Example sentences of "[am/are] most [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The modern paradox , that the areas of Yugoslavia which are most richly endowed with mineral resources and other industrial raw materials are the least economically developed , can only be understood in the context of the long centuries of neglect from which Yugoslavia south of the Danube-Sava line suffered during the Ottoman period . |
| 2 | Looms are most frequently indicated by loom-weights , annular in form , for weighing down the warp threads on upright looms ; they are occasionally found in rows in the base of sunken buildings where they may have fallen or been taken off the loom , or originally stacked in a column . |
| 3 | Early mouse embryos and their component cells are most easily manipulated during fixation and immunocytological staining if stuck down to coverslips . |
| 4 | First , that wise choices about health are most easily made by people who feel good about themselves and are able to talk to their partners . |
| 5 | Variants of binary variables ( which are implicitly assumed to be discrete ) are most easily handled as percentages ; table 5.1 for example lists zero realizations of ( h ) as a percentage of the total number of occurrences of both variants . |
| 6 | As many parts of the brain contain cells of varying size , which may not all be involved in the same functions , biases of this sort may determine which functions are most strongly associated with unit activity . |
| 7 | They are most widely known as company secretaries ( which is the function of roughly 20 per cent of the UK 's chartered secretaries ) . |
| 8 | Conventions of the Constitution are most aptly described as rules that are considered binding by and upon those who are responsible for making the Constitution work , but rules that are not enforced by the courts or by the presiding officers in either house of Parliament . |
| 9 | It must be recognized that Donna Landry 's views on Leapor are most nearly justified in relation to this piece . |
| 10 | The findings observed in this study are most probably related to differences in the fat composition of the diets . |
| 11 | For the purposes of a general survey , changes in various biological groups through time are most usefully analysed in terms of diversity ( or , more strictly , taxonomic richness ) , and changes in spatial distribution by the amount of provinciality or endemism . |
| 12 | They have to be suspended from battens and are most often made from pre-finished , slotted insulation board , polystyrene or fibreglass . |
| 13 | Changes of media are most often precipitated by entrances and exits . |
| 14 | Concepts and rules are most often taught by definition and description , and whilst this can be successful , given a good communication technique , it has the disadvantage of failing to produce generalisation . |
| 15 | The largest 25 producers account for more than 50% of the area planted and it is their names which are most often seen on merchant 's lists . |
| 16 | Striped dolphins and Dall 's porpoise are most often seen in groups of 530 and 2–20 , respectively , but both have also been observed in numbers of around 300 . |
| 17 | Fights occur , of course , but conflicts are most often settled by bouts of roaring at each other ( Figure 4 ) . |
| 18 | Designs on the screen are most often knitted from bottom to top , so looking for colours as they appear in the design from bottom to top and left to right is an accurate way of assessing where colours are brought into the work and their order . |
| 19 | They are most often found on drawer divans . |
| 20 | Perhaps it is those on low incomes , watching others getting richer , who are prepared to break the law ; if we look at the statistics of actual law-breaking , after all , criminal prosecutions are most often brought against people from the poorer sections of society ( Baldwin and Bottoms 1976 ) . |
| 21 | These Biros are most popularly given as Christmas presents . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , the industrial skills of the area are learned in the very businesses which are most harshly hit by taxation . |
| 23 | Samples are most readily studied as liquids or solutions . |
| 24 | Thus , when the Board of Education issues its official Suggestions for Teachers handbook in 1910 it transmitted a clear message : ‘ … the high function of the teacher is to prepare the child for the life of the good citizen , to create and foster the aptitude for work and for the intelligent use of leisure , and to develop those features of character which are most readily influenced by school life , such as loyalty to comrades , loyalty to institutions , unselfishness and an orderly and disciplined habit of mind . ’ |
| 25 | Such reserves are most commonly made by fields which , for various reasons such as the general practice of interviewing , tend to fill more slowly ( e.g. applied education and visual studies ) , and with other fields which tend to fill quickly ( e.g. psychology ) . |
| 26 | For this reason , machine-cut trial trenches are most commonly used on sites where there is insufficient time for more careful methods . |
| 27 | They are most commonly found in women 's graves of the sixth century accompanied by a relatively large quantity of grave-goods . |
| 28 | Autumn passage may start in July , but most usually does so in August , and peak numbers are most commonly found in September . |
| 29 | Indeed there is much evidence to suggest that the distinctions are most actively sought in periods of growing secularization , when the habit of referring all practices , finally , to some central faith and purpose , is loosening or has been lost . |
| 30 | It is extremely painful for them to add to their burdens at a time when they are most hard pressed at work or with their own families . |