Example sentences of "[v-ing] for the most " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this research , the investigators shall be examining the process of change under several different headings : the economy ; social relations ; and political institutions , drawing for the most part upon Soviet newspapers and journals , which have become a much better guide to the process of change under current policies of glasnost or openness . |
| 2 | Certainly , the phenomenon of a Black man bidding for the most powerful office in the world has raised , irreversibly , the expectations of Americans who , prior to Jackson 's candidacy , never even dreamed about accurate , or responsive , political representation . |
| 3 | In May 1990 Cape Verde joined the International Finance Corporation ( IFC ) in a move designed to encourage investment from the estimated 600,000 expatriate Cape Verdeans living for the most part in the USA and Europe . |
| 4 | In an exciting competition , BBC Gardeners ' World Magazine , in conjunction with the Buxton Mineral Water Company , is looking for the most imaginative and colourful window boxes , tubs and hanging baskets . |
| 5 | ‘ Is she , ’ and he hesitated , looking for the most delicate statement of his question , ‘ involved in the proceedings ? ’ |
| 6 | Looking for the most cost-effective approach , ERC 's highly qualified and experienced employees will make a thorough inspection of a customer 's used equipment , wellheads and valves and make repairs according to industry standards . |
| 7 | ‘ I was not just looking for the most experienced people but there were other attributes I wanted to see , ’ he says . |
| 8 | Much effort has been invested in searching for the most suitable counselling model . |
| 9 | Particularly in the manufacturing sector we have found organisations searching for the most satisfactory form of distinguishing temporary from regular staff . |
| 10 | ‘ Guy is not a yuppie , ’ Charles remonstrated , in the voice he reserved for humouring his little sister when she was being most irritating , ‘ He just happens to be a very successful … ’ her brother hesitated a fraction as if searching for the most appropriate description ‘ … entrepreneur . ’ |
| 11 | Although very much the ‘ poor commons ’ paying for the most part a 5 per cent tax on their goods , they were anything but an undifferentiated whole . |
| 12 | The reason for his pleasure , as well as for the handkerchief 's greyness , was that he had washed it himself … and really he had done just as good a job as the dhobi had been doing for the most extravagant prices . |
| 13 | We shall have more to say about this in the next chapter : it was to produce a quite bewildering variety of ‘ reconstructions ’ of Jesus ' personality and history , having for the most part only one thing in common — the conviction that whatever the truth about him might be , it was not the traditional Christian picture of him . |
| 14 | Notice how the shoulders are parallel to the boom whilst the hips , knees and feet are all facing the direction of ‘ pull ’ , making for the most efficient sailing position . |
| 15 | We remember the pain and suffering of millions who have died throughout the ‘ Third World ’ , fighting for the most basic of human rights , and we reflect shamefully on the fact that it is only when the US and their allies face the prospect of their own children dying that this war is truly acknowledged . |
| 16 | When he gives evidence , sitting for the most part on two cushions , he leans forwards attentively like a headmaster , and with something of the same terrifying effect . |
| 17 | While John Paul Jones had been captivating the ladies of Paris the French government had been preparing for the most serious attack on England since the Dutch incursion into the Medway . |
| 18 | Women are either absent , or present fulfilling for the most part the roles which were assigned to women in that society . |
| 19 | The Holfordian approach to civic design withered on the vine and the operation of planning for the most part relapsed into a much more mundane , bureaucratic system based on plan making and development control , guided by adherence to normative values and adherence to scientific criteria — ironically of the kind that Holford 's team in the ministry had drawn up . |