Example sentences of "and for most [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Going into manufacturing for himself , therefore , was something that came fairly easy to him and for most of the 1950s he built up a substantial furniture business . |
| 2 | In that decade European men won almost a quarter of the 40 major championships played and for most of it dominated the top ten in the world rankings . |
| 3 | Somewhere between the ages of eight and 10 children 's ideas of what they want to draw become much more ambitious ; in particular , they want their pictures to be more visually realistic and for most of them this ambition far outstrips their skill . |
| 4 | At low tide the bed of the estuary was mainly hard packed sand which stretched for miles , up and downstream , and for most of its mile width . |
| 5 | She was n't twenty-one any more , and for most of us that is a terrible hardship … |
| 6 | Buoyed by this , the 'Mere forwards rallied and for most of the remainder of the half they at least managed to hold their own ball in the scrum . |
| 7 | I watched both them and Mathews closely throughout both days while he was giving evidence , and for most of the time all three of the judges had their heads and eyes down on the notes they were keeping . ’ |
| 8 | As a baby I was fractious and for most of my childhood I was exuberant , passionate and hyperactive . |
| 9 | Many , particularly from The Times and Sunday Times , had been on the papers in Gray 's Inn Road and Printing House Square all their working lives , and for most of them the strike was about more than trade-union principles . |
| 10 | So in the case of all who die intestate , and for most of the rather small number who make a will , the outcome of inheritance will be that relatives are beneficiaries , and the legal procedures which ensure this codify a set of obligations to give support which discriminates between close and more distant kin . |
| 11 | Francis Bacon who put money into an unsuccessful company to colonize Newfoundland wrote in his essay On Plantations ( the word used then and for most of the seventeenth century for what would later be called colonies ) ‘ You must make account to lose almost twenty years profit , and expect your recompense in the end . ’ |
| 12 | I was one of those asked to provide an opinion or two for the Murray investigations , and must give them credit for thoroughness of their enquiries and for most of the conclusions they reached . |
| 13 | Fewer than eighty purveyors of museum supplies and services took booths , and for most of the time the vendors largely from Canada and the northeastern U.S. had the Hilton basement entirely to themselves . |
| 14 | Within Iraq , all too many of his political opponents managed to underestimate his capabilities , and for most of them it was fatal . |
| 15 | He was called to the bar in 1843 and for most of the rest of his life he practised as a conveyancer . |
| 16 | When operating at low speed the freewheeling time of the phase currents is short compared to the total excitation time and for most of the cycle the phase current is carried by the switching transistors . |
| 17 | Little enough daylight was left by the time Pedro came skulking back , and for most of the evening she had sat , talking to him , stroking the soft rug of his ear between tense fingers , and waiting for the fit to come again . |
| 18 | They travelled all that day without a break , and for most of the time the sun beat down on them with fiery intensity . |
| 19 | The US Congress at the end of March 1988 allocated humanitarian aid to the contras which enabled them to continue as a force , but Nicaragua from May 1988 unilaterally extended the Sapoá ceasefire on a monthly basis throughout 1988 and for most of 1989 [ see pp. 36421-22 ; 36681 ; see also below ] . |
| 20 | This means that the fundamental unit of analysis , both for this study and for most of the other studies reported in this thesis , is the junction . |
| 21 | Volunteers from Spokes have now contributed to a number of path-building projects , and for most of these I have acted as the co-ordinator . |
| 22 | The Regno consisted in the twelfth century ( and for most of the thirteenth ) of two parts : the island of Sicily and the southern half of the Italian peninsular , the mainland . |
| 23 | She mutinied on and off against him all that morning , and for most of the afternoon . |
| 24 | The hall is surrounded by 30,000 people and for most of them the state housing and welfare system is a failure . |