Most frequently, classical elements refer to ancient beliefs inspired by natural observation of the phases of matter.

Most classical liberals also supported legislation to regulate the number of hours that children were allowed to work and usually did not oppose factory reform legislation.

Most physicists today believe that quantum mechanics is correct, and that the EPR paradox is a " paradox " only because classical intuitions do not correspond to physical reality.

Most ancient cultures have had conceptions of a flat Earth, including Greece until the classical period, the Bronze Age and Iron Age civilizations of the Near East until the Hellenistic period, India until the Gupta period ( early centuries AD ) and China until the 17th century.

Most scientific treatises of classical antiquity ( in Greek ) were unavailable, leaving only simplified summaries and compilations.

Most classical guitars have a neck and headblock carved from one piece of wood, known as a " Spanish heel.

Most classical Italian poems are composed of hendecasyllables ; for example, the major works by Dante, Francesco Petrarca, Ludovico Ariosto, and Torquato Tasso.

Most of the work accomplished in Alfonso ’ s scriptorium consisted of translations into the Castilian vernacular from Arabic translations of Greek texts or classical Jewish medicinal texts.

Most commentators assume that this referred to their " slippery " effect on meter in classical Greek verse when they occur as the second member of a consonant cluster.

Most classical stations specialize primarily in instrumental classical music and chamber music, though there are more special interest classical stations ( often found through media such as satellite radio or internet radio ) that carry classical pop music or operatic music.

Most optical phenomena can be accounted for using the classical electromagnetic description of light.

Most of these countries have modernized their laws and now have legal systems with significant differences when compared to classical sharia.

Most encyclopedias define sharia as law based upon the Quran, the Sunnah, and classical fiqh derived from consensus ( ijma ) and analogy ( qiyas ).

Most classical Greeks thought that the war was an historical event, but many believed that the Homeric poems had exaggerated the events to suit the demands of poetry.

Most of the buildings of the fair were designed in the classical style of architecture.

Most of the styles originating in post-renaissance Europe can be described as classical architecture.

Most of classical Judaism views God as a personal god.

Most of the world's foremost authorities on Gagaku music ( the ancient classical Shinto music of the imperial court of Japan ) are also Tenrikyo followers, and Gagaku music is actively promoted by Tenrikyo, although, strictly speaking, the Mikagura-Uta and Gagaku are separate musical forms.

" Most sauces commonly used in classical cuisine are daughter sauces.

Most classical liberals, who believed in free trade and low taxes, opposed Confederation because they feared that it would result in Big Government.

Most of the area of Ancient Messene contains the ruins of the large classical city-state of Messene refounded by Epaminondas in 369 BC, after the battle of Leuctra and the first Theban invasion of the Peloponnese.

Most Americans still take it for granted that European-based music — classical music, if you will — is the only really respectable kind.

Most orthodontists require an initial payment to cover the cost of diagnostic materials and construction of the appliances, but usually the remainder of the cost may be spread over a period of months or years.

Most of his cases happened during this period and he was at the height of his powers at this point in his life.

Most of the population lives in the western and northwestern parts of the country, where the two major cities, Yerevan and Gyumri ( which was called Aleksandropol ' during the tsarist period ), are located.

Most do not enter the World to Come immediately, but now experience a period of review of their earthly actions and they are made aware of what they have done wrong.

Most of the remaining fortifications including the Curtain walls and Keep date to this period and were built by the Armenians.

Most birds have an extended period of parental care after hatching.

Most soldiers are conscripts serving for a period 12 months ( with higher education ) or 18 month ( without ).

The fragments describe a Babylonian king ( spelled N-b-n-y ) who is afflicted by God with an " evil disease " for a period of seven years ; he is cured and his sins forgiven after the intervention of a Jewish exile who is described as a " diviner "; he issues a written proclamation in praise of the Most High God, and speaks in the first person.

Most commentators see Lamentations as reflecting the period immediately following the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC, though Provan argues for an interpretation that is ahistorical.

Most Chinese numerals of later period were descendants from Shang dynasty oracle numerals of 14th century B. C.

Most Arthurian romances of this period produced in English or Welsh did not follow this trend ; Camelot was referred to infrequently, and usually in translations from French.

Most of the English colonists arrived as indentured servants, hiring themselves out as laborers for a fixed period to pay for their passage.

Most of the ruins that survive today date from the most intense period of activity at the site in the 6th century BC.

Most date from the early Neolithic period ( 4000 to 3000 BC ).

Most inhabitants of Diego Garcia through the period from 1793 to 1971 were plantation workers, but also included Franco-Mauritian managers, Indo-Mauritian administrators, Mauritian and Seychellois contract employees, and in the late 19th Century, Chinese and Somali employees.

Most modern historians dismiss this entire period as being beyond what history can know.

Most of the futuristic-themed films of this period have been lost, but critics cite Thais by Anton Giulio Bragaglia ( 1917 ) as one of the most influential, serving as the main inspiration for the upcoming German Expressionist cinema.

Most of the film noirs of the classic period were similarly low-and modestly budgeted features without major stars — B movies either literally or in spirit.

Most Romans departed from Britain around the year 410, which began the sub-Roman period ( 5th – 6th centuries ), but the legacy of the Roman Empire was felt for centuries in Britain.

Most scholars reject the historicity of the later legends of King Arthur, which seem to be set in this period, but some such as John Morris see it as evidence behind which may lie a plausible grain of truth.

Most biblical scholars and historians of ancient Israel today view the patriarchical narratives, including the life of Jacob, as late ( 6th and 5th centuries BCE ) literary compositions that have ideological and theological purposes but are unreliable for historical reconstruction of the presettlement period of Israel ’ s past.

Most brothers joined for life, although some were allowed to join for a set period.