"chief" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Agriculture is the chief occupation of the local population, with betel nut being the main crop.
- Such were the chief occupations that were open to women before 1918.
- Agriculture became the chief occupation of the inhabitants, with potatoes the principal crop.
- By 1859, when the population was 1,273, agriculture was a chief occupation.
- His chief occupation is teaching language teachers at the University of London.
- Agriculture is the chief occupation of the people of the state.
- His chief occupation from the 1880s till his retirement in 1906 was as an author and journalist.
- Agriculture is counted as the chief economic occupation of the People.
- Stealing was the chief occupation not only of the troops under my command but of their officers as well.
- Straw plaiting was the chief occupation of women and children during most of the 19th century.
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