Most of the present-day inhabitants of the Banda Islands are descended from migrants and plantation labourers from various parts of Indonesia, as well as from indigenous Bandanese.

Most of the inhabitants were descendants of the original Puritan colonists, but there was also a small elite of Anglican " worthies " who were not involved in village life, who made their livings from estates, investments, and trade, and lived in mansions along " the Road to Watertown " ( today's Brattle Street, still known as Tory Row ).

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 of the inhabitants live in the administrative center, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

Most residents of Asunción and virtually all rural inhabitants were illiterate.

Most of the Comyn castles in Moray, Aberdeen and Buchan were destroyed and their inhabitants killed.

Most inhabitants live in a city agglomeration on the French border, surrounding the capital of Saarbrücken.

Most of the Ebla palace tablets, which date from that period, are about economic matters ; they provide a good look into the everyday life of the inhabitants, as well as many important insights into the cultural, economic, and political life in northern Mesopotamia around the middle of the third millennium B. C.

Most inhabitants of Silesia today speak the national languages of their respective countries ( Polish, Czech, German ).

Most of the Bulgarian and Greek population are Christians, while most of the Turkish inhabitants of Thrace are Muslims.

Most of the current inhabitants are descended from the slaves brought to work on the Loyalist plantations, or from liberated Africans set free by the British navy after the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire in 1807.

Most references to the islands from occasional visitors comment on the lack of law and order and the lack of religiosity of the inhabitants.

Most people today live in settlements far larger than anything known in early times, while some areas, such as Kilmartin and many of the islands, such as Islay and Tiree may well have had as many inhabitants as they do today.

Most inhabitants were black indigenous Africans with a diversity of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, ranging from Shangaan and Makonde to Yao or Shona peoples.

Most inhabitants of these areas will consider dew points above oppressive.

Most of the inhabitants are Roman Catholics, with a high life expectancy of over 80 years.

Most of the 4. 5 million inhabitants live in the north, and all but one of the island's few larger cites are located there.

Most of its inhabitants became refugees in bitterly cold weather during the Evacuation of East Prussia.

Most species are strictly freshwater inhabitants, but a considerable number are found in brackish water, such as roach and bream.

Most inhabitants of Miranda do Douro are either merchants or farmers.

Most of the colony's inhabitants originate from Corinth or Corcyra ( Corfu ).

Most of the German inhabitants were expelled.

Most houses had a square center room with other rooms attached to it, but a great variation in the size and materials used to build the houses suggest they were built by the inhabitants themselves.

Most of the inhabitants would not be allowed to return to their homes until after the Civil War ended in May 1865.

Most of the inhabitants of Knoxville, a mile away, moved to Roberta when the railroad arrived.

Most species of Carnivora are, to some degree, omnivorous, except the Felidae and Pinnipedia, which are obligate carnivores.

Most uses of diamonds in these technologies do not require large diamonds ; in fact, most diamonds that are gem-quality except for their small size, can find an industrial use.

Most CCC work, except for wildland firefighting, was shifted onto U. S. military bases to help with construction.

Most residential interior doors are 2 '- 6 " ( 0. 76 m ) wide except when designed to allow wheelchair access, then 3 '- 0 " ( 0. 91 ).

Most languages follow this, except Russian where the fighter. is an " истребитель " ( pronounced " istrebitel "), meaning " exterminator " and Hebrew where it is matose krav ( literally battle plane ).

Most of the regulations on business were ended about 1975 – 85, except for the regulation of Wall Street by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which still exists.

Most modern DNA separation methods now use agarose gels, except for particularly small DNA fragments.

Most are covered with thousands of square concrete features, called " warts " by the students, which would be perfectly suited to buildering except that, while some are set into the wall, others are simply glued on.

He won the league's Most Valuable Player Award and had such a dominant year that one sportswriter was prompted to say, " Henry Aaron led the league in everything except hotel accommodations.

Most Muslims accept as a Muslim anyone who has publicly pronounced the Shahadah ( declaration of faith ) which states, " I testify that there is no god except for the God, and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of God.

Most extant marine reptiles, except for some sea snakes, are oviparous and need to return to land to lay their eggs.

Most follow formats similar to the above ( Top 40s, Freeform, AOR and Oldies ), except with a different playlist.

Most countries, except the United States, use a metric system for describing nail sizes.

Most polonides decompose upon heating to about 600 ° C, except for HgPo that decomposes at ~ 300 ° C and the lanthanide polonides, which do not decompose but melt at temperatures above 1000 ° C.

Most are cold-hardy, withstanding temperatures between − 25 ° C and − 40 ° C in winter, except for the evergreen species, which only tolerate temperatures down to about − 15 ° C.

Most US domestic architecture, except in very dry regions, has roofs that are sloped, or pitched.

Most of these business were failures, except for the latter, and the company was bankrupted once again in 1965.

Most pure elemental superconductors, except niobium, technetium, vanadium and carbon nanotubes, are Type I, while almost all impure and compound superconductors are Type II.

Sosa won the National League Most Valuable Player Award for leading the Cubs into the playoffs in 1998, earning every first-place vote except for the two cast by St. Louis writers, who voted for McGwire.

Most of the area is totally waterless and uninhabited except for the few wandering Bedouin tribes.

Most members of this order, except for the Balistidae family, are ostraciiforms, meaning the body is rigid and incapable of lateral flexure.

Most of Turkestan ( former Onak territory ) under Karluk rule except west of Lake Aral where a loose confederation named Oguz is about to emerge.

Most cities surrendered without resistance, except for Alabanda and Mylasa.

Most pistachios are now picked by machine and the shells remain unstained, making dyeing unnecessary except to meet ingrained consumer expectations.

Most passerines lay coloured eggs, in contrast with non-passerines, most of whose eggs are white except in some ground-nesting groups such as Charadriiformes and nightjars, where camouflage is necessary, and some parasitic cuckoos, which match the passerine host's egg.