Example sentences of "[noun pl] for most [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that he had n't been treated ‘ badly ’ , but had , like Jenco and Jacobsen , been chained by one or both ankles for most of the time . |
| 2 | It must be remembered that in most cases for most of the time the function of the judge with the help of the jury if there is one ) is to ascertain the facts . |
| 3 | Walsh , chugging along on two cylinders for most of the match , suddenly sparked to life , making the ball cut both ways and always liable to produce one that scuttled through . |
| 4 | Investors have criticised last week 's fiscal package and interest rate cut as too little too late and voted with their feet for most of the week by selling out of the market . |
| 5 | SATURN remains in the area of ambitions and career matters for most of the year , so this looks like being a time when hard work will pay off later rather than sooner . |
| 6 | By 1850 the earl was spending most of his time in Italy , having had to close Alton Towers for most of the year because of the expense of upkeep . |
| 7 | Contributions for most within the scheme were 4d. per week from male employees , 3d. from the employer and 3d. from females . |
| 8 | Generators powered by a free energy source can be left on all the time , perpetually recharging the batteries and , provided they are of an adequate size , can handle the charging demand of all but the largest yachts for most of the time . |
| 9 | So usually one or other of the parent birds must stay with the eggs for most of the time . |
| 10 | The gold market in 1992–93 was quite lacklustre with prices in the doldrums for most of the year . |
| 11 | Christina crawled behind one of the gaudily painted island buses for most of the journey , waving at several giggling little girls , their pig-tailed hair bouncing on pristine white uniform blouses . |
| 12 | ‘ The Board accept that injuries to key players for most of the season have paid a major part in the problem . ’ |
| 13 | It happened after a shot was handled on the line , and left United with only ten players for most of the match . |
| 14 | The increasing wind was expected to help the smaller boats , and the leaders for most of the race may be deposed when the handicaps are computed . |
| 15 | ‘ The maths lessons for most of the year are not very thrilling , ’ says Dr Gardiner . |
| 16 | Living standards for most of the population were lower in India than in western Europe and silver bullion , which was the nearest thing to a common international currency at the time , had a higher purchasing power in India than in Europe , so that anything made by people who were paid European wages would be expensive in terms of silver in India . |
| 17 | For example , metal contamination is sometimes found in bore-hole water only at certain times in the year , possibly because of changes in the ground-water level , and normal sampling may show negative results for most of the remainder of the time . |
| 18 | The futures contract for June expiry stayed close to its ‘ fair value ’ premium of 29 points for most of the day . |
| 19 | It has out-performed other European markets for most of the period , and this year has been a good 5 per cent ahead . |
| 20 | The travellers were trying to get into a rock festival at Long Marston airfield near Stratford on Avon planned for this weekend.Roads around the site were blocked by the travellers as they confronted the police for most of the night . |
| 21 | Such areas were not often used for arable , until later drainage operations ensured that water could be kept off the fields for most of the year . |
| 22 | Parents would not see their children for most of the day , and when they finished their daily work they would be too tired for much except rest . |
| 23 | Many people have viewed and bought a house in a quiet lane during the summer , only to find , in October , that the lovely field behind the house in fact belongs to a school and is filled with playing children for most of the year . |
| 24 | Although it can not be entirely free of period distortions , it shows more modest fluctuations in fertility than the TFR and in particular gives an estimate of fertility of over 2 children for most of the time since 1972 , not the 1.8 or so given by the IFR . |
| 25 | From the beginning of the fourth year , and especially for as long as pupils were legally free to leave school at the end of that year , very much more definite choices were made : ‘ Newsom ’ courses for those who were to leave , examination courses for most of the rest , with many decisions then to be taken about which subjects to drop , and which to pursue . |
| 26 | Various regulations were proclaimed from the early years of British rule , but they remained dead letters for most of the century . |
| 27 | On March 18 Soviet military transport planes circled over Vilnius and other Lithuanian towns for most of the day , while from March 22 convoys of armoured vehicles were regularly driven through the centre of Vilnius . |
| 28 | There was also Alain , who filled her thoughts for most of the time . |
| 29 | ‘ Inmates want to work in the kitchen because it means they can be out of their cells for most of the day and can have a bit of extra food , ’ he says . |