Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] most " in BNC.
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| 31 | The ventral arm plates are flat or at most weakly arched . |
| 32 | Its ‘ military ’ music is that of courts and Te Deums , or at most of parade grounds , not that of battlefields . |
| 33 | Except to some extent in the Habsburg territories , the men who gained a knowledge of them were destined to remain translators , interpreters or at most consuls , auxiliaries rather than actors at the centre of the diplomatic stage . |
| 34 | The bourgeois was , if not a different species , then at least the member of a superior race , a higher stage in human evolution , distinct from the lower orders who remained in the historical or cultural equivalent of childhood or at most adolescence . |
| 35 | In a few hundreds , or at most thousands , of years we have gone from wolf to Pekinese , Bulldog , Chihuahua and Saint Bernard . |
| 36 | This study looked at addition sums of a very elementary level which the Mathematics 5–14 document suggests should be attained at Level B or by most pupils in primary 4 . |
| 37 | Foreign Minister Enrique Silva Cimma stated , however , that proposals calling for a sea outlet for Bolivia , which became land-locked following defeat by Chile in the War of the Pacific ( 1879-83 ) , were not supported by the Chilean government or by most of the population . |
| 38 | Evidence in favour of this interpretation of the phrase ‘ the physical environment ’ is found in DoE Circular 55/77 ( now withdrawn ) which made it clear that a statement of pollution policy could appropriately form part of a structure plan , albeit necessarily of a general nature since they are policies stated by an authority ( county council ) responsible neither for air pollution control nor for most development control . |
| 39 | Simply by putting relatively isolated community groups together Highlander is able to convey a sense of purpose to these groups which springs from the confidence gained by the realisation that their problems are not confined to themselves , nor in most cases caused by any deficiency or fault of their own , but are rather due to outside forces of oppression which are also being used against other people in other communities . |
| 40 | In this respect , and in the sandy tinge to its red coat , it resembles the ‘ golden ’ Guernsey , and indeed the South Devon and the two Channel Island breeds have a type of haemoglobin which is not found in other British breeds nor in most of those of Europe , although it is prevalent in Asiatic cattle and is found in several African types as well , often associated with butterfat-rich milk . |
| 41 | It rained on and off most of the afternoon . |
| 42 | Under the Barents Sea between Scandinavia , Svalbard , Severnaya Zemlya and Novaya Zemlya it is 200–350 m deep , and off most of Siberia , extending eastward to Alaska , it forms a broad submarine plain only 60–100 m deep . |
| 43 | Datapost provides you with a same-day service in and between most UK business centres . |
| 44 | It is true that formal tariffs have in most sectors and between most member countries now been removed . |
| 45 | And for most pensioners , even those with supplementary pensions or savings , the state pension is their financial lifeline . |
| 46 | Going into manufacturing for himself , therefore , was something that came fairly easy to him and for most of the 1950s he built up a substantial furniture business . |
| 47 | In that decade European men won almost a quarter of the 40 major championships played and for most of it dominated the top ten in the world rankings . |
| 48 | But even in murder cases it is now far more favourable to the accused for him to plead instead diminished responsibility , and for most practical purposes this defence has replaced that of insanity in criminal law . |
| 49 | For her , and for most other Tories , the principal justification is power . |
| 50 | Somewhere between the ages of eight and 10 children 's ideas of what they want to draw become much more ambitious ; in particular , they want their pictures to be more visually realistic and for most of them this ambition far outstrips their skill . |
| 51 | Typically stockinette is used as a dishcloth and for most general cleaning purposes . |
| 52 | Comparatively speaking the level of oil dependence is low , at 42% in 1983 but the picture is distorted by the high level of coal consumption in South Africa ( one of the largest energy consumers ) and for most countries oil dependence is high . |
| 53 | With the exception of teaching and nursing , these jobs require little specialised training , and for most a good physical appearance is a distinct advantage . |
| 54 | But the details of the incident have been lost in the mists of history and for most people all that remains is a fleeting memory of the dejected player arriving at Heathrow Airport to face a miserable future as one half of a very well worn footballing joke . |
| 55 | At low tide the bed of the estuary was mainly hard packed sand which stretched for miles , up and downstream , and for most of its mile width . |
| 56 | ‘ Our outward appearance undoubtedly alters as we get older and for most people the condition of the skin and hair is the final arbiter of age . ’ |
| 57 | She was n't twenty-one any more , and for most of us that is a terrible hardship … |
| 58 | Buoyed by this , the 'Mere forwards rallied and for most of the remainder of the half they at least managed to hold their own ball in the scrum . |
| 59 | I watched both them and Mathews closely throughout both days while he was giving evidence , and for most of the time all three of the judges had their heads and eyes down on the notes they were keeping . ’ |
| 60 | As a baby I was fractious and for most of my childhood I was exuberant , passionate and hyperactive . |