Example sentences of "for most " in BNC.
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| 1 | For most of them there is a cure ; but as yet not for HIV infection . |
| 2 | But many Jews are not believers , and are still , for most people , including themselves , palpably Jewish . |
| 3 | When auditioning for most schools you will be asked to present at least two contrasting speeches and possibly give some idea of your attitude to improvisation and , perhaps , to singing . |
| 4 | For his part , de Valera , prime minister for most of the period from 1932 to 1959 , pursued isolationist policies , economically , politically , and culturally , seeking at once self-sufficiency , neutrality , the restoration in part of Gaelic culture through the minimal enforcement of the Irish language , and the control of media consumption . |
| 5 | For example , in the Northern context , the previous bishop of Down and Connor , Dr Philbin , refused for most of his period of leadership in Belfast to have Jesuits visiting or residing in his diocese . |
| 6 | It supported the British state for most of the nineteenth century in Ireland , then supported constitutional politics for home rule ; and when independence came in 1921 , it supported the pro-treaty faction in Southern Ireland and opposed the civil war because that faction was the state . |
| 7 | It is possible for such sentiments of approval of this past to coexist with abhorrence for most current acts of violence . |
| 8 | He added that the government was also helping local businesses to expand and invest by cutting down on red tape : ‘ If people in business try to expand it is very , very bureaucratic and government approval is needed for most projects . ’ |
| 9 | For most of us , traditional Italian pastas are sufficiently healthy without imposing extra-healthy ingredients on them . |
| 10 | Wiping them might have been enough for most people — but not for somebody who was trying to do card tricks . ’ |
| 11 | From being a peripheral figure for most of my working life , I now had to adjust to being on centre stage . |
| 12 | ‘ No , I 've kept myself to myself for most of my life . |
| 13 | Finally , there are large bush trees and trees of orchard size which are really too big for most gardeners to manage . |
| 14 | Choose M9 for most cordons and dwarf bush trees . |
| 15 | A minimum safe speed for most gliders is the minimum cruising speed , but this is only safe at height , where there is time for recovery if a stall occurs . |
| 16 | For most , the first few days were the worst . |
| 17 | For most young people it is a passing phase which they will grow out of , but for some it can become a habit . |
| 18 | It is likely that your first point of contact for most medical services will be your Family Doctor or General Practitioner . |
| 19 | For most it 's a temporary phase , caused by a variety of factors — not least tiredness . |
| 20 | For most people one of the first questions to answer is ‘ How am I going to pay for it ? ’ |
| 21 | This is basically the same anthropological journey pursued by Lévi-Strauss ( 1973 ) in Tristes Tropiques , which remains a suitable precursor for most of the current reflexive ethnography . |
| 22 | When they had killed three sheep and roasted them in the middle of the street and ridden off with the rest of the flock , and the cattle and the horses and the hens , we buried the dead — we were at it for most of a day — and then we went off east into Arkaig . |
| 23 | Thereafter 3 sets of 10 repetitions should be used for most exercises in all routines . |
| 24 | To qualify for the full basic pension , someone would need to have paid national insurance contributions for most of their working life ( usually 44 years for a man ) . |
| 25 | GPs with their own budgets and District Health Authorities will be expected to place either block contracts for a defined range of services , or cost and volume contracts , for a certain number of cases , for most services . |
| 26 | Particularly valuable examples of the amount of information which can be given about a character in brief solos are those for most of the characters in A Month in the Country and , dramatically , for those in Mayerling . |
| 27 | In his particular style of demi-caractère dance he used classical footwork for most of the time but , from the waist upwards through the body , arms and head , he tried to convey how his performers worked and played in the environment to which they belonged . |
| 28 | Many reckon the enormous cost , estimated to be as much as £10 billion , is too great for most of the players in the current economic climate . |
| 29 | Why get all worked up about a crag that is unclimable for most of the time ? |
| 30 | For most cuts , the work is steadied against the foot plate which can be angled to bring it into contact with the workpiece ; because the teeth of the sawblade tend to become worn close to the foot plate , the plate can be unclamped and moved forwards to bring a fresh section of the blade into use . |