Example sentences of "[vb base] for most " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Carl Prean may not be accommodated on one issue , the exclusion of German Bundesliga results , which account for most of his successes . |
| 2 | Those saying they would ‘ definitely ’ vote number 82 per cent of the total sample and probably account for most of those who will actually go to the polls during today . |
| 3 | In public discussion , however , the idea that genes account for most variation among IQs seems not only controversial but also associated with a few men of allegedly questionable character . |
| 4 | In addition there are rehearsals , which account for most of the time spent on music . |
| 5 | This third type is the dominant constituent of the main cloud and also account for most of the opacity . |
| 6 | As levels with ν > 0 are normally not significantly populated , these bands account for most of the intensity in an absorption spectrum . |
| 7 | Not surprisingly , product sales account for most of the transaction applications , with sales of greeting cards , shoes , financial services , car accessories , furnishings and clothes being the among the most popular . |
| 8 | Stretchy long tube skirts are an alternative , but they too are impractical : if you sit for most of the day you will undoubtedly get knee-bagging , and they are not flattering to most posteriors . |
| 9 | Stretchy long tube skirts are an alternative , but they too are impractical : if you sit for most of the day you will undoubtedly get knee-bagging , and they are not flattering to most posteriors . |
| 10 | If you wish to make a reservation for 10 or more people , contact your travel agent , and do n't forget the special discounts we make for most groups — see page 11 . |
| 11 | Reward-based training is the method our experts advocate for most situations . |
| 12 | When their prey species are inactive , cats may as well save energy , because they are unlikely to be successful in hunting , and so they rest and sleep for most of the day . |
| 13 | Moreover , the P cepacia problem has emerged at the same time as social networks have developed between adult patients with CF , and their families ; many individuals have derived great mutual benefit from these contacts , which provide for most of their social activity . |
| 14 | But I say for most ordinary people who play it , it 's a pastime . |
| 15 | you believe that I 'm wearing a hairpiece so you do n't know and I I speak for most |
| 16 | I 'm sure I speak for most Merseysiders in saying enough is enough . |
| 17 | Travel for most people is by foot or horseback . |
| 18 | The simple statistical confirmation that the majority of them were from 1984 onwards — and probably from that particular Friday , though one can not be certain — in the skies above the Pacific Ocean was ( for me and I suspect for most who came to know ) the first and final affirmation that from now on this part of the world was the centre of things . |
| 19 | And those bits again , either tuck them in out of the way or better still fold them over and put a big plaster over the top to get them right out the way so no ends are left dangling , remember for most people you 're doing this for they 'll probably be returning to their place of work , okay , so they need to be safe to return to work , everybody okay on that lot ? |
| 20 | Now I suppose for most of us because of the very fact were here this morning they have been few and far between such experiences , perhaps what is more common is that we may have spent time with someone who was dying , their last few hours , their last few minutes , and if they were not unconscious I wonder what sort of conversation would be going on between us and them , what sort of things would we , would we of been saying , what would we be asking us , well in this passage that we have been reading we have just such a conversation , two men who are on the verge of death , death can only be hours away for both of them , and here they have this conversation , it was in that sense it was one of the strangest interviews any body ever had with Jesus not only is the , the account here of er a death bed conversion , but the one who is saving is also in the process of dying . |
| 21 | Now , I suppose for most of us , bu bu because of the very fact we 're here this morning they have been few and far between , such experiences . |
| 22 | In corporate finance , the conventional view in America and Britain still is that Japanese firms rely for most of their money on friendly banks that they have been wining and dining for years . |
| 23 | i guess that frank want to leave : not getting any first team play will not give him a world cup spot — and i guess for most players the dream is to — play — in the world cup finals — not sitting on the bench/playing for the reserves for Leeds — even if you are a Leeds fan … |
| 24 | The question is whether the ‘ power ’ referred to was the power to write poetry ; for though the Poems In Two Volumes ( 1807 ) are of high quality they mark for most people the end of Wordsworth 's poetic life . |
| 25 | For me , at least — and I think for most people who travel around this country for pleasure , that is , to see things — it is simply that one gets a greater depth of pleasure out of knowing the anatomy of a town and why it takes that particular form and not just its superficial features , however attractive they may be individually . |
| 26 | Well I think for most people who are coming into a church , seeking something , the inclusion of words such as you outlined , puts up an enormous barrier , |
| 27 | The meristems located at the root and shoot apices of the embryo recommence activity following sowing of the seed and persist for most of the life of the plant . |
| 28 | Utilitarian knowledge is related to those non-professional vocations in which the majority of people work for most of their adult life . |
| 29 | Most work for most of their lives outside the home . |
| 30 | British cinema licences have for most of this century prohibited the exhibition of films which are ‘ likely to encourage or incite to crime ’ , which anticipated the deprave-and-corrupt test of 1959 . |