Example sentences of "which [be] [adj] [prep] most " in BNC.

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1 The elements which are essential in most conservation policies are often contradicted by the limitations and objectives of foreign aid .
2 He says that the problem was caused not by blockages — which are responsible for most smells on ferries , but by a vaccuum — a one off fluke .
3 If such ventures encourage better design for older people , they will undoubtedly banish practices which are unhelpful to most people , whatever their age : power points on skirting boards , washing machines which make you bend double to get the washing out , videorecorder cabinets which mean crawling around on the floor to put on tapes — all three are candidates for design improvements .
4 The manual includes some incredibly helpful diagrams , although it does occasionally lapse into the incomprehensible jargon and figures which are common to most printer documentation .
5 Some heavy-duty buckets ( which were suitable for most purposes for which such buckets were normally bought or used ) collapsed when left by the buyer for several days stacked in extreme heat such that the contents reached 70° Centigrade ( 156° Fahrenheit ) .
6 ( b ) Express terms Unless there is a written contract ( which is rare in most consumer sales ) there is the possibility that the parol evidence rule may prevent the successful incorporation of extrinsic evidence .
7 The germ , a strain of klebsiella which is resistant to most antibiotics , was found during routine screening .
8 Once again it is impossible to correctly terminate the filter for all frequencies and the usual practice is to terminate with resistance which is correct for most of the transmission band .
9 The Christian writers of the Roman imperial period write with a freshness and excitement which is absent from most of the non-Christian authors .
10 " They are not , as is sometimes said , like lost souls in limbo ; they are fellow travellers through a life which is impervious to most of their choices …
11 A temporary solution was the construction , in various centres of magical lore , of large rooms made of denatured octiron , which is impervious to most forms of magic .
12 IFN γ binds to a 95 kDa cell surface receptor which is present on most cell lines that have been tested and is distinct from the receptor mediating the actions of the IFN αs and IFN β .
13 Those entitled to gross interest should ask for the single-sheet form , R85 , which is available from most bank and building society branches .
14 These , and other areas , are described more fully in the supplementary material which is available from most departments on request .
15 It is a usual feature of such a comparison that there is a basic level of information which is common to most of the reviews , and it is the mark of a skilful critic to have worked in some personal assessment of works , or some individual response to the show as a whole .
16 It is little wonder that even the most confident individuals experience some difficulty in trying to make sense of such an environment , one which is alien to most people .
17 As I have said , the abolition of the poll tax is to be welcomed , but even more welcome would be the abolition of the system of grants — the standard spending assessment which is responsible for most of the problems relating to capping and high poll tax bills .
18 Careful design and weighting of the blades has produced a performance which is indistinguishable from most flybar-equipped models — and better than some !
19 This history gave Tanzania a lingua franca ( kiSwahili ) which was common to most parts of the country , and so the local identity which comes from language runs in parallel with a national identity also based on language .
20 Years ago we stored water in a big cream pot but that came to grief during a hard frost and we had to resort on one occasion to a possing tub — that is a fluted tub made from galvanized metal which was common to most households before washing machines — which , of course , had to be used for soaking the dirty clothes on washing day .
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