Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for the most " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I was not just looking for the most experienced people but there were other attributes I wanted to see , ’ he says .
2 Such works are normally used for the most unskilled tasks ; insofar as they receive any training , it is brief .
3 According to Thomas Cronin : As Cronin and others suggest , Ford was constantly rebuffed and disappointed by Congress ; his positive achievements in both foreign and domestic policy were few and in any history of presidential congressional relations he is likely to be best remembered for the most extensive use of the negative power of the veto in modern times .
4 The hybrid equivalent circuit is especially suited to representing the small-signal amplifying behaviour of a bipolar junction transistor since its parameters are easily determined for the most useful common-emitter configuration by appropriate small-signal measurements .
5 They were not creative artists but they were and still remain for the most part arbiters of technique and the niceties of perfect performance .
6 The theories considered so far deal for the most part with major changes in the form of society , but it is evident that there are more continuous , relatively small-scale changes which affect political life .
7 In the nineteenth century the company survived periods of economic difficulty ; important progress was made in the use of new machinery , the introduction of the first coloured earthenware bodies and the manufacture of bone china which now accounts for the most valuable part of the company 's export trade .
8 Given that the UES mainly caters for the most impecunious students who reach university level , the interruption of its work also affects those who have no alternative access to higher education .
9 She is fully equipped for the most demanding owner .
10 We would certainly strive for the most equitable route .
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