In 1971 Agatha Christie was made a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Most German tanks were captured British ones.

Most of the antiquities Salt collected were purchased by the British Museum and the Musée du Louvre.

Most of them were Dutch, French, British ( English ), Arab and Jewish ( from Lebanon and Morocco ), Chinese ( especially from Macau ), American, and Brazilian ( including people of Portuguese and African descent ).

Most schools follow the British educational system.

Most British comedy films of the early 1970s were spin-offs of television series, including Dad's Army and On the Buses.

Most Masorti Rabbis are trained at Leo Baeck College, an inter-denominational seminary that ordains non-Orthodox British Rabbis.

Most notably, the Commonwealth of Nations, an association primarily of former members of the British Empire, is often referred to as simply " the Commonwealth ".

Most imperial powers had not foreseen a need to prepare their colonies for independence ; for example, Britain had given limited self-rule to India and Sri Lanka, while treating British Somaliland as little more than a trading post, while all major decisions for French colonies were made in Paris and Belgium prohibited any self-government up until it suddenly granted independence to its colonies in 1960.

In 2010, the British magazine New Statesman listed Craig Venter at 14th in the list of " The World's 50 Most Influential Figures 2010 ".

Most numerous among those using the islands were British and American sealers, where typically between 40 and 50 ships were engaged in exploiting fur seals.

Most of the revenue raised by the Mandate came from the Jewish minority but was spent on funding the British administration.

Most air accident investigations are carried out by an agency of a country that is associated in some way with the accident ; for example, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch conducts accident investigations on behalf of the British Government.

Most prominent amongst them are the Naga fight for Greater Nagaland, the Chin struggle for a unified Chinland and other self-determinist movements by the ethnic indigenous peoples of the erstwhile Assam both under the British and post-British Assam under India.

Most notably, the “ British exploited the political weakness of the Mughal state, and, while military activity was important at various times, the economic and administrative incorporation of local elites was also of crucial significance ”.

Most of the population is of European origin, mainly Spanish, British, German and other European nationalities.

For example, His Eminence Sir Norman Cardinal Gilroy did receive the accolade on his appointment as Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1969.

Most of the foreign community in Malta, predominantly active or retired British nationals and their dependents, is centred on Sliema and surrounding modern suburbs.

Most recently, British archaeologist and Assyriologist Professor David Stronach of the University of California, Berkeley conducted a series of surveys and digs at the site from 1987 – 1990, focusing his attentions to the several gates and the existent mudbrick walls, as well as the system that supplied water to the city in times of siege.

Most British pubs still have decorated signs hanging over their doors, and these retain their original function of enabling the identification of the pub.

* 30-Mickie Most, 64, British music producer.

Most British commentators claim it is false the riots were due to a breakdown of multiculturalism alone and instead is more likely to have been caused by other factors such as disillusioned youth, high unemployment and a growing attraction to ' gangsta ' culture by a sizeable proportion of the youth, across all ethnicities, of The United Kingdom.

Most of the railways were developed during the British colonial period, with the first line from Colombo to Kandy opening on 26 April 1867.

Most police forces salute similar to the Canadian Forces standard, with the exception of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, which follow the British Army standard of saluting with the full palm facing forward, touching the brim of the hat, if worn.

Most recently the subject has been addressed in British film director Bernard Rose's film Snuff-Movie ( 2005 ), the Nimród Antal film Vacancy ( 2007 ) and also in the WWE film The Condemned ( 2007 ) and the Gregory Hoblit film Untraceable.

Most carbonylation processes require metal catalysts, examples include the Monsanto acetic acid process and hydroformylation.

Most well-known examples of such films are those by directors Andrei Tarkovsky, Sergei Parajanov and Nikita Mikhalkov.

Most Old English examples take the form of compound words in which the first element is uninflected: " heofon-candel " “ sky-candle ”

Most bound morphemes in English are affixes, particularly prefixes and suffixes, examples of suffixes are: tion, ation, ible, ing etc ..

Most importantly, the Marvel Universe also incorporates examples of almost all major science fiction and fantasy concepts, with writers adding more continuously.

Most of his arguments were in the form of examples that were anecdotal or speculative in nature, and functioned as attempts to show how " exotic " grammatical traits were connected to what were apparently equally exotic worlds of thought.

Most, but not all, finger-operated designs are symmetrical in design, making them usable by both hands, while thumb-operated designs are by their nature asymmetric or “ handed ,” allowing the smallest examples to be held in the air.

Most stems from the early Roman Imperial era, when Sparta offers several examples of women with the priestly title " Hestia "; Chalcis offers one such, a daughter of the local elite.

Most Indonesians, aside from speaking the national language, are often fluent in another regional language ( examples include Javanese, Sundanese and Madurese ) which are commonly used at home and within the local community.

Most examples found in museums are often highly decorated.

Most previous examples of " multiples " such as Chris Costner Sizemore, whose life was depicted in the book and film The Three Faces of Eve, disclosed no history of child abuse.

Most scientific journals are now highly specialized, and Nature is among the few journals ( the other weekly journals Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences are also prominent examples ) that still publish original research articles across a wide range of scientific fields.

Most of the usual algebraic systems of mathematics are examples of varieties, but not always in an obvious way – the usual definitions often involve quantification or inequalities.

Most of the sources are German or Swiss ; two less clear examples are French ( see Hammerstein ).

Most examples of regular and nonregular spaces studied in mathematics may be found in those two articles.

Most of the examples are unattested.

Most percussion instruments are examples of this, for instance the xylophone.

Most entries link to a page that provides greater detail and relevant examples, but a short definition is placed here for convenience.

Most of the examples below are from Indo-European languages, but suppletion is hardly restricted to these languages.

Most of the names in Clare are derived from septs of the Dalcassian race of Gaels ; some of the most common examples are O ' Brien, O ' Dea, McMahon, McNamara, McGarry, Moloney, O ' Grady, Hogan, Considine and Lynch.

Most NLL players have full-time jobs off the floor ; notable examples include Toronto's Dan Ladouceur, a Durham Region police officer, and Buffalo's John Tavares, a high school teacher in Mississauga, Ontario.

Most Metro stations were designed by Chicago architect Harry Weese, and are examples of late-20th century modern architecture.

Most examples of virtual Internet art and electronic art are highly interactive.

Most commonly, they are simply taken from a word used in the narrative of a book ; a few representative examples are: " grok " ( to achieve complete intuitive understanding ), from Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein ; " McJob ", from Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland ; " cyberspace ", from Neuromancer by William Gibson ; " nymphet " from Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.

Most of the examples of " real " men lived between 80 and 100 years, but ten cases of alleged centenarians are given.