Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] by most " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is another problem when it comes to applying market prices to environmental capital : the pieces of green environment that are most treasured by most people are their gardens . |
| 2 | Steam and diesel haulage were eventually enjoyed by most of us , the latter represented by a very smart Class 20 . |
| 3 | How should it respond to these various invasions of physical integrity , a quality which is highly valued by most citizens ? |
| 4 | Put in such terms , that is a cheap and tawdry act , and the whole campaign is rightly reviled by most people . |
| 5 | They will be rightly rejected by most congregations . |
| 6 | The importance of boredom and aimlessness is very much obscured by most popular treatments of police work , whether in fictional or in documentary style . |
| 7 | Also , the government at this time actively encouraged Gospel preaching , in contrast to the government of Charles I. During these times , godliness of life was no longer despised , but generally regarded by most people as something honourable and praiseworthy . |
| 8 | Finally , Memphis is not frequented by most members of the American museum community . |
| 9 | Characteristics of groups , like the characteristics of species , are thus considered by most theorists today to be the result of the selection of genes as they manifest themselves in the individuals comprising populations ( G. C. Williams 1966 ; Lewontin 1970 ; E. O. Wilson 1975 ) . |
| 10 | It is generally accepted by most researchers in the field ( although there is now increasing concern over drought and climate change , see below ) , as is the three-step concept of forest damage , which distinguishes ‘ predisposing ’ , ‘ inciting ’ and ‘ contributing ’ factors . |
| 11 | Apart from this final item — a charge which District Audit assure me is not made by most other banks and which was not made by yourselves in previous years — I have been very happy with the standard of service provided by Natwest Bank . |
| 12 | It is perhaps a little too easily accepted by most commentators that because of the desire of the population at large to receive some immediate economic benefit from having won the war there was no alternative to seeking an American loan . |
| 13 | It is necessary , therefore , to remember that for most of the century this admiration was not felt by most foreigners . |
| 14 | As well as keeping our name , we have also retained the same determination , first shown over 90 years ago , to help and care for a very deserving group of people which is generally overlooked by most charities . |
| 15 | This is the oldest system and probably the best understood by most people whatever their backgrounds . |
| 16 | However , the division into high and low heads as general types is probably the most basic that can be made , and it would be pointless to set up a more elaborate system to represent differences if these differences were not recognised by most English speakers . |
| 17 | As pesticides became more widely used by most farmers , ‘ organic ’ farming took on a broader meaning — the crops were not sprayed with synthetic pesticides either . |
| 18 | Variations from such ballets as Petipa 's Don Quixote , Raymonda and La Bayadère and Bournonville 's Napoli are still considered by most classical dancers to be more technically demanding than the more complex twistings and turnings of modern choreographers who mix their styles . |
| 19 | The right of the painter to move around an object and combine various views of it into a single image , first stated in writing by Metzinger in 1910 and elaborated a few months later by Allard , was quickly adopted by most critics as a central feature of the style , and became related to the conceptual or intellectual aspect . |
| 20 | What is remarkable is that a consensus is achieved by natural selection , and the neologism is usually accepted by most people fairly quickly . |
| 21 | The dull coloured brickwork merged into the undergrowth of trees , weeds and plants untamed and was hardly noticed by most passes by who probably dismissed it as one of Lincolnshire 's useless ruins , which would either fall down or have to be pulled down eventually . |
| 22 | Online searching is therefore usually used by most of the planners when ‘ homing in ’ on specific pieces of information or projects . |
| 23 | In early December Hewson unveiled an economic blueprint for national recovery which was favourably received by most political commentators . |
| 24 | When the radical proposals on general practitioner fundholding were put forward three years ago they were not enthusiastically received by most of the medical profession . |
| 25 | It is therefore hardly surprising that Persian compositions have not only been reproduced in countless machine-made carpets in the West , but also emulated by most other rug-producing countries in the East . |
| 26 | The talks were also attended by most Arab countries , with the exception of Iraq and Libya . |
| 27 | This interpretation was also shared by most of the speakers in a House of Lords debate on 5 May 1943 . |
| 28 | For a band now irritated by most dance music — ‘ most of it 's cack , I hate going into bars where they 've got it blaring out from everywhere , you ca n't hear yourself think ’ — and uncomfortable with the accoutrements of clubbing — ‘ I ca n't stand being under strobes no more , do me head in , make me lose my balance ’ — it was inevitable the Mondays would rake up their rock roots , ‘ mature ’ their sound and make a major musical transition . |
| 29 | Hannah is obviously a natural musician , although the aforementioned modesty forbids her to agree with that assessment But as a child she quickly learned to play both piano and organ with none of the pain and stress often endured by most youngsters , even those with natural skills . |
| 30 | The players we have who would be really coveted by most of the above clubs are : Dorigo , Batty , McAllister and Speed , with Deane better than one or two of his equivalents . |