Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] for most " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reward-based training is the method our experts advocate for most situations . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | … female friendship represented for most women simply a rapturous sentimental union , springing perhaps from fear of male aggression or neglect but fed primarily by yearning for a partner in sensibility , a confidante in literature . |
| 5 | The algorithms required for most data processing are relatively simple . |
| 6 | MAI Systems Corp , the Irvine , California maker of small business computers that just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection ( CI No 2,147 ) , listed $26.1m in assets and $145.0m in liabilities ; Brooke Group Ltd , which is controlled by MAI chairman Bennett LeBow , owns 82.3% of MAI 's voting securities ; the largest unsecured creditor listed in the filing was Chemical Trust Co. of California , trustee for $40m of 11.75% senior subordinated debentures ; the obligations listed for most of the other creditors were mostly for $4m or less . |
| 7 | An internal inquiry has been carried out by Ealing social services , in whose area Christopher lived for most of the last weeks of his life , but no serious professional errors were found . |
| 8 | I was assured , though , that this time is seldom adhered to , with most visitors remaining for most of the afternoon . |
| 9 | It was clear after the war that Japan could no longer rely on textile exports for most of its foreign exchange earnings ( chapter 2 ) . |
| 10 | Police invetsigations at Sandford continued for most of the day . |
| 11 | Erm most have , in fact most of which is er b er seventy four additional heads were put on in March , so we 've gone from seventeen twenty three to seventeen ninety seven erm and Mick accounted for most of those with forty four . |
| 12 | In this garden Shep lurked for most of the day . |
| 13 | This is because our semantic model ( chosen because it expresses the weakest equivalence required for most practical correctness issues ) does not distinguish between processes on the grounds of what communications can be observed after the refusal of specific sets . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The expertise of the staff encompasses most major plant groups , and field experience exists for most major geographical areas . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She and her husband lived for most of their married life in Oxshott , Surrey , moving later to Golders Green . |
| 18 | As levels with ν > 0 are normally not significantly populated , these bands account for most of the intensity in an absorption spectrum . |
| 19 | For example , the 1986 Act removed the right to benefit for most 16- and 17-year-olds and made it a requirement that claimants pay 20 per cent of their rates/poll tax and 100 per cent of their water rates . |
| 20 | In many ways the part of a horseman 's job calling for most of his skill was that concerned with working the land , and using a standard of craftsmanship set immeasurably high both by the tradition of his craft and by the immediate needs of cultivation ; and a horseman served a long and disciplined apprenticeship before he could attain to the standard demanded . |
| 21 | While the private person/other distinction accounts for most of the variance , it does not explain it all . |
| 22 | The Battle of the Atlantic lasted for most of the Second World War . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , variceal haemorrhage was the cause of death in almost half the patients who died during their first hospital admission while infection and hepatorenal failure accounted for most of the rest . |
| 24 | 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 … |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The look and feel of the Mac are preserved , though , with both mouse and keyboard commands for most functions . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | This was an incredible result bearing in mind the general statistics of 98 per cent failure rates reported for most dieting attempts . |
| 30 | The societies , plus Abbey National — which became a bank when it floated in 1989 — currently have a market share of about 85% , with banks and centralised lenders such as The Mortgage Corporation accounting for most of the remaining 15% . |