for the greatest part
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They could see them yelling and screaming at their games, though they could not hear them, and they yelled and screamed the louder to the eye because they were visibly for the greatest part boys.
From Imaginary Interviews by Howells, William Dean
Peter himself worked for the greatest part of every day among the other workmen, wearing also the same dress that they wore.
From Peter the Great by Abbott, Jacob
He must be knowing in History, and be able to give a reason for the greatest part of the Ornaments of25 Architecture which are founded upon History.
From An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author by Perrault, Claude
Footnote 2: These notes, for the greatest part have been omitted, as being of no possible interest to the English reader.
From Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
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
