Example sentences of "[adj] for most [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision was a cruel blow for Manley , who was outstanding for most of the game , and the controversy continued after the final whistle . |
| 2 | By comparison , radio and TV audiences were homogenous for most of the period , not least because there was only a limited choice for 10 years after 1945 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She 'd been thinking just that for most of the long , aching , sleepless night . |
| 5 | Although a network based on landlines would be more economic for most of the work , project coordinator Peter Linington of SERC pointed out that Project Universe will act as an important test bed for satellite products and services . |
| 6 | A mother in her early twenties in Coventry , who has been unemployed for most of the time since leaving school , said : |
| 7 | If you stick to a four-string , F-chord position with your fretting hand , you wo n't go far wrong for most of the solo . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Tickets , also free for most of the programmes , are available from the Tourist Information Centre , Green Dragon Yard , Stockton , and The Booking Office , Middlesbrough Town Hall . |
| 10 | Trading was light for most of the day but brisker buying may be resumed when the market opens today if dealers want to ensure they are not left short of supplies by the proposed cuts due to go into force on 1 March . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | They were too old for most of the jobs which provided training and which only recruit school or college leavers , and too young for many of the adult jobs which required recruits to be over 21 , and where employers preferred those who were married , with a family and a large mortgage . |
| 13 | Reality was quick and did not brook negotiation ; in ‘ that sad swamp on the Potomac ’ , as North later liked to call Washington , reality passed over like a flare of marsh gas , too swift for most of the inhabitants to catch . |
| 14 | In two schools , the toilets were kept locked for most of the day . |
| 15 | Deeply embedded in the local population and the majority of the labour leadership , it influenced political strategy on all important issues ( see Bush 1984 for most of the next two paragraphs ) . |
| 16 | Although I do n't think I was mentally ill for most of the time I was anorexic , I find Lomas 's remarks illuminating in my own case and pertinent to anorexia nervosa in general . |
| 17 | It would have to last cold for most of the week , with a bit of bacon in between . |
| 18 | It should be a place where you want to sit down to eat and where you can be comfortable for most of the day . |
| 19 | The Melanisms , the Robemaker 's Sentry Spells , torpid and stagnant for most of the time … ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Before turning to the detail of the debate , my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Health , who has been present for most of the debate , has asked me to apologise to the House on her behalf for the fact that she could not stay throughout . |
| 22 | She would be awake for most of the night anyway . |
| 23 | Many reckon the enormous cost , estimated to be as much as £10 billion , is too great for most of the players in the current economic climate . |
| 24 | Particularly valuable examples of the amount of information which can be given about a character in brief solos are those for most of the characters in A Month in the Country and , dramatically , for those in Mayerling . |
| 25 | The four ‘ little tigers ’ — Hong Kong , Singapore , Taiwan and Korea — have growth rates which , at between eight and eleven per cent , are more than double those for most of the rest of the world . |
| 26 | I live alone for most of the time — apart from Stella , that is . |
| 27 | ‘ There were years when you were able for most of the bottle . ’ |
| 28 | However , Drs Keith Brown and Mike Roberts found that nitric acid was produced from atmospheric nitrogen at the same time and that this was responsible for most of the damage . |
| 29 | He must be thoughtful since lack of thought is probably responsible for most of the world 's difficulties . |
| 30 | This group is probably responsible for most of the DIY nagging . |