Example sentences of "which [prep] most [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That may change ; for , in recent years , developments in banking and commercial circles have led to the invention of a remarkable array of new and highly sophisticated types of ‘ securitised ’ loan investments as a result of which finance , which would formerly have been raised by a straightforward bank loan ( for most purposes not a debenture ) may be obtained through the issue of instruments , some of which for most purposes unquestionably are debentures and others of which may or may not be . |
| 2 | Also bear in mind that the eventual target speed for this is around 160 bpm for each crotchet , which for most people will obviously take a lot of practice to achieve . |
| 3 | Figure 8.1 , using the shape of a circle containing equal segments , gives an example of what religions have in common : they all teach very high ethical standards and ideals which are seen as intimately related to the metaphysical reality behind the world — a reality which in most religions is called " God " . |
| 4 | Biff marked off their names in a ledger , made rapid mental calculations regarding fines incurred and instructed Ma Bombie to hand out whatever was left , which in most cases was not much . |
| 5 | Moving now to lesser developed countries , a general review of conservation programmes of Algeria , Tunisia and Morocco ( Bensalem in FAO 1977a : 159 ) concludes that ‘ soil conservation practices in North Africa have been focussed mainly on corrective mechanical measures , which in most cases have been insufficient or not suitably adapted to counter erosion problems ’ He goes on , like so many other commentators , about the lack of applied knowledge of both the appropriate technical options ( e.g. the successional capacity of the native plant cover which can be used to rehabilitate degraded land ) , but also , very significantly , ‘ there are soil conservation and dune afforestation schemes dating back thirty years , some succeeding and others failing , but without explanation of why ’ ( p. 159 ) . |
| 6 | For example , the frog is very sensitive to blue and when in danger instinctively leaps towards the nearest blue area , which in most cases is water . |
| 7 | All fourteen were the victims of incessant interrogation and brutal mental and physical torture , which in most cases included repeated beatings and electroshock treatment . |
| 8 | In which case , we must look at the books evidence on both matters , as well as on such matters as the prisoners previous links with the IRA — which in most cases amounted to none — and wether the IRA lauds them as its own . |
| 9 | ( In fact , as Lord Goff , dissenting , said in Court , Faulkner v Talbot is a case on indecent assault , in which in most cases the sole mental element will be intention : did the accused intend to assault in indecent circumstances ? ) |
| 10 | The narrow zone marking the relative movement between two plates , which in most cases is fairly clearly demarcated by seismic activity , is termed a plate boundary , with the peripheral region adjacent to this boundary being referred to as a plate margin . |
| 11 | Morrells Brewery says it 's planning to offer managers at its pubs extra cash to cover the tax which is due to be introduced in just over a fortnight 's time , but the Oxford-based firm says it 'll only pay the equivalent of the initial government estimates for the charge , which in most cases falls well below the actual figure . |
| 12 | These dangers were matched to the inefficiency of the marketing boards which in most countries were supposed to buy the crop , and to the pricing policies discussed in Chapter 8 which until the mid 1980s consistently worked against the interests of small farmers . |
| 13 | Section 7 reversed the situation and placed the onus of proof on the accused to prove his innocence — a requirement which in most instances would be much more difficult and in some would be impossible . |
| 14 | In clams the body is enclosed in a pair of valves , which in most species are mirror images of one another . |
| 15 | The oxidation of carbohydrates requires the presence of an electron transport system which in most nematodes can operate aerobically down to oxygen tensions of 5.0 mm Hg or less . |
| 16 | With regard to the latter the House of Lords has stated that intention is an ordinary English word which in most eventualities the judge should leave undefined . |
| 17 | Koalas are extreme specialists — they eat very few things besides eucalyptus ; and eucalyptus is packed with fibre , tannins , and aromatic ( ‘ essential ’ ) oils which to most animals would be toxic . |
| 18 | Keble , however , whose own verses were often compared in his lifetime with those of Herbert , spoke of ‘ his conceits , which to most readers appear chilling and repellent ’ . |
| 19 | ( It was just as well I did n't know at the time that Jack would once have been called a psychopath , which to most people effectively means ‘ murderer ’ ) Untreatable ? |
| 20 | It was a huge risk , each time he unscrewed the base of the walking stick , took out the rifle microphone , plugged it to the small receiver that by day nestled in the back of his music centre , put on the headphones which on most days he used to listen to classical music . |