Example sentences of "most [prep] it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of it 's going to take the easy way short cut |
| 2 | There 's been no keeping Joanna Trollope away from filming for The Rector 's Wife … most of it 's taken place not far from the author 's home near Cirencester . |
| 3 | Most of the energy is thrown out of the exhaust pipe and in heat loss from the radiator , and in a erm small losses in friction inside the engine and gearbox , but most of it is lost in this conversion from heat from burning petrol into the mechanical energy of the rotating energy . |
| 4 | Most of it is covered in water . |
| 5 | Most of it is covered in water but it 's still called Earth . |
| 6 | Consequently most of it is scored for orchestral accompaniment : to extract the songs and perform them with piano , either in a performance-art format , as does Angelina Réaux , or as a Liederabend like Carole Farley , is to present a one-dimensional aspect of the music and an ultimate disservice to the composer . |
| 7 | It is n't used now and most of it is blocked off . |
| 8 | Although nowadays a certain amount of mechanical testing is done for what might be called academic reasons , by far the most of it is done for strictly practical ends and in fact a thorough knowledge of the actual strength of its materials is , like drains and income tax , one of the things which no advanced civilization can do without . |
| 9 | ‘ Labour 's £600m would not help primary or secondary schools as most of it is going on nursery education or restoring student grants . ’ |
| 10 | Most of it is preserved in some way ; it is transported and various methods are employed to change and enhance its appearance ; it may be prepared or pre-cooked for convenience and finally aesthetically packaged for maximum appeal . |
| 11 | Wood is the most important commodity in international trade after gas and petrol , though most of it is used in the country of origin and much of it very close to source , being the only source of fuel for warmth and cooking for a third of the developing world . |
| 12 | ’ It 's a sad reflection of society nowadays , ’ said the school 's headmaster ’ We blame children for a lot of things these days , but most of it is forced on them by the pressures of modern living . ’ |
| 13 | Such is the wear of a Teddy that a textured finish is unnecessary , and most of it is sanded to look warn |
| 14 | Now , I do n't want to give you a boring lesson about the markets of the day , suffice to say that in 1520 hard cash was rare , most of it being tied up in fields , lands and houses , so it was natural for people like Ralemberg to tout for business . |
| 15 | They revealed awesome finishing power on that occasion — and most of it was personified by D.J . |
| 16 | The floor was wooden , and polished , but most of it was covered by a large , intricately patterned and badly frayed coloured carpet . |
| 17 | ‘ I should explain that although part of the letter was dictated by the kidnappers , most of it was written by my father . |
| 18 | I 'm sure most of it was caused by temper . |
| 19 | ‘ We are still searching for the money , but most of it was blown away . |
| 20 | As before , a little water was used to thin the acrylic to the consistency of cream and most of it was gone over twice to get an even coverage of bright intense colour . |
| 21 | As organist and piano teacher most of it was composed for performance at some ritual , often in church — it conveys not only the solemnity of the occasion but also the spaciousness of the building and the sound of the organ with its vast range of tonalities . |
| 22 | Most of it was done in the seventies , some was done in the sixties . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , I do n't really own very much any more , because most of it was stolen . |
| 24 | The first striking feature of the collaboration we observed was that most of it was associated with individual rather than shared tasks . |
| 25 | Most of it was burned , but the bottom of one page was not burned . |
| 26 | In the early part of the twentieth century very little was known about the chronology of tribal art ( most of it was considered to be much older than it is ) , and the stylistic differences between the work of various regions had not been examined ; Guillaume himself included Oceanic work under the term tribal art , and felt that it could be extended to include Alaskan art as well . |
| 27 | ‘ Most of it was sopped up by the double thickness of the collar at the back but it soaked down through . |