Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] most of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although by the turn of the century most of the food adulteration that had characterised the nineteenth century grocery trade had disappeared , customers were still cheated by unscrupulous retailers who gave short weight by including an excessive amount of packaging around products such as tea . |
| 2 | In the intense heat of the day most of them fell silent and withdrew into the gum trees , where they disappeared as if by magic among the bright green leaves . |
| 3 | Then she could actually see what was going on in the family , which was that her mother was servicing her father , who just looked out of the window most of the time , psychically speaking , while the siblings got on with their rivalry . |
| 4 | Mr McCue had seen the ski jump being used and commented : ‘ I saw very few people actually ski from the very top of the ramp most of them start half way down . ’ |
| 5 | I kept out of the way most of the day . |
| 6 | During the first year of the war most of the Trotskyist groups in Britain collapsed and the Fourth International recognized the Workers ' International League as its official section . |
| 7 | Towards the end of the research most of the children referred had been in care for shorter periods of time and were still in more or less meaningful contact with members of their natural families . |
| 8 | yes , but they do know , le let's go back a bit further , but they do know at the beginning of the world most of it is water |
| 9 | I filled the plastic detergent-bottle and primed the lighter , left it lying on the top of the bank most of the rabbit holes were in , then went back to the first of the blocked-up holes and lit the fuse with my disposable cigarette-lighter . |
| 10 | In the early stages of the term most of the children were writing individually , although there was a fair degree of collaboration over spelling , ideas for writing and reading one another 's work . |