Example sentences of "for most [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Mothers under the age of 16 , and their families , often experience considerable financial hardship as they are not eligible for most state benefits .
2 It came late , but at least it came , for most respondents to The Bookseller 's annual survey .
3 Light : Requires bright light over a longer period than is required for most aquarium plants .
4 Vacuum ( strictly , low pressure : 10–15 mm Hg ) impregnation has been found consistent and satisfactory for most sediment types .
5 Representation is not available for most tribunals .
6 The Food and Drug Administration has also hinted that it may revise a policy that does not at present require special safety testing or labelling for most biotechnology foods .
7 Indeed , in most cases for most injuries , anybody would say " I would rather have avoided this injury than have any amount of money whatever in compensation " .
8 With Dunedin the figure is just £30 if you are an existing investor with the company , otherwise £250 , but for most unit trusts the minimum is £1,000 .
9 This is typical for most substances .
10 Stages 1 and 2 of the process will usually be sufficient for most topics .
11 Semi-dwarfing , for most soils .
12 Whereas for most Greeks and Romans , whether they believed in cycles or not , the dominant aspects of time were the present and the past , Christianity directed man 's attention to the future .
13 For most Greeks , a political party has long been not so much the voice of an ideology , or even of a class , as a system of social protection .
14 But for most products and service this sort of exercise would be too expensive .
15 Meanwhile , the most useful descriptions remain a combination of the ‘ traditional ’ social grades , plus the other demographics ( age , sex , etc. ) plus media exposure ( which can be obtained for most products and many individual brands from the Target Group Index ) , plus any other relevant information about their behaviour in relation to the product concerned .
16 But at the same time farmers would be wise to remember that the reforms are not over yet , and the prices for most products are likely to be much more volatile in future .
17 Choose M9 for most cordons and dwarf bush trees .
18 The rural economy has never been completely agricultural , for most villages used to support a number of craftsmen serving local needs .
19 A British visitor 's Passport ( valid one year ) is sufficient for most holidays in this brochure and can be bought at any Post Office on production of two photographs plus an expired 10 year Passport on two identifying documents , one of which must be an expired British Visitors Passport or your birth certificate .
20 Director of public relations , Linda Moore says : ‘ Rates are pegged at last year 's prices for most holidays , with special interests up slightly , but not as a result of the Directive .
21 For most investments on which you are likely to receive interest or dividends , basic rate tax will already have been deducted before the money is paid to you .
22 The occasional trip to a swimming pool is a real treat for most families .
23 For most families who move out to the rurban fringe , what new problems do they have for going shopping or to work ?
24 The attitude to unmarried mothers is very different now from a generation ago , but it is still a tragedy for most families if a schoolgirl daughter becomes pregnant .
25 In order for most families to benefit from the types of prevention activities described , they probably need to be made available to all families on a voluntary basis , and they probably need to be relatively non-obtrusive and in essence , common .
26 The share of income paid in taxes was more or less proportional to income for most families ( about 20–5 per cent of income ) and then rose for the top 10 per cent of highest income earners .
27 Also , for most communities infant mortality was reported to be lowest not at the second but at the third — in some communities even at the fourth — order .
28 It is central to his thinking that for most communities , each code has its own symbolic value in terms of " we " and " they " .
29 Willingness is essential for a good child 's pony , and one would think necessary , although perhaps to a lesser degree , for most adults to really enjoy riding too .
30 He was a lot smaller then and he managed to squeeze himself through a cavity and found himself in a network of very small , narrow tunnels — far too small for most adults to enter .
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