chief part

But the chief part of the ceremony which took place in the precincts of the temple has never been described.

The chief part of it is a technical treatise on how to write poetry, but it also contains some prehistoric mythological material which is not in the Elder Edda.

He plays the chief part in the Volsungasaga, the Norse version of the German tale which Wagner’s operas have made familiar.

Frodo had been in the battle, but he had not drawn sword, and his chief part had been to prevent the hobbits in their wrath at their losses, from slaying those of their enemies who threw down their weapons.

City leaders last week announced a new police chief, part of an ongoing reform project.