Example sentences of "a [noun] [pron] most [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The explanation of this furrow was discovered in the 1960s and restored the reputation of a German geophysicist who proposed a hypothesis which most people disregarded . |
| 2 | Wood engraving was a technique which most artists could not manage , so a craftsman was needed to translate the drawing ; on the other hand , an artist might be expected to do his picture on the stone , from which it would be directly printed . |
| 3 | Not only were they more cheaply remunerated — at the church 's expense , mainly — and far more experienced in the business and technicalities of administration and negotiation , but their clerical status gave them a weight which most laymen could only acquire by aristocratic connections or by ennoblement ; lay chancellors , to be of any consequence , needed political and dynastic links , which could also spell danger for the king . |
| 4 | Too clever by half , they could encapsulate in a song-title what most bands could never express in a career — ‘ We Live As We Dream , Alone ’ , ‘ Capital ( It Fails Us Now ) ’ and ‘ To Hell With Poverty ’ with its neat rejoinder ‘ … let's get drunk on cheap wine ’ . |
| 5 | Too clever by half , they could encapsulate in a song-title what most bands could never express in a career — ‘ We Live As We Dream , Alone ’ , ‘ Capital ( It Fails Us Now ) ’ and ‘ To Hell With Poverty ’ with its neat rejoinder ‘ … let's get drunk on cheap wine ’ . |
| 6 | In early June Keating unsuccessfully challenged Hawke for the ALP leadership , in a move which most commentators agreed left Hawke politically damaged . |
| 7 | The only defendant to testify was Salaam , a move which most observers saw as having increased his chances of conviction . |
| 8 | The aim of the Quebec commission — a 36-member panel of business , labour and community leaders in Quebec — was to recommend a new relationship between the 7,000,000-strong province and the federal government , a process which most observers believed would involve the holding of a referendum on the issue of secession similar to that which was defeated in 1980 [ see also p. 38092 ] . |
| 9 | Subsequent withdrawals from the eight-member collective Presidency left it with only four members participating , and thus effectively inquorate , a development which most observers saw as being Milosevic 's deliberate intention . |
| 10 | As indicated in the recent guidelines of the Department of Health and Social Security ( 1984 ) , a sensible approach towards establishing comprehensive services would be for clinicians in each area to set up a service which most suits local conditions and needs . |
| 11 | Firstly , new and safe incinerators each cost between £40 and £50 million , a sum which most county councils are unable to afford . |
| 12 | This brings to light a characteristic which most Constitutions exhibit . |
| 13 | Cos if he 's not being put off by a boyfriend which most men would . |