Example sentences of "most [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hue and Cry are the most interesting of the new pop sophisticates , not so much because of the music , but because singer and lyricist Patrick Kane is an intellectual firebrand who 's more sussed than most about the contradictions and complexities of trying to infiltrate intelligence into the world of teenpop . |
| 2 | Most of the views dealt with in the following sections have been influenced by Marxist or Weberian theories of stratification . |
| 3 | The problem is that while the species of ophiacanthids are generally well described , most of the genera and families are ill-defined . |
| 4 | Most of the dressers were on a basic daily rate but some were paid on a measure of their work done . |
| 5 | There relative seclusion and indifference to most of the doings of the western powers continued to hold sway : this threw into sharper relief the completeness of the change in Russia . |
| 6 | When we opened the hall , most of the subscribers wanted to sit facing the conductor because from there they were able to follow all the developments of the performance much better . |
| 7 | Prince later wrote to Gould when he was in Australia , complaining that Alfred Newton had been ‘ far , far too complimentary ’ about Lear 's part in the publication , ‘ particularly when we know that most of the subscribers are of the opinion that his plates are almost the only exceptionable part of your work . ’ |
| 8 | By this time most of the contracts were being negotiated by William James ( later Viscount ) Pirrie [ q.v. ] , who had become a partner in 1874 . |
| 9 | Richard Coleman , managing directors of Compass Commercial Services , agreed that the MoD was a significant marketplace , although most of the contracts were now being let on a retender basis and a new insecurity in what was already a high risk business had recently presented itself — the application to the public sector of Transfer of Undertakings legislation , when incoming contractors are obliged to retain staff at current rates of pay , terms and conditions , or pick up the redundancy liability . |
| 10 | Most medical practices were based on a fearful quackery , and most of the doctors were butchers or cranks . |
| 11 | Most of the structures stand within , or abut palisaded enclosures , and Grubenhauser are present . |
| 12 | This means that in larger groups most of the interactions and mutual grooming go on between members of female pairs while the male only grooms with one or two of them . |
| 13 | Lewis , standing at the front gate , had managed to catch most of the exchanges ; had watched Mrs Williams as she 'd finally turned away from Morse in tearful distress . |
| 14 | The complex includes most of the luxuries expected by a 1980 's yuppy ; swimming pool , sauna , jacuzzi , Squash Court and Gymnasium . |
| 15 | ‘ Then maybe most of the faults were on my side . |
| 16 | While amateur gardeners in the UK have kept many old apple varieties alive , the US has lost forever most of the apples it had 100 years ago . |
| 17 | The concomitant reduction in intestinal blood loss after metronidazole treatment suggests that most of the complications of the inflammation ( blood and protein loss , ileal dysfunction ) are a consequence of neutrophil activation . |
| 18 | There has been no mortality associated with percutaneous cholecystolithotomy and most of the complications occurred during development and refinement of the technique . |
| 19 | Most of the Marines were experiencing their first combat , and the strain of combating the fear as much as their enemies was telling on their pale faces . |
| 20 | In the 1980s , under the Thatcher regime , most of the indices of social equality seemed to show that things were not improving . |
| 21 | While most of the indices on which index futures are traded are arithmetic indices ( for example , S&P500 , NYSE and FT-SE 100 ) , from 1982 to 1988 futures on a geometric index , the VLCI , were traded on the Kansas City Board of Trade . |
| 22 | Most of the sauropods ( like Brontosaurus ) had graviportal ( weight-carrying ) feet with thick elastic soles , with the foot expanding on tread-impact with the ground , similar to a modern elephant , to keep the animal from getting stuck in soft ground . |
| 23 | Yes Chairer er I think Vince 's report is a very fair summary of the er the the issues which face us erm truth is , is what we 've been as in this proposed consortium which no doubt will go through with it 's most of the reforms of the N H S despite the er consultation mechanism which they 've gone through you know , but largely these are beforehand given the unaccountable of the N H S management ! |
| 24 | It would be foolish for western governments to relax the pressure while most of the reforms remain on paper ( so say a polite ’ no ’ to Solidarity 's Mr Lech Walesa if , after this week 's deal , the Polish government sends him cap.in-hand to the West ) . |
| 25 | His main aim in these months was to reconcile and renew the nation : hence no revolution , but most of the reforms that the CNR had wanted ; hence a purge , but not the wholesale purge of all who had had dealings with the Germans or with Vichy ; hence a referendum and free elections , but no plebiscite ( whatever his opponents alleged , the referendum of October 1945 was not a true plebiscite ) ; hence the presidency but no Gaullist party . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , I guess I agree with the committee 's original view that we should not put any major new investment in the UK , ’ Klepner replied , knowing full well that this line would be supported by Mueller and most of the Americans around the table . |
| 27 | Most of the villages , often with charming names like Schwanheim ( swan-home ) or Petersberg , looked more or less intact . |
| 28 | At the time of Pentecost they appear to have numbered around four thousand ( dependent on Josephus , Philo and Pliny ) and to have established communities in most of the villages of Palestine . |
| 29 | Ashington can be seen to fit very neatly into Michael Chisholm 's model of ideal land use around a settlement ; indeed , most of the villages in south-east Somerset do ( Fig. 90 ) , as do many thousands across England . |
| 30 | An important conclusion that can be drawn from the fiscal records is that the immediate effect of the Black Death in 1348–49 was slight in destroying communities , because most of the villages which eventually disappeared are still recorded as contributing to subsidies levied in the fifteenth century . |