Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] for most " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | … 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 . |
| 3 | It was clear after the war that Japan could no longer rely on textile exports for most of its foreign exchange earnings ( chapter 2 ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The expertise of the staff encompasses most major plant groups , and field experience exists for most major geographical areas . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She and her husband lived for most of their married life in Oxshott , Surrey , moving later to Golders Green . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | While the private person/other distinction accounts for most of the variance , it does not explain it all . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The look and feel of the Mac are preserved , though , with both mouse and keyboard commands for most functions . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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% . |
| 15 | ‘ Let 'em sweat a bit ; Washington 's a key career posting for most of them , it ca n't all bc cherry blossom and cocktails . |
| 16 | Silage and hay conservation accounted for most of the contract work . |
| 17 | But the word romance has for most people the immediate association of love and , in the main , of heterosexual love . |
| 18 | This use of recognition as positive reinforcement occurs for most of us throughout childhood . |
| 19 | If the reader was nevertheless left with the feeling that music counted for most , it was partly because the bulk of the long treatise was in fact about music and nothing else . |
| 20 | Always lying handy as Coco Dancer led for most of the trip , Limeridge took up the running from Coco Dancer going to the last fence and at this stage was hotly pursued by the favourite Canute Express . |
| 21 | The static checkpoint operation continued for most of the day , relieved only When elements of the company were flown from their entrenched positions to set up snap checkpoints on roads that could not be covered permanently . |
| 22 | Standard Chartered in London , understood to have around £300million on loan to Mr Bond , declined to comment , although it is understood executives are confident of the asset backing for most of the exposure . |
| 23 | At the Lefevre there were only four oils , including Fishing Canoe ( Colour Plate XVII ) and Banana Plantation ( Colour Plate XVI ) , both priced at forty guineas , twice the sum asked for most of the thirty-eight watercolours . |
| 24 | In 1897 , the standard length selected for most bogie coaches was 50ft . |
| 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 | If such attitudes are now considered contemptible , it should be remembered that the policy of segregation continued for most of the twentieth century and many people still believe today that mentally handicapped people should be isolated and prevented from having children , even though the hereditary risks are low and can , in most cases , be discounted . |
| 27 | Strombolian activity continued for most of this time in the little cone built up over the fissure , until it was a respectable thirty metres or so in height , while the lavas snaked down-slope in several glowing tongues , permanently ruining many of the best skiing slopes , engulfing one by one the pylons that carried the cable-way , and demolishing the upper cable-station . |
| 28 | Servicing of the foreign debt accounted for most of the increase in spending . |
| 29 | But there was no necessary correlation between population and wealth ; Midhurst compares unfavourably with its neighbourhood only because village wealth was boosted by a handful of big landowners whose personalty accounted for most of it . |
| 30 | Most of the fen drains for most of the time are somewhere in between these two extremes making the whole business a little undecided . |