Example sentences of "[to-vb] most [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the move could help to speed up investment in a few large projects , there were fears last night that the sudden change in the offshore tax system could hit the bulk of the smaller oil and gas projects which were expected to provide most of the work for the offshore supply industry over the next few years . |
| 2 | Other changes highlighted in 1989 by the National Economic Development Council include an aging workforce ( in the 1990s the working population will become increasingly concentrated in the middle age groups and in the year 2000 there are likely to be 1.8 million more people aged 35 to 54 ) and an expanding adult labour force ( women returning to the labour market are expected to provide most of the growth in labour force in the 1990s ) . |
| 3 | I 'm particularly interested in the shipping side because it seems to provide most of the group 's cash flow at the moment . " |
| 4 | Each fund aims to provide most of the upside potential of the relevant stockmarket but to reduce the downside risk considerably by using futures and options . |
| 5 | You say to an A type , sorry I say you 've got to work most of the night to get this done , they 'll moan but they 'll do it , B types turn round and say , no way . |
| 6 | In order to meet most of the cost of this new central government spending , the standard rate of value added tax would go up from 15 to 17.5 per cent effective April 1 ( the first increase since June 1979 ) so as to produce anticipated additional revenue of nearly £4,000 million in 1991-92 . |
| 7 | In theory there is sufficient geothermal energy under Cornwall to meet most of the electricity requirements of southern England . |
| 8 | Mrs Nowak and Taczek must have got to know most of the truth and stuck by the cover story . |
| 9 | LWT ( HOLDINGS ) , the parent of London Weekend Television , yesterday revealed the details of its plan to replace most of the company 's equity with debt and give 40 top managers up to 15 per cent of the group 's shares . |
| 10 | He spent a great deal of time inexpertly milking complaining cows , only to feed most of the milk to the pigs . |
| 11 | ‘ The place that did give him a job was the Irish Catholic paper The Standard , which had a very funny editor who just liked to drink most of the day and was amused by Patrick and hired him as film critic . |
| 12 | MCI has already signed contracts to buy most of the fibre for the network , which should be completed in 1987 . |
| 13 | MEDIRACE is raising £81.8million through a rights issue to cover most of the cost of the Evans Healthcare acquisition , which will propel it into a much bigger league . |
| 14 | Half the British Gas regions did not tell callers that grants were available to cover most of the cost . |
| 15 | Although the school holidays are difficult , her husband does shift work and could arrange his shifts to cover most of the time she is at work . |
| 16 | The one that I tend to use most of the time is this one not least , because it only three pounds , and it 's quite affordable but a , again , it 's got a loud sound to it , and I found that if you carry one of these with you and somebody does approach you , you 've always got this in your pocket and you can actually aim it them , cos they do n't know what you 've got in your hand . |
| 17 | Any overnight mist or fog will clear quickly to leave most of the country with sunny intervals and scattered showers . |
| 18 | I was able to leave most of the correspondence to her , and that 's the way I should like to continue . |
| 19 | As the man who has to do most of the negotiating on single market measures , I know that there is still a long way to go . |
| 20 | I do the background briefing but the clients have to do most of the work , and so I always tell them . ’ |
| 21 | I am expected to do most of the work including taking care of him ( the mentally retarded boy ) which is very hard with all my school-work too . |
| 22 | Encourage the interviewee to do most of the talking . |
| 23 | allow the candidate to do most of the talking , |
| 24 | Hartmann ( 1979 ) argues that male workers are able to keep women out of the better jobs because of their organization , and that as a consequence women are obliged to marry on unfavourable terms , such that they have to do most of the housework . |
| 25 | I heard , when I started looking into the project at first that erm , the women used to do most of the weaving but you do n't actually do the weaving now , and they used to basically you know make up the , the larger part of the work force , is that the case now ? |
| 26 | Just from racing so long I know what it 's going to do most of the time so I can adjust the pressure on the handlebars and know how hard I can drive it into the pavement . |
| 27 | Your best bet is to give the person who is going to do most of the riding top priority ; if a five foot five woman and her six foot husband want a horse between them so that she can compete and he can hack , they should find that a 16hh middleweight that is deep through the girth will suit them both . |
| 28 | There was enough left over in the 5lb bag to give most of the plot another top dressing last month . |
| 29 | Erm , the advantage of this way is it tends to confuse most of the time , but it 's a lot quicker . |
| 30 | If you do not keep up payments , the loan company can make you sell your home , although this could be a last resort , as selling the plane ought to clear most of the loan . |