Example sentences of "it [verb] a most [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 First , it provided a most favourable environment for the development of capitalism — a stable , well-organized political system , with a rational and effectively administered body of law , especially in so far as it related to property and contracts .
2 In other words , it has a most limited scope .
3 from a distance it looks more black than brown and it has a most interesting tail which , when closed , looks like one of the flippers scuba divers wear .
4 To my young mind it seemed a most unScottish thing to do .
5 It possesses a most interesting tower porch ( clocher-porche ) originally three-storeyed but now only two as the bell chamber has disappeared .
6 It contained a most important provision , the formal recognition by Louis XIV that William was King of Great Britain par la grâce de Dieu , i.e. with divine approval , and an undertaking not to give aid to any of William 's enemies , but this undertaking did not extend to William 's successors ; here lay the seeds of future invasion attempts .
7 ‘ If the sums he mentioned are to be believed , it puts a most terrible responsibility on my shoulders . ’
8 I believe that in all seasons of the year one would find that it had a most delightful character , .
9 And I remember this Jackie , and it , it had a most peculiar starting mechanism ever I 've seen .
10 It remains a most economical breed to rear , able to thrive on rough grazing and to fatten on low-cost rations , and is a popular ranching breed , exported to more than 60 countries .
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