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 of the Æsir will die and Asgard be destroyed.

Most of the city's heritage was destroyed during the construction of basements in the 19th century or during World War II, but the backyards and latrines of the houses were not changed and provide information on the city's history.

Most of the scripts and discs were thought to have been destroyed, but all but one of the scripts were found in 1988 in the Library of Congress.

Most tapes were destroyed until the early 1980s.

* Most of the Polytheistic religious deities and texts of Pre-Western Americas, Oceania, and Africa, were destroyed by Christian missionaries and their converts.

Most corn fields were used to feed his horses, and some fields were destroyed.

Most forces carefully record the location and disposition of their own minefields, because warning signs can be destroyed or removed, and minefields should eventually be cleared.

* 1807 – Most of the English town of Chudleigh is destroyed by fire

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

Most of the physical properties of superconductors vary from material to material, such as the heat capacity and the critical temperature, critical field, and critical current density at which superconductivity is destroyed.

Most of the cattle were destroyed this year through an unidentified sickness.

Most cities were destroyed, while the remaining local population moved to the highland areas, establishing fortified towns.

Most of the models were destroyed in the 2005 Aardman studio fire, but a set from A Matter of Loaf and Death is presently on display at the At-Bristol science centre.

* 677: Most of the Arab fleet is destroyed by Greek fire ; the Persian crown prince flees to the T ' ang court.

Most rubber in everyday use is vulcanized to a point where it shares properties of both ; i. e., if it is heated and cooled, it is degraded but not destroyed.

Most of his works are either in public collections, or have been destroyed in fire or other misfortunes.

Most of the old center of the city was destroyed by the Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917, which started accidentally by an unattended kitchen fire on 18 August 1917.

Most San Francisco civil records were destroyed by the extensive fires that followed the 1906 earthquake ; it is not known with certainty what name appeared on his birth certificate.

Most of the ozone that is destroyed is in the lower stratosphere, in contrast to the much smaller ozone depletion through homogeneous gas phase reactions, which occurs primarily in the upper stratosphere.

Most of these miniatures were destroyed by fire in 1904 and survive only in photographs and copies.

Most sources dealing with the order's inner working were destroyed with the capture of Alamut, the Assassins ' headquarters, by the Mongols in 1256.

Most vineyards were destroyed by phylloxera in the 19th century, and very slowly were reconstituted.

Most of the interior was destroyed, but some of the contents were rescued without damage, including some furniture and much of the contents of the fair's Model Library.

Most of their remains were either burned or destroyed from attacks by the Inca and later the Spaniards.

Most of the original church was destroyed on December 21, 1812 in an earthquake centered near Santa Barbara that damaged or destroyed most of California's missions.