Example sentences of "[noun] that most [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the object ( a toy car ) had been put at B , the boxes were locked ; with the result that most of the infants went straight to B , could not get in , and returned to A and tried to gain entry to a box which they could see ( whatever ‘ see ’ means here exactly ) was empty . |
| 2 | who was in precarious health and spent much of his time in Oxford , with the result that most of the observational work at Greenwich fell upon Green . |
| 3 | Where the cliffs are high they may be undercut by the sea with the result that most of the material may be removed by the subsequent collapse of the upper undermined section . |
| 4 | There was general , but not unanimous agreement with this proposal , with the result that most of the theses now appearing in BRTT now have a ‘ DX ’ prefix . |
| 5 | Bear in mind that most of the ‘ highways ’ leading out of medieval London were no more than bridle paths . |
| 6 | It is in these agencies of the mind that most of the higher mental functions which are uniquely characteristic of our species occur . |
| 7 | Nor are the prospects , even for Galway , as bad as they appear at the moment : workers reportedly wept openly in the Digital canteen when told their jobs were being phased out over the next 12 months , but the fear that most of the subcontractors that served DEC will have to close as well is not likely to be realised : where a company has a good relationship with a subcontractor , there are good reasons for maintaining that relationship even after a plant closes , and work should start flowing across the Irish Sea all the way to Galway from Scotland . |
| 8 | And although Ross had insisted on regularly visiting his brother and sister-in-law in hospital , it was on Laura 's own slim shoulders that most of the daily problems had fallen . |
| 9 | While other local newspapers produced exaggerated and error-ridden coverage of a small North Carolina riot , the Journal was careful to define the precise location of the riot , and reassure its readers that most of the city remained unaffected . |
| 10 | But , even within such a system the role of nations was not likely to be central because the main players in such a game would be units far larger than the states that most of the characterist , ie , separatist , nationalist agitations of the late 20th century were designed to form . |
| 11 | It is also the case that most of the studies of this type have been concerned with the effects on the UK of membership . |
| 12 | They seem deaf to any plea that most of the things designed to improve the quality of life involve an element of risk . |
| 13 | Although Scottish Homes ' flagship schemes , such as the renewal of Wester Hailes , capture most attention it is in smaller projects that most of the agency 's efforts are concentrated . |
| 14 | I mean she 'll just gradually , because this bit between here and the stomach is the bit that most of the food gets digested in , |
| 15 | He 's been telling FOX F M's Robin Powell that most of the job losses have already occurred . |
| 16 | The climatic conditions of Scotland and parts of Cumbria and Northumbria are particularly suitable for the production of healthy high quality seed potatoes required for the following year 's crop and it is in these areas that most of the seed potatoes are grown . |
| 17 | This is the which is actually much further on in its decoration that most of the rooms , in fact all it really needs is some cushions and the window glass here . |
| 18 | Now , I 've heard what the move move movers have had to say , and you did , I do n't need to tell conference that most of the business of running the country is actually done outside of the chamber itself , it 's done in the various committees I mean , Dennis Skinner was mentioned there . |
| 19 | Mr Lozoraitis , 69 , an emigre and Lithuania 's ambassador in Washington , told a news conference that most of the new president 's team had no understanding of how a market economy worked . |
| 20 | It does n't seem like it if you consider some of the most recent press reports : endless bickering about which London group will bid for the Olympics in the year 2000 ; the decision for the 1992 Games not to allow the slower marathoners to finish in the stadium because they will interfere with the closing ceremony ; Charlie Francis 's cynical opinion that most of the world 's top athletes are on drugs . |
| 21 | The present author remains of the opinion that most of the Social policy protocol may be achieved under existing treaty provisions , whether specific or general , and the scope of the general provisions will be considered in the next section of this article . |
| 22 | Erm some properties of metals that most of the metals , nearly all the metals have ? |
| 23 | Where they spend winter has hitherto been uncertain ; there is now strong evidence that most of the stock moves south in autumn and winter immediately under pack ice ( Marschall 1988 ) , where they browse on algae . |
| 24 | The Foreign Office said last night that most of the people in the camps were fishermen and farmers from the north seeking a better life . |
| 25 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that when the shadow Chancellor recently visited the James Halstead group in my constituency — it employs more than 400 people and is successful in making good profits — he expressed satisfaction to the local media that most of the technology that he saw was British-made and that most of it had been made 20 miles from Bury ? |
| 26 | But such was the strength of their local authority that most of the larger Catholic households were able to maintain their liturgical tradition , although in a way that was increasingly isolated from the mainstream of local life . |
| 27 | This question was not repeated in 1971 ; it has the draw-back that most of the population give the minimum age , which itself has changed over time . |
| 28 | Such was the enthusiasm generated by the initial successes with the organochlorine insecticides like DDT , BHC and dieldrin that most of the malarious nations of the world , excepting those in tropical Africa , gladly joined in the eradication programme that the World Health Organisation ( WHO ) began in the late 1950s ; a programme aimed at eradication of the disease rather than the mosquitoes that carried it . |
| 29 | It seemed to Pearce that the best way to gain his goal was to go into the Civil Service , which was the career that most of the more successful pupils from his school tended ti follow . |
| 30 | I did say in fairness that most of the fault was my own . |