Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for the most " in BNC.
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| 1 | The award will be made for the most outstanding achievement between 1st August 1991 and 31st July 1992 , and will be presented at the RSGB 's annual convention in September . |
| 2 | She said that while the carrot of jobs was being held out to the local community , local people would only be used for the most menial of tasks . |
| 3 | The money to set up these trusts is to be supplied by industry , and the schools are to be founded for the most part in inner cities , and are to be technological in character . |
| 4 | Putting aside the idea that there is an established generalization of the right kind , we might wonder if there is something related : a sound principle of inquiry , a presumption or guide to be followed for the most part . |
| 5 | It was argued above that it is unacceptable to claim that the mandatory penalty for murder supplies the raison d'être for the qualified defence of provocation : the label ‘ murder ’ should be reserved for the most heinous of killings , and there is a widely held belief that provoked killings are not in this group . |
| 6 | The label ‘ murder ’ , and the stigma thought to accompany it , should be reserved for the most heinous group of killings ; there is a well-recognized offence of manslaughter beneath murder , and this should be used for offences where the culpability is significantly lower . |