Example sentences of "majority of [noun pl] be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority of cases were dealt with in a routine , bureaucratic fashion and suffered at least one adjournment . |
| 2 | The result is that the majority of women are engaged at least for part of their lives in full-time domestic work , especially while their children are young . |
| 3 | The majority of houses are connected to the public sewer and this is certainly the best way to dispose of household waste and soil water . |
| 4 | The majority of crematoria are run by local authorities . |
| 5 | Embryologists are sensitive about issues relating to animal experimentation and the vast majority of experiments are done on very early embryos which are rarely allowed to develop to maturity . |
| 6 | The majority of kites are supplied with lines ‘ A ’ and ‘ B ’ continuous and line ‘ C ’ of fixed length . |
| 7 | Tony Bottoms ( 1977 ) has used Durkheim 's ‘ two laws of penal evolution ’ to offer an explanation of the emerging trend towards ‘ bifurcation ’ in British penal policy , whereby less severe punishments for the majority of offenders is combined with harsher measures for the minority of really serious offenders ( see Chapter 1 ) . |
| 8 | In Ditton 's study , the majority of offenders were dealt with quickly and leniently — ‘ Put that bloody loaf down ’ or ‘ Do n't you try and fiddle me ’ being examples of reactions . |
| 9 | During observations of social security appeal tribunal hearings the vast majority of chairs were found to be courteous , sensitive and at pains to be helpful to appellants , reflecting , presumably , the ‘ enabling ’ role that has been stressed under the new regime and the belief expressed by all chairs that hearings were fundamentally ‘ inquisitorial ’ . |
| 10 | Next day delivery of the large majority of products is offered in all their various pack sizes , from a computerised warehouse in Glossop . |
| 11 | Unsuccessful searches will always be faster in a multi-way tree than in a binary search tree , which suits our purpose as the majority of strings being searched for will not be in the word list . |
| 12 | The vast majority of contracts are prepared in standard form by the local Estate Agent … |
| 13 | That 's why the vast majority of users are attracted to Microsoft Windows by its very simplicity . |
| 14 | The majority of Rottweilers are kept as pets : this is a pigeon-hole Rottweilers do not fit into with ease ; there has to be something else . |
| 15 | As I hope to demonstrate later , by far the largest majority of infants are biased towards being social rather than antisocial . |
| 16 | The vast majority of members are recruited at local level by word of mouth and very , very few by the image-making publicity generated at national level . |
| 17 | All applications were considered by a Panel , the majority of members being drawn from the ESRC Standing Committees . |
| 18 | Rapid agreement by the park committees and boards is the norm : the majority of proposals are approved without question : and in most other cases , negotiations lead to the agreed retention or addition of Features of conservation value . |
| 19 | But still , the great majority of posts are held by the sort of steady chaps who have always made up the Great and Good . |
| 20 | The focus will be upon the routine ways in which the majority of complaints are dealt with inside these organizations , although more formal procedures will also be looked at . |
| 21 | The examination committee records in London show that the majority of students were examined after nine or 18 months ' instruction , and even then they stood a chance of being referred back for a further period of study . |
| 22 | As part of the control of the transaction it is important that the majority of meetings are held at the firm 's own premises . |
| 23 | He was born at a time when the great majority of musicians were employed by patrons — wealthy aristocrats , monarchs , or prelates — or as civic musicians working for a town council . |
| 24 | Even before this change , however , the majority of candidates were presented for certification in July ( 97% in 1989/90 ) . |
| 25 | The majority of rooms are shared by two students , and applications from new postgraduates unwilling to share are less likely to be successful . |
| 26 | And if he landed in England with Matilda , estates such as Hugh de Tracy 's were at risk , placed as they were in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire , where the majority of castles were held by men who owed fealty to the Earl rather than the King . |
| 27 | The majority of quarrels were started by a struggle for possessions . |
| 28 | But the majority of classes were arranged at District branches and the statistics are considered representative of the proportion of occupational groups within the District . |
| 29 | The majority of partnerships are based on a model imported from the USA and exemplified by the Boston Compact . |
| 30 | As the majority of vehicles are propelled in this manner , this point speaks for itself . |