Example sentences of "[vb -s] for most " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the same goes for most of the members of the club . ’ |
| 2 | Yes , erm , I had in mind that , is there a seconder to that ? my own view is that erm , and that goes for most of the way for dealing with the problem , but I think it would be appropriate for this committee to make it clear that erm , any extension of the maximum aggregate for the current financial year will be met by an appropriate reduction or a corresponding reduction in the expenditure for ninety four ninety five , erm and I 'm not certain that that 's absolutely clear to the public or indeed to all members of |
| 3 | Most of the fen drains for most of the time are somewhere in between these two extremes making the whole business a little undecided . |
| 4 | And for good reason ; the Labour Party , after all , has for most of this century been the most obvious and visible manifestation of working-class political activity . |
| 5 | But the word romance has for most people the immediate association of love and , in the main , of heterosexual love . |
| 6 | Unlike the UK , the Netherlands has for most of the time since 1950 pursued a consistent policy of reducing and limiting the prison population ; overall it is difficult to argue that this reduction in punishment has adversely affected the Netherlands ' crime rate , which has risen in a roughly similar manner to that in the UK over this period ( Downes , 1999 : 33–41 , 194–5 ; NACRO , 1991a : 93 ) . |
| 7 | The disease front has been moving ahead by fits and starts for most of the last two decades and three years ago crossed the Italian frontier into the provinces of South Tyrol and Venice . |
| 8 | Although , therefore , Dicey 's sharp distinction between the application and interpretation of statute suffices for most practical purposes , it ultimately breaks down in the face of changing views of the contours of the political community or of serious threats to the central tenets of liberal democracy . |
| 9 | This is even true , contra Kolve , of what he says for most of his prologue . |
| 10 | This use of recognition as positive reinforcement occurs for most of us throughout childhood . |
| 11 | It was for nitrate , one of the least concerns for most fishkeepers ( should it be I wonder ) but high on the list for marine fishkeepers who probably use mainly specialist outlets . |
| 12 | The expertise of the staff encompasses most major plant groups , and field experience exists for most major geographical areas . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , the expertise of the RBG staff encompasses most major plant groups ( with the exception of some micro-organisms ) , at least to an ‘ Alpha ’ level , and field experience exists for most major geographical areas . |
| 14 | In fact one of the great things about this walk is that it keeps for most of the time to the shoulder of the fells so that they fall away steep sided below you giving you clear views out and down . |
| 15 | Christmas time , when party-giving is on the whole overdone , may make the social aridity of the rest of the year seem almost attractive , but this exhausting seasonal overswill also points up the ordinary isolation that obtains for most of us nowadays . |
| 16 | Skippers in the Scottish white fish fleet , which accounts for most of the UK 's North Sea haddock catch , are particularly aggrieved at the EC 's ‘ swingeing ’ cut in quota this year . |
| 17 | This pattern holds for nitrate , which accounts for most of the nitrogen in the bay , and especially for nitrogen from ammonia , which , though a small part of the total , is far more prevalent in rainwater than in run-off . |
| 18 | While the private person/other distinction accounts for most of the variance , it does not explain it all . |
| 19 | Perhaps lack of guilt , rather than lots of wine and foie gras , accounts for most of the difference . |
| 20 | PSR1706–44 lies within the 1° radius error circle of the COS-B source 2CG342–02 at ( epoch 1950 coordinates are used throughout ) and accounts for most , if not all , of the γ -ray flux from the area . |
| 21 | Adding two hours to the period within which night visits may be claimed has caused a clear rise in claims , and this accounts for most , but not all , of the increase observed since the 1990 contract . |
| 22 | Because hydrogen accounts for most of the mass of Jupiter , and , as you shall see , of Saturn , it is very important to consider the behaviour of hydrogen within such planets . |
| 23 | This is a traditional approach , and probably accounts for most vibrational spectra actually recorded . |
| 24 | The rapid expansion was due to development of the country 's mineral resources , dominated by diamonds ( which contributed over 84 per cent of export earnings ) and the beef industry ( which accounts for most of agriculture 's 3 per cent contribution to GDP ) . |
| 25 | Higher excise duty accounts for most of the difference , stores like Tesco reckon it 's losing them sales of half a billion pounds a year . |
| 26 | He acknowledges he has learned from Porter 's writing on competitive advantage , but probably speaks for most of his peers when he says : ‘ I do n't read business texts written by academics for the purpose of discovering a direct application that I can use . |
| 27 | The Course uses 12 different paired timetable slots for most modules ( see Appendix 1 ) and it is , in theory , possible to examine all modules over six working days from Saturday of week 10 through to Friday of week 11 with two examination sessions a day . |
| 28 | It was clear after the war that Japan could no longer rely on textile exports for most of its foreign exchange earnings ( chapter 2 ) . |
| 29 | They represent the personal touch which takes the edge off what remains for most farm workers the harsh realities of their poor pay and dependent status . |
| 30 | Based very loosely on the Pat Barker novel Union Street — so loosely in fact that the Robert De Niro character Stanley does n't exist in the original — Stanley and Iris manages for most of its length to say a great deal about struggling along just above the poverty line . |