"principal" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In May 1958 a state of emergency was declared and there were a number of bombings until the arrest of the principal instigators in July.
- Mr. Yousef, who is missing, was a principal instigator, they say, and the one who supervised the building of the bomb.
- Hone Heke is considered the principal instigator of the Flagstaff War.
- "We will now take up the case of one of the principal instigators of Royal murder and governmental decay."
- "Did you know that your employer, Mr. Ratchett, was the principal instigator in that affair?"
- The Athenians soon came to regret their decision in the case of the generals, and charges were brought against the principal instigators of the executions.
- The authorities, fearing another outbreak of violence, suspected that the principal instigator was Marlowe himself.
- Obediah Jennings was the principal instigator in the deputy's death, the elder Bowman told Markham.
- The Dauphin was pointed out as the principal instigator of the assassination of the Duke of Burgundy.
- Japan, desperately seeking ways to soften the impact of the rising yen on its economy, was the principal instigator.
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