Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] for most " in BNC.
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| 1 | In conditions of rising population , such as we may assume for most of this period over most of Europe , land is scarce and labour plentiful , and the lords may commonly compel land-hungry peasants to accept their terms . |
| 2 | ‘ They 'd pay for most of it . ’ |
| 3 | It is offering double the usual trade-in credit for customers turning in a System/36 or 38 in exchange for an AS/400 9404 or 9406 F model — and for the first time , the credit is more than you could get for most of the System/36 models on the used market . |
| 4 | Especially in the early 1930s , notwithstanding the pay-cuts , police officers in the city had a job secure from redundancy — which was more than you could say for most of those they policed . |
| 5 | ‘ On November 1 they told us that normal Christmas arrangements would apply — that we would work for most of the holiday period — then they dropped this bombshell on November 22 and said we would be off for two weeks . |
| 6 | It was his tenant John Combes who revolutionized Reddish , on the assumption that Cray would pay for most of it . |
| 7 | By the late 1960s , it was accepted that the normal period of full-time economic employment would cease for most of the population at these ages . |
| 8 | Both of these would account for most of the variations in the different rates of fall . |
| 9 | This situation will change in due course as the younger generation becomes less and less involved in traditional family businesses and educational standards continue to improve , but for the foreseeable future job opportunities will exist for most nationalities in those parts of the Middle East where local populations are insufficient to meet the labour requirements of commerce and industry . |
| 10 | There they will remain for most of April , at least one of the pair on guard at all times on the loch in order to ward off any attempted ‘ take-over ’ , perhaps by young pairs who have n't been able to locate a suitable breeding site . |
| 11 | The following plan will work for most businesses : |
| 12 | It will work for most occasions , especially if it is properly lit . |
| 13 | But the company says the final copy will cater for most major graphics formats , including BMP , PIF and TIFF . |
| 14 | The incidental carbohydrate in vegetables , nuts and other foods will account for most of your daily allowance . |
| 15 | Solution compaction between grains reduces the effective intergranular porosity within a grainy sediment ( Fig. 5.19b ) and is therefore important in reservoir evaluation ; in some cases solution compaction may account for most of the overall porosity reduction . |
| 16 | We use much of our own organic produce and can cater for most diets . |
| 17 | We all ended up happy , anyway , which is more than I can say for most marriages . ’ |