Example sentences of "most were [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were several species , most were about the size of those living today but with the dragonflies as with millipedes and other groups that have pioneered a new environment , the absence of competition allowed some early forms to develop to an enormous size , and dragonflies eventually appeared with a wingspan of 70 centimetres , the largest insects ever to exist . |
| 2 | Most were for the GPO , later Crown Film Unit , and distributed by the Central Office of Information to cinemas and overseas . |
| 3 | Most were on the brink of their longest voyage ever , and many , by their own admission , embarking on one of their most significant adventures . |
| 4 | Most were within the first three years of taking out a mortgage and among people who bought property early in 1988 on over-generous terms that stretched monthly payments to the limits . |
| 5 | Most were in the Cultra to Helen 's Bay area of the north Co . |
| 6 | Finally the workers who had suffered most were in the public sector , where incomes policy had held wage growth well below that of elsewhere . |
| 7 | Most were beneath the deepest detectable layer of fish ( 60 m ) though some occurred within it . |