Example sentences of "[that] [verb] most [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The list of diseases that slurry could spread is a formidable one , including anthrax and tetanus , but the one that receives most attention is salmonellosis . |
| 2 | The Origin of Species was published in 1859 , precipitating a debate that led most scientists to adopt an evolutionary perspective within a decade or so . |
| 3 | Our table lists the factor that influences most choices — the price per gallon — but this should not be taken as a measure of value for money merely as an indicator of price . |
| 4 | It is the ‘ all'-inclusive macro-redistributive studies that capture most interest in general , but these are the studies that are beset by the most problems at all levels . |
| 5 | Inject her with a rare South American pois — The word ‘ poison ’ had scarcely formed itself in his mind before Henry knew , with the sweet certainty that accompanies most forms of conquest , that he had found his métier . |
| 6 | Many arguments have been advanced against the death penalty , but the one that has most relevance for me is the fact that in the present state of our society , there is often no certainty that the right man has been convicted . |
| 7 | It is perhaps this dilemma that causes most disagreement among protesters and it is therefore the one most effectively used by the governmental authorities to weaken their position . |
| 8 | ‘ It is a tremendous programme but Rooster choreographed by Christopher Bruce and danced to Stones music is the one that tears most slates off the roofs , ’ explained company spokesman Chris May . |
| 9 | Mr Jackson is tantalisingly vague , though , about the question that worries most TEC directors : how will they be able to fulfil their contractual obligations to the unemployed , if the number of jobless people continues to rise sharply while the TEC budgets continue to shrink ? |
| 10 | There were pull-outs across the whole size spectrum , but it was the absence of firms like Case IH , Kidd and Claas , once show-going stalwarts , that drew most attention . |
| 11 | But it was her eyes that drew most attention . |
| 12 | No it is n't erm and erm even those who in , in my experience who did get through there was just an occasional er time when they did n't pass that part of it , they , they , they , they could n't quite manage that , the height side frightened them and er they failed , erm so there 's quite a lot of demands on them and I 'm sure that a lot of women could do it and a lot of women if they had the chance would do it or would , if they were willing to do it , but it 's not something that grabs most women , I do n't think it does , I think it 's the physical side that puts them off , and that is what is the problem with the Fire Service , it is a physical job . |
| 13 | Yet even in a country so vast and diverse as the ex-Empire , there were some features that affected most parts , and set up their own horizontal influences at all lower levels of society irrespective of any vertical political pressures acting from a single centre . |
| 14 | Then , the team that scored most tries in the competition would be awarded an additional ‘ winning ’ point . |
| 15 | ALTHOUGH relationships with parents determine in large measure our longer-term preferences , attitudes and values , during adolescence it is often relationships with friends that cause most concern and which pre-occupy the thoughts of young people as they grow up . |
| 16 | We 've answered the questions that cause most confusion . |
| 17 | The details of hot bands may be hard to analyze , but it is the formally forbidden transitions , due to overtones , combinations and differences , that cause most confusion . |
| 18 | Once more it was the under-rated offspin of Graeme Hick that commanded most respect from the Indian batsmen . |
| 19 | This study will , therefore , concentrate on the first wave of evacuation during the ‘ phoney war ’ period because it was this stage that caused most controversy . |
| 20 | Although geologists made use mainly of invertebrate fossils in dating the rocks , it was the discovery of fossil bones that attracted most attention . |
| 21 | The movie that provoked most debate around rape and its representation before The Accused , was Lamont Johnson 's 1976 film Lipstick , which at least did make some attempt to make connections between the rape and the wider social implications of how society constructs images of women . |
| 22 | Dendix and Ski Teck , the materials that cover most slopes , are made in large mats with a fairly rigid stainless steel grid . |
| 23 | We will be looking for the team that shows most strength in depth , across a range of ages , and both sexes . |
| 24 | Areas that emit most acid precursors are among those which suffer the most acid deposition , but only long-range transport of oxides of sulphur and nitrogen from these sources can explain acid rain experienced at locations remote from significant pollution sources . |
| 25 | For the present it deals only with with the two expeditions that attract most excitement : Bosnia and Somalia . |
| 26 | Dedicated souls have , in the last few years , congregated at the Mile End wall in east London — a trip that takes your correspondent half an hour ; a length of time that sees most Sheffielders halfway to their first route at Stanage . |
| 27 | It illustrates clearly the divergent needs of liquidity and profitability that confront most banks . |
| 28 | Emily was astute enough to recognize that Hari had a singular talent , a fine touch for design that eluded most men . |
| 29 | It is interesting that Hoccleve 's old Beggar embodies all that Hoccleve most fears : poverty , old age and helplessness in the face of them . |
| 30 | But his personal experience of sea and ships is more directly reflected in a group of documentary adventure stories written with that special educational purpose that characterises most fiction for the young . |