for the greatest part
Example Sentences
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Their religion, for the greatest part, is Popery; but in several states and cities, particularly Prussia, the Protestant prevails.
From A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses by
The polar basin is hemmed in by the coast line of Europe, Asia, and America, in about latitude 70° north, for the greatest part of the entire circumference.
From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Bassnett, Thomas
Now it is not well enough considered to what accidents and occasions the world is indebted for the greatest part of those noble writings which hourly start up to entertain it.
From English Satires by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant
They contain, for the greatest part, not more than ten to twenty huts of an extremely miserable appearance.
From The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery by Notovitch, Nicolas
The decrease in the number of prison inmates can also for the greatest part be attributed to the pardons granted.
From The Future Belongs to the People by Liebknecht, Karl Paul August Friedrich
