Example sentences of "and most [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first experience will probably take considerable planning and most of a term to carry out . |
| 2 | I avoided him instead , sometimes even for a day and most of an evening , until I was in the mood , strong enough , weak enough , who-knows-what-enough to take a sip of Francis . |
| 3 | The kitchen occupied the lower storey of the dwelling and most of the space in it was taken up by a lemon wood table and four rush-seated chairs decorated in traditional colours and floral patterns . |
| 4 | From the cockpit of a small white sloop — she was 35 feet long — the waves looked like hills coming up from behind , and most of the crew preferred not to glance at them … . |
| 5 | Large tarpaulins were pulled over the hold whenever it rained , and most of the crew slept in their shelter . |
| 6 | The establishments continued to handle much of the internal administration and most of the service functions . |
| 7 | To be sure , the majority of Americans are friendly , and most of the country pleasant to live in , but there are some very real problems . |
| 8 | Recent studies , however , have shown that many of them must be later than the landscapes and minor roads they cross ; in any case , they represent the motorways of the Roman period , and most of the country 's land communication network was probably still in the form of lanes and tracks , as it had been before and would be again ( Fig. go ) . |
| 9 | The party-controlled media of North Korea reported little of the 1989 reforms in Eastern Europe , and most of the country 's 1,700 students were withdrawn from Eastern bloc countries except the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | The second is that of people , and they included Pope Paul himself and most of the Council fathers , who greatly welcomed what had been done and desired its effective implementation , but saw it as all in all a daring and radical reform which had gone beyond anything they sought when the Council began and which did not require significant further development . |
| 11 | And most of the forewomen See there were one on each shift , three shifts and then there were f a middle shift , a nine to five shift that was four forewomen . |
| 12 | Murtach and most of the company came in late that night , and by early the following afternoon they were preparing to go on their way again . |
| 13 | But , by and large , and Wanda was an exception , all the things in life that I 've most enjoyed have been the things that I 've been paid really very little for , and most of the things that I 've been paid most for have been the least interesting . |
| 14 | He was growing like a beanshoot and most of the things he had had last summer were too small . |
| 15 | These include major operating companies , waste contracting , consulting and engineering companies , HMIP , WRc and most of the water plcs . |
| 16 | Jackie had no chance to give them his expert advice because the triangle sounded for the afternoon shift , and he was carried off by Biff to his office for the rest of the day and most of the night . |
| 17 | At first , when all the others went away I hated being alone ; and I watched the road all day and most of the night hoping that a car , anybody , would come over the hill from either direction . |
| 18 | The same pattern of events continued throughout Sunday evening and most of the night . |
| 19 | I was actually brought up by my Aunt Queen , along with her five children , because my mother was working all day and most of the night running the eel shops . |
| 20 | They 'd staked out Culley 's flat for half a day and most of the night . |
| 21 | ‘ It sleeps all day and most of the night . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It walks like that all day , sir , ’ whispered Poole , ‘ yes , and most of the night too . |
| 23 | They kept going all day and most of the night , passing the cathedral city of Melchester and reaching open land . |
| 24 | It was fairly quiet as by that time the workforce had arrived and started their day shift and most of the night shift had already left . |
| 25 | And most of the night . |
| 26 | Fox F M's weather — it 'll be a dry evening and most of the night , but towards morning rain will spread in to the Banbury area extending down to the Berkshire Downs on Wednesday morning . |
| 27 | Thirty-six of the forty women said ‘ yes ’ to the question ‘ Do you find you can think about other things while you 're working ? ’ , and most of the women then went on to offer examples of topics they thought about . |
| 28 | This man was obviously considerably older than herself , and most of the women he knew would be likely to be as sophisticated and worldy-wise as himself . |
| 29 | And most of the women were at home . |
| 30 | ‘ One of the women who works for me is one of the toughest women I have ever come across , and most of the women graduates are more than competent . |