for Humanitarian Relief, which has Islamic roots.

VOA: standard.2010.06.03

Analyst Marquand says Macedonia has further angered Greece by naming a main roadway and,earlier, the national airport after the ancient conqueror Alexander the Great.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

General Athar Abbas tells VOA the strategy has succeeded in one of its main goals.

VOA: standard.2009.04.27

"The main condition is that there first has to be a settlement and it has to be ratified then the land will be handed over."

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Like many American small towns, Enterprise,Alabama has a monument in the middle of Main Street.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

So far the tours are the main way they can display and sell their work, but a restaurant in nearby Yogjakarta has started selling some products.

VOA: standard.2010.04.14

"That has long been one of my main motivations for being an elected official."

VOA: standard.2010.06.19

The infighting among the main parties has held up the main task with which parliament was entrusted - the writing of a new constitution for the country.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

But,the project has stalled. On Tuesday Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched a strong attack against the country's main pro Kurdish party, the Peace and Democracy Party.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

"Our main thrust has to be to help Pakistan defeat these extremists,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

"The main effect of the Internet on language has been to increase the expressive richness of language, providing the language with a new set of communicative dimensions that haven't existed in the past,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

Clinton,in a talk with reporters here, said she has been involved in intensive telephone diplomacy with President Karzai and his main election rival, former Afghan foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, and is encouraged by what she has heard from the parties.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Their price has remained stable. "The main difference I have seen is people are moving from 22 carat gold jewelry to diamond jewelry, maybe what they say is true is diamonds are forever, and diamonds always is a lady's best friend,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.17