Example sentences of "be that [prep] most " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not always possible to say precisely which kind of eyes these are pretending to be , but the chances are that in most cases they are mimicking the forward-facing eyes of birds of prey . |
| 2 | An example of this is that under most standard forms the supervising officer has wide-ranging powers to issue instructions . |
| 3 | Part of the problem is that as most women who had attended single-sex schools had not known anything else , their comments will focus on the school itself rather than the fact of its being single-sex . |
| 4 | Contrary to the all too common belief that ageing is essentially an unavoidable process of retreat , of withdrawal into passivity and dependence , the truth is that for most men and women later life is a time of active challenge : a time when perhaps more than ever they need to be able to respond imaginatively to change . |
| 5 | As general wisdom , the view in the pensions industry is that for most people with an existing Section 226 policy there would be little point in changing — and for high earners , in particular , it could be positively detrimental . |
| 6 | The fact is that for most children maths has been taught badly or rather they have learnt it badly for one reason or another , so there is a need for , for an improvement or a change , so the idea that if children can understand something this will help them to remember it or to make it more real to them , this does seem to be a shift over the last generation . |
| 7 | An interesting feature of all these ducks ( for which I have no explanation to offer ) is that unlike most species of European ducks there is little or no difference between the sexes . |
| 8 | The difficulty in assessing this point is that in most cases the normal justification can not be established unless the putative authority enjoys some measure of recognition , and exercises power over its subjects . |
| 9 | The point I want to make is that in most cases they could not . |
| 10 | The plain fact is that in most of your interactions with other people you are seeking to exert some influence — to persuade . |
| 11 | The answer is that in most tests cats ignore the sweetness factor when making choices . |
| 12 | The reality is that in most cases it is hard to prove the cheque was issued ‘ knowingly ’ . |
| 13 | However , what has often gone unnoticed is that in most cases this does not happen and , even more interesting , in some the outcome is what has been called ‘ outstanding ’ ; that is to say , the individual turns out to be a highly competent and sometimes very creative adult . |
| 14 | An important general finding of the inner-city research is that in most of the linguistic variables quantified , there is a contextual style difference for all twelve groups of speakers , and there is also a sex-based difference . |
| 15 | From the economic point of view , the problem is that in most cases the US antitrust process is concerned with deciding whether conduct has been illegal , rather than with the appraisal of the economic consequences of whatever conduct may have taken place . |
| 16 | The major difficulty with them is that in most contexts it is not in general possible on theoretical grounds alone to exclude the influence of one variable on another . |
| 17 | Another fact that is also overlooked is that in most other European countries , people must make contributions , for example to health care , which do not arise here . |
| 18 | A further problem is that in most cases the witnesses ’ recollections of the events may have been biased by descriptions already given in interviews with the police and discussions they may have had with others . |
| 19 | ‘ the encouraging fact is that in most areas there is capacity to allow both for the protection of the countryside and to build the number of houses we need . |