Example sentences of "most of the [noun] it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Skilfully planned for most of the year it is full of colour . |
| 2 | However , since the study is conducted in an area known to most of the subjects it is important that the memories reported should be specific to the drive just completed rather than general knowledge about that area of Cambridge . |
| 3 | You can slip two or more needles side by side and most of the time it is preferable to do so in order to get a more definite design effect . |
| 4 | For most of the time it is out of binocular range , but when at its brightest it is easy enough to find , and binoculars of × 8 or higher power will show colour in it ; it is very red , and of spectral type S. |
| 5 | It has a period of 431 days , and a range of between 5.5 and 13 , so that for most of the time it is well below binocular range . |
| 6 | Like many M-type supergiants it is variable ; the official range is from 3.0 to 3.8 , but for most of the time it is comparable with Kappa Ophiuchi ( 3.2 ) which makes a convenient comparison star . |
| 7 | Most of the time it is just a minor irritant , but interference can have far reaching effects . |
| 8 | The sea off Sussex is shallow ; only off the chalk cliffs and at Fairlight does the five-fathom line come nearer than one kilometre from the shore , and along most of the county it is three or more kilometres out from the shore . |