Example sentences of "[noun] for the [adj] part [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that we have available is the notes for the first part of the introduction , written , presumably , in the spring , and consisting of a highly condensed discussion of Greek tragedy and its development . |
| 2 | Although Gould had wound up two of his principal publications by the time he left England — the concluding part 22 of Birds of Europe was scheduled for July 1837 , and the third and final part of the Trogons appeared on or before 14 March 1838 — Prince was charged with seeing to the publicity and the production of the plates for Darwin 's Zoology of the Beagle , and the printing and colouring of the illustrations for the second part of Icones Avium on the species of Caprimulgidae , or goatsuckers . |
| 3 | The route for the southern part of the Sighthill Section is rigidly constrained within an area bounded by the housing developments of Westburn and Baberton and the fixed location of the junction with the Colinton Section . |
| 4 | In view of this , proposals for the northern part of the Section are only at a preliminary stage , and are therefore not included in this leaflet . |
| 5 | Even when these insects adopt a very different existence for the first part of their lives , they do not change their form very radically . |
| 6 | In reporting his death the annual report of 1957 states : " It would not be an exaggeration to say that his shoulders carried the burden of the BDDA income for the greater part of that period . " |
| 7 | Even the most purely agricultural villages had a handful of craftsmen and in a few parishes , notably Spratton , Moulton and Hardingstone , between 40 and 60 per cent of those liable for duty were employed in non-agricultural pursuits for the major part of their time . |
| 8 | They have asked that we take that on , there is a report later in the agenda with detail on that , but as far as these papers are concerned that 's simply us taking over responsibility for the best part of two million pounds ' worth of spending which the health authority will refund to us by way of a section twenty eight grant . |
| 9 | At Birkbeck , Joyce passed the intermediate examination for his BA and then read English language and literature for the second part of his degree . |
| 10 | We thus have violas , cellos , cor anglais , and four horns for our middle line ; violins , flutes , oboes , clarinets , and trumpets for the top part of the structure ; double basses , bassoons , double bassoon , bass clarinet , tuba , and trombones for the bass line . |
| 11 | to service the service clan which , I do n't think will be controversial but erm I did just seat for the first part of report , the little bit about . |
| 12 | AND so to the Good Friday question in the Mensa search for the brightest part of Britain . |
| 13 | To visit London again from Swanage he would travel by boat for the first part of the journey or by carriage along the rough road to join the Emerald coach at Wareham , both taking a whole day . |
| 14 | The château , together with its gardens , terraces and belvedere , recently restored by the State on the basis of eighteenth-century documents , will provide the setting for the first part of the itinerary , while a new basement building is to accommodate the second stage . |
| 15 | The Palings was an old building ; it had stood full face to the sea and the prevailing wind for the best part of a hundred years . |
| 16 | Apart from Gatting , who is seen as a near-certainty for England 's winder tour of India , others who may come back into the international reckoning are Chris Broad , Alan Wells , Matthew Maynard and John Emburey , while Neil Foster ( another South African tourist ) might have been considered for the winter tour but for a knee injury which kept him out of the Essex side for the last part of the season . |
| 17 | Some approached the Santuario on their knees for the last part of the journey , saying the Rosary and imploring the Madonna 's help . |
| 18 | Even then it must be remembered that some 65 per cent by value of sales is to non-ICI customers — and many of these are also overseas , with Europe accounting for the greater part of both internal and external business . |
| 19 | They had been living together across the colour bar for the best part of 30 years . |
| 20 | Your son-in-law has been sleeping with this girl at work for the best part of 11 years and presumably he 's been having his conjugals in the matrimonial bed , too . |
| 21 | Between 1912 and 1928 Lutyens was responsible for redesigning eighty square miles of offices , avenues and palaces in New Delhi to house the British Government in India , an undertaking that kept him out of England for the best part of every winter . |
| 22 | MPs did have the opportunity for dalliance , away as they were from home for the best part of the week — and for more than half the year . |
| 23 | When the refugees landed in Havana , they would be given by the Hamburg-Amerika line a receipt for the unused part of the fare . |
| 24 | A brilliantly opaque bidding system , requiring a combination of cash tenders and programming prospectuses , diverted the managements of established and would-be contractors for the best part of 18 months , leading — eventually — to a re-allocation of licences in November 1991 , to take effect from January 1993 . |
| 25 | Louisa had been skidding unsteadily about the ice for the best part of an hour when a carriage came round the rear drive of the Hall and , after a moment 's debate , Edwin Frere sprang down to give a helping hand to his well-muffled wife . |
| 26 | We all deserve a rest day , and conveniently at the halfway stage is Fort William , the only town in the itinerary thus far , where refuelling and restocking can take place for the second part of the journey . |
| 27 | Nobody seemed to accept that I 'd been in charge of my own body and my own medication for the best part of my life ; they seemed to think that was a very strange idea . |
| 28 | Indeed ‘ Must we fling this filth … ’ became the paper 's catchphrase for the best part of a decade . |
| 29 | As the trucks made to leave the following day for the final part of the journey to Arcady , Cabochon asked Ari if he could speak with her , and then told her about what he feared waited in Arcady for him . |
| 30 | This is a sad day for the final part of the Bill to be passing through the Houses of Parliament . |