Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] for most " in BNC.
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| 1 | The winters there are long , hard and cruel ; two-thirds of the entire territory are grounded on ‘ permafrost ’ — permanently frozen earth , in many areas over one kilometre deep ; eastern Siberia contains the northern hemisphere 's ‘ pole of cold ’ , at Oimyakon , several degrees south of the Arctic Circle where temperatures in this inhabited settlement sometimes sink to — 70°C ; major rivers , seas and ports are frozen solid for most of the year , and growing conditions are so disadvantageous as to create one of the most fragile ecological systems in the world . |
| 2 | The ‘ open cup ’ principle holds good for most types — there are just two or three growth habits like Bourbons and Musks that do not lend themselves to it too well , and we will deal with them later . |
| 3 | After a five week training course the crews will be deemed qualified for most low-level missions . |
| 4 | Alan me for me , mathematical but I accept what you 're saying that you mean numerical for most of that alphabetical as as opposed |
| 5 | The only local people who live in the village live in cottages tied to the estate , and many cottages lie empty for most of the year while the number of rural homeless grows . |
| 6 | Fifteen-a-sides , rightly in my view , will always be more important but the fact that sevens could be used to improve handling skills — which , pity on us , lie dormant for most of the domestic league programme — is unequivocal on the evidence of here and Canberra last week . |
| 7 | When teachers were asked to suggest what their own staff development needs were , personal development programmes ranked low for most teachers , but high in the estimation of health board staff . |
| 8 | It would have to last cold for most of the week , with a bit of bacon in between . |
| 9 | Okay staying cloudy for most of the day should stay dry patchy fog will form overnight with a little drizzle . |
| 10 | His natural ability with figures soon earned him promotion to a trusted position , where he became responsible for most of the financial undertakings of the firm . |
| 11 | Later , as the sac-like evagination develops , the bases of the epithelial cells become drawn out into long processes , so imparting a spongy texture to the tissues of the wing-pad , and the basement membranes of the lower and upper epithelia become apposed for most of their area so as to form the so-called middle membrane ( Fig. 30 ) . |
| 12 | I live alone for most of the time — apart from Stella , that is . |
| 13 | The room looked to be what they had thought ; a store or perhaps a fuelhouse which might be left unattended for most of the time . |
| 14 | However , a state with k unoccupied rows has 8k children , so the branching ratio starts at 64 and remains high for most of the search . |
| 15 | In two schools , the toilets were kept locked for most of the day . |
| 16 | A holiday to the Far East is a dream come true for most people . |
| 17 | This is of course not valid near the ends but if the solenoid is long enough , eqn ( 3.71 ) may be regarded valid for most of its length . |
| 18 | The western end of the line held firm for most of the three centuries of the frontier zone 's history , although there were frequent Turkish raids into Carinthia , Carniola , Styria and Croatia . |