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

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1 For instance in general , it is not possible for most goods to trade present amounts of them for future amounts nor is it possible to make such contracts conditional on some outside events like the weather .
2 Although SAVE believes that alternative uses are possible for most types of buildings , including churches , the Holy Name was an exception and our fears for its future increased with rumours of purchase offers from McDonald 's .
3 ‘ Sleep walking , as an occasional event , is quite normal for most children .
4 This sort of pairing is normal for most animals ; it is simply a regular geometric manifestation of the general development of bilateral symmetry .
5 When teachers were asked to suggest what their own staff development needs were , personal development programmes ranked low for most teachers , but high in the estimation of health board staff .
6 Even the federal analogy is too strong for most groups .
7 Although it was not possible to evaluate the completeness of the sickness absence records directly , the records were used for pay purposes and were therefore likely to be complete for most participants .
8 It 's still usual for most radiators to be painted white , so most radiator enamels are white .
9 The complexities of a modern developed economy , however , make barter totally impractical for most purposes .
10 Many psychiatric units now have no lockable wards at all and while this may be admirable for most in-patients , it has inevitably led to the rejection of mentally disordered offenders who require a modest degree of security and who could benefit from assessment and treatment in an ordinary hospital .
11 These are surrounded by hostile forces , vulnerable to shelling and dependent for most necessities on UN aid .
12 There is much in the book that will be as new an exciting for most readers , as it was for me .
13 In general we could surmise some possible causes : lack of clear guidance either in ‘ help routines ’ within the program or as printed instructions in the documentation accompanying the program — lack of preparation , ie , reading the documentation , which may suggest the demands are too high for most teachers ( teacher 's guides are rarely read ) — poor ‘ driving system ’ within the actual program , ie , the central organization of the system does not match teachers ' needs — poor ‘ driving system ’ that either confuses the teacher through its complexity or , at the other extreme , is not flexible enough for him to achieve the flow of his planned lesson — poor ‘ driving system ’ that interrupts the presentation of relevant displays with detailed control instructions on the screen .
14 How long is both practical and economical for most situations ?
15 These are perfectly adequate for most gardeners , but the more technically appreciative and extrovert amongst us may wish to try some of the more adventurous systems currently available especially those that incorporate varying spray patterns or coloured lighting .
16 Each file can have millions of records. , more than adequate for most users .
17 Peterson have no pretensions about selling these racks to the masses , because of course they 're really for well-heeled professionals , and a pocket tuner ( which costs about a tenth of the price of the R450 ) really is adequate for most things .
18 Although smoothing by repeated medians of three is adequate for most purposes and successfully dealt with seemingly atypical values , the results still have a somewhat jagged appearance .
19 These are adequate for most purposes if they are used properly , since different people will be able to deduce from the answers information which is relevant to the job they want to fill .
20 It 's perfectly adequate for most purposes , and is incredibly small and light .
21 In most cases , additional more specialized tagsets are provided for those wishing to encode aspects of these features in more detail ( see further section 9.4. below ) , but the elements defined in this core are believed to be adequate for most applications most of the time .
22 These text handling capabilities are adequate for most uses , but the font list is rather limited and the font window does n't show you what the font looks like before you select it .
23 Generally , this is adequate for most buyers , particularly those purchasing a modern property .
24 But the situation of working people in political systems where unionization is underdeveloped and is not coupled with even a social democratic form of political mobilization is anomalous for most Marxists .
25 Like its owner , it was short and stubby , not long like the young man 's , but thick , so thick that it was impossible for most women to put their hand round it .
26 This is typical for most substances .
27 While the second question produces a success rate of less than 20 per cent , typical for most questions shown so far , the first question does not .
28 Sometimes a popular edition will be based on a critical edition , making it appropriate for most uses .
29 Staying on an independent label had maintained their credibility and an album of itchy , irresistible pop was consummate for most observers .
30 But a spell of hot dry summers with high soil moisture deficits , and of winters with low rainfall , would be serious for most aquifers .
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