Example sentences of "most [noun pl] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most garages escape this problem since usually they have no ceiling boards or insulation and the roof timbers are left exposed . |
| 2 | Most groups had most kinds of paper ; only a few had all . |
| 3 | Most products have that life cycle . |
| 4 | Most programmes run such a contact list at present . |
| 5 | Most experts attributed this to the so-called " greenhouse effect " , caused by a buildup in the earth 's atmosphere of gases which act to prevent solar heat reflected from the planet from escaping into space [ see pp. 36783-84 ] . |
| 6 | Most operators see this as an accounting nicety , but it would seem that BT is taking the directive much further , using it as the basis for building its business strategy for the next millennium . |
| 7 | The finished hotel may look wonderful , but does it work ? of Gravetye Manor earned valuable free publicity in the Sunday times when he invited couples to road test his new look rooms as his guests , but most hoteliers lack that foresight . |
| 8 | The diabetic clinic of those days did not even have blood glucose results available when patients were seen : now most clinics enjoy this advance . |
| 9 | Although this is acceptable to most contemporary researchers — those interested in conducting spatial or multi-level analyses may be prevented from doing so but most researchers accept these limitations as an inevitable consequence of confidentiality requirements — it is not an optimum strategy for historical researchers who often do wish to identify individuals in order to link datasets . |
| 10 | Erm a letter was sent to all district secretaries , who I think in mo , most cases sent these round to churches to see if we could get some idea from you as to what sort of increase in contributions could be possible for nineteen ninety three . |
| 11 | Two principles are usually mentioned : one is that it is possible in most cases to detect some sudden change from the pitch level at the end of one tone-unit to the pitch level that starts the following tone-unit , and recognition of the start of the following tone-unit is made easier by the fact that speakers tend to ‘ return home ’ to a particular pitch level at the beginning of a tone-unit . |
| 12 | It is therefore possible to have a battery without an assault ( e.g. where D strikes V from behind ) , as well as an assault without a battery ( e.g. where D threatens to strike V but is prevented from doing so ) , but most cases involve both . |
| 13 | Most cases have this kind of ‘ hole ’ in them , and it is useful to be able to circumvent them smoothly . |
| 14 | The expert will in most cases want each party to send him a written submission accompanied by copies of the documents referred to or relied on in the submission . |
| 15 | In both cases the practical effect of the monopolies is in most cases to reserve all the work for solicitors ( and in the case of property transfer , licensed conveyancers ) . |
| 16 | Most authorities lacked such a committee before this except in a shadow , non-statutory form within the majority party caucus . |
| 17 | One or two odd shapes were found , but most authorities dismissed these as patterns produced by the physical processes of rock formation that had nothing whatever to do with living organisms . |
| 18 | claimants ' knowledge of their rights of review and the procedures was limited , and most authorities give little information and publicity about this ; |
| 19 | Nowadays most computers have several methods by which an operand may be specified : we have met direct addressing and indexing in Chapter 1 , and the other methods are discussed in Chapter 4 . |
| 20 | Most organizations utilize all three forms of power but , Etzioni argues , most emphasize one type and rely much less on the other two . |
| 21 | Most hobbies cost some money , some a great deal , why not occupy time with machine knitting ? |
| 22 | In practice , most journalists judge all the material that comes to them on its merits , whatever the source . |
| 23 | Most fans have more respect for the rogues than the reliable officials of the game . |
| 24 | Most survivors dispute that . |
| 25 | Most speakers did this , but some still persisted in reading from a prepared script without raising their heads from the lectern . |
| 26 | The evidence is , in fact , that currently most schools teach some curriculum areas discretely , particularly maths , music , and PE , whilst delivering others in a ‘ project format ’ , particularly in the humanities . |
| 27 | However , an inspection of both projects ' cash flows might cause most readers to query this preference since the total cash inflows of Project B exceed those of Project A by £20,000 . |
| 28 | And most shops did LESS business this August than a year ago . |
| 29 | Most Conservatives admit that Government housing policy is a nightmare and a nonsense and is failing to meet the needs of people for decent affordable housing . |
| 30 | But it is by no means certain that most visitors make this vital connection . |