During the greater part of our stay of a week the sky was cloudless, and if the trade-wind failed for an hour the heat became very oppressive.
I frequently observed, both in Tierra del Fuego and within the Andes, that where the rock was covered during the greater part of the year with snow, it was shivered in a very extraordinary manner into small angular fragments.
The French colony of Canada was, during the greater part of the last century, and some part of the present, under the government of an exclusive company.
In those ancient times, when the cattle were half starved during the greater part of the winter, we cannot suppose that they were of a very large size.
During the greater part of the Middle Ages the chief object of education was to make men monks, and originally the schools established at Oxford and Cambridge were exclusively for that purpose.
During the greater part of the first four centuries after the Saxon conquest Britain was divided into a number of tribal settlements, or petty kingdoms, held by Jutes, Angles, and Saxons, constantly at war with each other.
During the greater part of the thirteen years of the new King's reign they were fighting against him.
During the greater part of the nineteenth century, the peculiar nature of the office of intendant gave to the latter official the duty of collecting the licenses of the Chinese, subject to the superintendent.
During the greater part of the audiencia's existence there was no consulado in Manila and the jurisdiction of the audiencia in commercial cases extended to suits between merchants for space on the galleon.
This judicial system was independent of the audiencia, and the latter body, during the greater part of the history of the Islands, was denied jurisdiction in these cases, even on appeal.
During the greater part of the day the animal had been much heated, walking amidst a throng of at least a hundred pony mares.
During the greater part of this and the following day, I was much occupied at the custom-house, endeavouring to obtain the documents necessary for the exportation of the Testaments.
These courts, during the time of the summer heats, are covered over with a canvas awning, and beneath this the family sit during the greater part of the day.
Indeed, at night the owners slept on the roof, during the greater part of the year; and as most of their work was done out of doors, they might easily be persuaded that a house was far less necessary for them than a tomb.
It is true that the ethnological types are quite different, and that the two peoples, during the greater part of their existence, did not mingle much with one another.
During the greater part of that day I had been subjected to severe mental and much physical excitement, which had almost crushed me down by the time I was relieved from duty in the course of the evening.
During the greater part of the Norman and Plantagenet period the wimple or neck-cloth was common.
During the greater part of the period of York and Lancaster necks were worn bare, the "camise" appearing at the V-shaped junction of the bodice, the neck being ornamented with jewellery.
The fashion continued for a long period; in fact, during the greater part of the Georgian era, when it had degenerated into mere spots or small patches.
During the greater part of the 10th century the Carolingians, stripped of the vast domains which had been the basis of the power of Pippin, owed their continued existence to the forbearance of Hugh the Great, count of Paris.
During the greater part of his reign he was a loyal ally of the Romans, who bestowed upon him signal marks of favour.
During the greater part of the 14th century France was engaged in foreign wars and in internal complications, and it seemed doubtful if a strong centralized monarchy would be firmly established.
During the greater part of our stay of a week, the sky was cloudless, and if the trade-wind failed for an hour, the heat became very oppressive.
During the greater part of the time even those seats are not filled, for they are adapted only for the transaction of the business of the House.
During the greater part of the time since the Union in 1801, Ireland has been subject to a long series of coercion acts, temporary in duration, but renewed at short intervals under different names.
There was now a dead silence, during the greater part of which, neither dared to look at the other; at length each hazarded a glance; their eyes met, and their embarrassment deepened in a tenfold degree.
During the greater part of the journey home, his language was only a continuation of the incoherencies which Connor had, with such a humiliating sense of shame and sorrow, witnessed in his prison cell.
There has been a sinking of the heart upon me during the greater part of this day.
The floor, being much heavier than the rest of the vessel, would naturally be turned downwards; that is, during the greater part of the voyage towards the Sun.
During the greater part of the year a clear sky from the morning to the evening zyda may be reckoned upon with almost absolute confidence.
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