Example sentences of "[prep] most [noun] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | A SUCCESSION of flowers is the life-blood of most gardens but the foliage of trees and shrubs , together with perennials and grasses , can give colour and texture throughout the year . |
| 2 | How To Speak Hooray A language that 's beyond the ken of most people but certainly not the South Ken of the braying buffoon |
| 3 | Advertising is a key element in the finance and contents of most media but is not always regarded as a medium in itself . |
| 4 | The service can cope with most things but tight deadlines continue to be the bane of their lives . |
| 5 | I did anyway , I got on with most teachers but but he did , really did give him a a really big , say a big couple of swipes on his backside . |
| 6 | A mother who is living in an environment where she is very isolated and whose general social contacts with neighbours , relatives , and husband are mostly unhappy or antagonistic is likely to behave differently from a mother who generally has pleasant interactions with most people but occasionally experiences some aggressive reactions from her child . |
| 7 | The role definition of the teacher placement organiser is not as clear as in most authorities but nevertheless an effective system of placing teachers to develop curriculum material or management expertise has been established . |
| 8 | However unpopular such a measure might at first appear , the long experience of the commissioners had shown them not only the inefficacy in most cases but also the cruelty of issuing executions against the goods of defendants — ‘ as regards the wives and children of debtors by selling their beds from under them , and the expense and oppression attending the levy ’ . |
| 9 | I do n't want vast numbers of rare and special tropicals in the tank ( on this occasion ) but do want to indulge my taste for shoals of fish , which is what nature intended in most cases but rarely happens . |
| 10 | The oral shield is slightly arrow shaped with an obtuse proximal angle and with a slight projection of the distal edge ; the distal part of the plate is distinctly swollen in most specimens but in some the plate is flat . |
| 11 | Paper money and copper-nickel coins are used for making payments in most countries but readers will appreciate that most money in advanced economies takes the form of bank deposits which are transferred between parties by means of cheque , giro and other payment mechanisms or techniques . |
| 12 | ‘ As in Ireland , rugby is a minor sport in most regions but the Australians are doing excellent player development work right through from their top schools players and U21s to senior level . |
| 13 | Symptomatic palliation was achieved in most patients but complications were common . |
| 14 | We are excluded from most history but particularly , and perversely , from the history of ‘ disability representation ’ . |
| 15 | Many people admitted to hospital will still be able to protect themselves from most hazards but it is the responsibility of the nurse to assess the patient 's ability to do this . |
| 16 | Lee Marvin 's song ‘ Wand'rin' Star ’ would be unacceptable to most bullfrogs but it still got to number one . |
| 17 | Mr Smith understood there was a need to send money home to most mothers but reasoned if the Girls were capable of earning above average wages , they should be treated like adults and make their own decisions about their finances . |
| 18 | Maybe it was obvious to most people but he gave me recharged confidence in the project . |
| 19 | WAITING at tables may not seem much fun to most people but in Hollywood anything goes , says 24-year-old head waiter Richard Partington . |
| 20 | It is the structural proteins which are of real interest , as they go about the business of actually modifying cells ; the immediate early gene mechanism is a piece of molecular biological housekeeping , which probably seems arcane not merely to most non-biochemists but to biochemists as well . |
| 21 | I feel rivalry and anger at most groups but the cream of what this country has can co-exist quite amicably together . ’ |
| 22 | The trade publication Variety later estimated the film 's American box-office takings at $15,000,000 , creditable for most productions but a massive shortfall on its $24,000,000 investment . |
| 23 | The ANC and its allies modified earlier demands for a two-thirds majority , proposing a 70 per cent majority for most decisions but conceding a higher majority , of 75 per cent , for a bill of rights . |
| 24 | The contrast between the dots and the background is good enough for most uses but hardly rates as high quality , the most endearing feature about these devices is their almost total silence . |
| 25 | Bet and Alec Gilroy on Coronation Street are guilty of chain-smoking their way through most episodes but they 're not the only ones . |
| 26 | The method of finance is relatively novel and as yet untried by most contractors but , as is the case when trying to start up any project , potential pitfalls and problems can be circumvented by using consultants , particularly in the early stages to provide off-take forecasts , preliminary designs , financial and legal advice , and subsequently for project management . |
| 27 | The principal methodological difficulty of the attempt to specify the developmental effects of TNCs in the global system is to isolate their effects and differentiate them from the general effects of the processes of ‘ modernization ’ ( a concept abandoned by most researchers but which lives on regardless ) . |