Most of these, with horrible exceptions, were conceived as is a ship, not as an attempt to quell the ocean of mankind, nor to deny its force, but as a means to survive and enjoy it.

Most meteoritic material, by the time it reaches the Earth's surface, has been reduced to dust or to spherules of ablated material in its passage through the atmosphere.

Most of us remember and think of the Wagner-Peyser Act in its historical sense, as a major milestone in the development of public placement services.

Most nuts consist of the richly packaged storage kernel and its thick, adherent, brown covering -- the seedcoat.

Most Republicans agreed with Lincoln that the North was the aggrieved party, as the Slave Power tightened its grasp on the national government with the Dred Scott decision and the presidency of James Buchanan.

Most of Aristotle's work is probably not in its original form, since it was most likely edited by students and later lecturers.

Most of Armenia is drained by the Araks or its tributary, the Hrazdan, which flows from Lake Sevan.

Most commonly, bandwidth refers to the 3-dB bandwidth, that is, the frequency range within which the spectral density ( in W / Hz or V < sup > 2 </ sup >/ Hz ) is above half its maximum value ( or the spectral amplitude, in V or V / Hz, is more than 70. 7 % of its maximum ); that is, above − 3 dB relative to the peak.

Although the March 2007 issue of Foreign Policy listed BJU as one of " The World's Most Controversial Religious Sites " because of its past influence on American politics, BJU has seen little political controversy since Stephen Jones became president.

Most of its ethnically and linguistically diverse population lives in the south, with densities ranging from 54 persons per square kilometers in the Logone River basin to 0. 1 persons in the northern B. E. T.

Most of these institutes focus on a form of economics called macroeconomics which keeps its eyes on things such as inflation: the rate at which money loses its value over time ; growth: how much money a government has and how quickly it accrues money ; unemployment, and rates of trade between other countries.

Most of its production is in the upper metre or so of the soil column, where the cosmogenic neutron flux is still sufficiently strong.

Most definitions of Continental Europe extend the boundaries of the continent to its standard boundaries, the Ural Mountains, Ural River, Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountains.

Most frogs identify prey by movement, and vision appears to be the primary method by which the cane toad detects prey ; however, the cane toad can also locate food using its sense of smell.

The most notable difference is the number of its heads: Most sources describe or depict three heads ; others show it with two or even just one ; a smaller number of sources show a variable number, sometimes as many as 50 or even 100.

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.

Most scholars regard it as being entirely fictional, its geography being perfect for romance writers ; Arthurian scholar Norris J.

Most of the villages that in 1932 were suddenly included in the new Chianti Classico area added in Chianti to their name-such as Greve in Chianti which amended its name in 1972.

Most tourists visit the Dominican Republic on account of its beaches, but there is an expanding eco-tourism and outdoor activity sector, focused on the country's mountains and wildlife.

Most DJ mixers now include a beat-counter which analyzes the tempo of an incoming sound source and displays its tempo in Beats Per Minute ( BPM ), which may assist with beatmatching analog sound sources.

Most of these, including the small code size and small data set size, were understood at the time of its publication in 1984.

Most of its Amazonian territory was never under its effective control.

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.