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 of my stories were obtained by simply seeking out the person who could give me the facts, and not as a rule by playing clever tricks.

He writes, `` Most of my friends and I were Jewish ; ;

Most of them were elderly men.

Most Juniors who were entered in the Finals are seasoned campaigners and not only show and win in Junior Classes but score in the Breed Classes as well.

Most of our working days were spent on the telephone calling `` bookies '', illegal gambling dens, a certain `` residential club for young actresses '', more than a hundred different bars or the steam room of the athletic club.

Most of the Junkers were above the blinding light of the flares, and the radar-controlled shore gun had been knocked out by one of the first sticks of bombs.

Most of the letters were written in the hubbub of camp, on stumps, pieces of bark, drum heads, or the knee.

Most manufacturers were now disposed to heed a proposal for the formal interchange of patents.

Most children love the animated puppet faces and their flexible bodies, and they prefer to see them as though the puppets were in action, rather than put away in boxes.

Most of the fingers on his left hand were burned off when he fell asleep with a cigarette.

Most of them were written between 1953 and 1960 and originally appeared in various magazines.

Most of their original objections about `` shells '' were overridden by the relief that these hideous ( to them ) bodies were mercifully concealed.

Most of the still extant works of Aristotle, as well as a number of the original Greek commentaries, were translated into Arabic and studied by Muslim philosophers, scientists and scholars.

Most agnostid species were eyeless.

Most notably are the characters of Dr. Eric Leidner in Murder in Mesopotamia, Signor Richetti in Death on the Nile, and many minor characters in They Came to Baghdad were archaeologists.

The other Rutherford films ( all directed by George Pollock ) were Murder at the Gallop ( 1963 ), based on the 1953 Hercule Poirot novel After the Funeral ( In this film, she is identified as Miss JTV Marple, though there was no indication as to what the extra initials might stand for ); Murder Most Foul ( 1964 ), based on the 1952 Poirot novel Mrs McGinty's Dead ; and Murder Ahoy!

Most Germanic tribes were generally tolerant of the Nicene beliefs of their subjects.

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

Most of the pilings that form the foundation of Venice were made from alder trees.

Most of the Alemanni were probably at the time in fact resident in or close to the borders of Germania Superior.

Most agates occur as nodules in volcanic rocks or ancient lavas where they represent cavities originally produced by the disengagement of volatiles in the molten mass which were then filled, wholly or partially, by siliceous matter deposited in regular layers upon the walls.

Most later Alexanders in various countries were directly or indirectly named for him.

Most government positions also were appointed by the legislature.

Most analog electronic appliances, such as radio receivers, are constructed from combinations of a few types of basic circuits.

Most harmonicas are constructed with the reed-plates screwed or bolted to the comb or each other.

Most IQ tests are constructed so that there are no overall score differences between females and males.

Most are constructed as enamel coated wire ( magnet wire ) wrapped around a ferrite bobbin with wire exposed on the outside, while some enclose the wire completely in ferrite and are referred to as " shielded ".

Most of the Johnson solids can be constructed from the first few ( pyramids, cupolae, and rotunda ), together with the Platonic and Archimedean solids, prisms, and antiprisms.

Most of the line was constructed using the Greathead shield system, with limited amounts of hand-mining for connecting tunnels at stations.

Most nautical charts are constructed on the Mercator projection whose scale varies by approximately a factor of six from the equator to 80 ° north or south latitude.

Most lines were constructed by government but a few were of private origin, later nationalised.

Most operator-precedence parsers can be modified to produce postfix expressions ; in particular, once an abstract syntax tree has been constructed, the corresponding postfix expression is given by a simple post-order traversal of that tree.

Most of the filming took place in the farmhouse, which was filled with furniture constructed from animal bones and a latex material used as upholstery to give the appearance of human skin.

Most letters are constructed by a combination of two basic shapes: a vertical stem ( either long or short ) and either one or two rounded bows ( which may or may not be underscored, and may be on the left or right of the stem ).

Most of the population of the island was displaced in 1962 when a NATO radiogoniometric station was constructed on the eastern half of the island.

Most of these readers favored the sad ending, partly because they felt Heinlein should have been free to create his own story, and partly because they believed that the changed ending turned a tragedy into a mere adventure, and not a very well constructed one at that.

Most fixed-wing aircraft are constructed by companies with the objective of producing them in quantity for customers.

Most commercial development was initiated in the early 20th century when the current street pattern was set out and elegant Edwardian retail parades were constructed.

Most of the development seen today was constructed in the 1980s and 1990s.

Most houses in early Looe would have been constructed with the living quarters upstairs above storage areas for boats, tools and fishing tackle.

Most similar canopy walks around the world are constructed using suspension bridge-type structures — not for the faint of heart.

Most North American style skyscrapers have a steel frame, while residential blocks are usually constructed of concrete.

Most of the campus was constructed between 1967 and 1973.

Most of the buildings in downtown Hollister are constructed in the Tudorbethan or mock Tudor style.

Most early buildings in the town were constructed during the boom spurred by the railroad in 1910-1911.

Most of the growth started in the 1980s, when several new developments were constructed, such as Colony Lakes and the expansion of Beach Haven West, and Ocean Acres, which strayed from being a community of summer homes into a booming development of Single-family homes.

Most base buildings, not meant for long-term use, were constructed of temporary or semi-permanent materials.