Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] for the most " in BNC.
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| 1 | Travel and feature writers from all over the world had stayed in Crystal Springs , going back to their desks to write for the Most part glowing reports . |
| 2 | In the most serious corruption scandal to face the government of President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro , the Comptroller-General Guillermo Potoy made public on July 17 a report which accused a former deputy Minister of the Presidency , Antonio Ibarra , of misappropriating US$1,000,000 in foreign aid funds intended for the most disadvantaged sectors . |
| 3 | Their complete accord with singer and songs makes for the most perfect symmetry . |
| 4 | The ASP rule-book asked the judges to look for the most radical manoeuvres in the most critical section of the wave ( that is , nearest the curl ) . |
| 5 | Particularly in the manufacturing sector we have found organisations searching for the most satisfactory form of distinguishing temporary from regular staff . |
| 6 | Climbing sports originate for the most part from bush types ‘ sporting ’ extra long canes which still bear the same flowers as the parent . |
| 7 | During the first year the programme targets had for the most part been met . |
| 8 | The alternatives have for the most part consisted in elusive doctrines of " natural necessity " , causal " power " , " agency " or some kind of " logical connection " and in inexplicit declarations of the reality of causal necessitation . |
| 9 | This appears convincing since the decline in mortality rates antedated for the most part the advent of efficacious pills and surgical procedures . |
| 10 | Steadily increasing amounts of their time , energy and money are being devoted to reckoning with us , not on the merits of the issues involved for the most part , but instead with a view to destroying our movement by discrediting those who comprise it . |
| 11 | ‘ The cairn 's surface is composed essentially of limestone screes stabilised for the most part beneath a shallow , fragile turf , ’ said Andre . |
| 12 | The scheme is generally considered successful in making science more enjoyable and accessible for students , though the goal of independent practical work by students has for the most part not been achieved . |
| 13 | Yet on the subject of mixed motives , business ethicists have for the most part been unhelpfully silent . |
| 14 | Teachers in this country are unaccustomed to operating in such a regulatory environment where the curriculum is concerned ; and local authorities have for the most part exerted little control over what is taught . |
| 15 | The decision … is to be determined by the most worthless votes given for the most worthless candidates " . |