Example sentences of "and [conj] most [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coffee crash was felt strongest in areas where there was less cattle stealing , and where most of the stealing was casual . |
| 2 | ( Waddington et al. , 1990 , show that in the Nottinghamshire community which they surveyed the immigrant and the ‘ local ’ miners were spatially segregated within the housing stock and that most of the miners who joined the strike were among the recent immigrants whose home lives were somewhat separate from those of the rest of the community . ) |
| 3 | Is it not totally unacceptable that when only 13 questions were answered on Welsh matters , four of them should have been asked by Hon. Members with English constituencies and that most of the questions were answered by a Member representing an English constituency ? |
| 4 | Martinho said the malais had very quickly stopped shooting at them and that most of the casualties had come from our own fire . |
| 5 | People must be made aware that there is a national book sale on at the moment ; that it is the highlight of the bookselling year ; that it is a time when bargains can be had ; and that most of the titles return to full price in February . |
| 6 | She found that about two-thirds of the women whom she studied had relied upon female kin at some stage , and that most of the support which they received was child care , coming principally from mothers and mothers-in-law , but also sisters , sisters-in-law , aunts and grandmothers . |
| 7 | People realized it could n't when , in nineteen sixty four , a biologist by the name of Wyn Edwards at the University of Edinburgh actually bothered to publish a book arguing the theory , and when Wyn Edwards argued the case , almost immediately most people began to realize that it , that it did n't make sense and that most of the evidence that he thought supported the theory does n't in fact do so , and today Wyn Edwards has himself refused it , even he now er admits that group selection er can not work . |
| 8 | Remember also that the ‘ Great ’ C major Symphony was not composed , as had been assumed , in 1828 , and that most of the writing was contemporary with the earlier D major Sonata , whose textures are so unmistakably orchestral in outline . |
| 9 | At first she had complained to Aggie , saying they were stupid because they taught nothing but the abc and counting , and that most of the time was spent singing hymns and listening to stories from the Bible . |
| 10 | Given that this is the first full-length biography , and that most of the people who knew her well are dead , the danger is that Molly Izzard 's interpretations will be accepted by future scholars . ’ |
| 11 | Which was pretty heartening , considering it was down to him to do one of my parole reports and that most of the people in Styal were there for drugs , or drug-related crimes , like kiting cheques [ passing stolen cheques ] to buy drugs or shoplifting to buy drugs . |
| 12 | In spite of the fact that Champion ( 1981 , 20 ) has argued that ‘ some of the most spectacular changes have occurred in those rural areas which are relatively remote from traditional metropolitan influences ’ it must also be remembered that the extra numbers in the remote areas are relatively modest , compared with those in the outer margins of the main centres of population , as shown in Figure 5.3 , and that most of the population growth has been strongly associated with smaller towns and accessible settlements in the countryside both in England ( OPCS , 1981b ) and Ireland ( Duffy , 1983 ) . |
| 13 | A meeting of all the tourists would be summoned straightaway ( Ashenden felt a pair of unblinking blue eyes upon him ) — summoned to meet somewhere in the hotel ( the Manager nodded again — the St John 's Suite was free ) , and Morse himself would then address the group and tell them as much or as little as he wanted to tell them , believing , he admitted , that Rumour had probably lost little of her sprinting speed since Virgil 's time , and that most of the tourists already had a pretty good idea of what had happened . |
| 14 | However , it does have distinct areas of relief and there are very good air photographs of the area , taken by the RAF in 1947 , which show that there was formerly an extensive deserted village near the present church and manor house and that most of the parish was covered with ridge and furrow earthworks . |
| 15 | Possibly no one will ever know just how much this particular gang made in ill gotten gains over their evil enterprise , but there was little doubt at the time of the trial that quite a fortune had been amassed and that most of the principals would be rich men when they came out of prison . |
| 16 | Is it not a fact that most of the jobs lost have been in industries belonging to the last century and that most of the jobs gained are in industries with a bright future ? |
| 17 | It was a thick wad and although most of the notes were green , some were blue . |
| 18 | All the ingredients would be there in Carry on Sergeant and although most of the stock characters would come later , the basic idea was evident from the first ever laughs for a ‘ Carry On ’ film in 1958 . |
| 19 | After lengthy discussions at the highest level it was decided that because of the confidentiality of the information , and since most of the authorization procedures were already within the personnel function , the responsibility for the new system should be vested within Personnel . |
| 20 | The clinical signs are likely to be few , and since most of the damage occurs during the prepatent phase , eggs may not be found in the urine . |
| 21 | The main entrance had a semi-circular arch , as did the window above it and while most of the windows were double-hung sashes with oak lintels and gauged arches , the basement windows were leaded lights and there were some casements . |
| 22 | I think six months is rather too quick , to say the least , and as most of the Western Samoan players live in New Zealand , I am sure that Bachop is not the only candidate . |
| 23 | It was an excellent little cameo , and as most of the dialogue was in the form of a rehearsed speech to the court of Alexandria it would hardly matter if , overcome by nerves , she forgot her lines . |
| 24 | No we must er abide by the rule of law , as we always have done , as our trad as our traditions demand and as most of the people in this room I 'm sure in their hearts would wish to . |
| 25 | I 've also recently purchased an effects processor ( BOSS SE50 ) and as most of the patches for the guitar were boring , I started experimenting with some of my own . |
| 26 | Keeping the building 's historic aspect was not always achieved and as most of the barns were converted for residential purposes it was necessary to pay careful attention to planning and design to retain the original character , and this was not always done . |
| 27 | As always with Mussorgsky , and never more so than in the case of this opera , the issues are complicated ; and though most of the work 's admirer 's would now agree that Shostakovich 's orchestration is closer to the spirit of a composer he deeply admired than that of Rimsky-Korsakov , whose admiration led him to wish to ‘ sell ’ the work in the West , there are reservations to be made . |
| 28 | This force was applied by those long , black-nyloned legs , and though most of the pressure was provided by her left limb , some residual effort pushed her right foot down as well , and on each occasion we speeded up , just momentarily , as her amply-soled Doc Marten pressed against the accelerator . |