Example sentences of "[verb] most of the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Christopher designed most of the buildings himself , but left the design of ‘ The Castle , to the terrifically fashionable architect John Carr of York , who had been taken up by the Yorkshire gentry after his triumph with the design for the grandstand on the racecourse at Knavesmire . |
| 2 | The Labour candidate in Southend East , which contains most of the town itself , is Graham Bramley , a teacher originally from Accrington . |
| 3 | One local builders ' merchant has most of the materials we needed . |
| 4 | The circumstance which offended most of the Yek who heard of it was not the attempt on Alexei 's life , but rather the means which had been employed . |
| 5 | erm At the beginning of the social services committee meeting Mr moved a resolution which he previously moved at the social services planning sub-committee which listed most of the things which are presently in the the resolution but it started the social services accept the implication of the director of social services report on the future of the department 's elderly person 's homes erm , after some minutes of debate the er Democrats asked if the Tories would remove that phrase from the resolution and then tha the Democrats , the Liberal Democrats would vote for it the Tories of course er looking gift horses in the mouth as usual , said no and the the that resolution was lost . |
| 6 | Yes Chairman I 'd like to second that and just to erm say very briefly that er erm I , I very much welcome the report and the speed with which the Chief Officer is seen to have addressed most of the issues there are one or two bits that , that were of course were in fact posters , posters er be dealt with erm I have to say I still have some concern erm that the Chief Fire Officer and his team are so well supported on a very broad front on their decision making and their professionalism and yet on other matters of sound advice which has been given by er who are turned aside and just simply not given the proper consideration that they should have as in that er respect Chairman and I , I , I have some concern , erm it , it would not surprise me indeed if the , Her Majesty 's Inspector of er er brigades , when he comes round himself , has some comment to make on that since I think he 's expectations as well are almost as high as mine is . |
| 7 | The dispute between Huddersfield Polytechnic and Kirklees Metropolitan Council which has continued for a number of years illustrates most of the tensions which may develop between a polytechnic and its local authority . |
| 8 | You can do most of the job yourself with that old favourite , the Wet Test , a walk across the floor with damp feet . |
| 9 | And it is deeply revealing that recent scholarly research into what tribal art he could have encountered during the time of his first enthusiasm for it has demonstrated that he could not have seen most of the examples which art historians have previously compared and juxtaposed to his paintings.1 |
| 10 | The Council , in sum , is seeking most of the tools it needs to relaunch itself as an active , respected self-regulator . |
| 11 | The Council , in sum , is seeking most of the tools it needs to relaunch itself as an active , respected self-regulator . |
| 12 | Friends at Camberwell were often impressed by Kylie 's wardrobe and a few realised her secret — she had made most of the outfits herself . |
| 13 | Together , these two initiatives exhibit most of the features which were to characterise Conservative policies towards the inner cities for the rest of the decade : |
| 14 | The GEF is likely to handle most of the funds which are expected to be pledged by donor countries under conventions on climate change and the protection of biological diversity due to be agreed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , in June . |
| 15 | Much of the original Middlesbrough no longer exists Most of the slums which developed from the complex succession of nineteenth-century grid blocks have now been swept away in modern re-development . |
| 16 | He avoids these people ( who seem to constitute most of the people he knows ! ) and often seeks the company of children instead of adults . |
| 17 | I know we were Wept in thirteen main locations and I recall most of the dates we moved , but the minutiae have begun to merge . |
| 18 | They obtain most of the liquid they need through the intake of green vegetation . |
| 19 | Unless the externality can be priced ( charging suburban users but not city dwellers for entry to subsidized galleries and opera houses ) , the most efficient solution is to widen the geographical area of each local government until it includes most of the people who will use the public services it provides . |
| 20 | The pattern today includes most of the features which people created in the past . |
| 21 | Although the school holidays are difficult , her husband does shift work and could arrange his shifts to cover most of the time she is at work . |
| 22 | First Division strugglers County were trying to recoup most of the £225,000 they paid eight months ago to prise Wilson from Stamford Bridge . |
| 23 | It 's quicker to do most of the preparations myself though . ’ |
| 24 | ’ We know most of the shoplifters who come in here , including the wild children . |
| 25 | You know most of the people what was in the riots come from the flats . |
| 26 | THE soldiers of Switzerland usually get most of the things they want . |
| 27 | Actually I like most of the artists I work with . |
| 28 | It is clear from the foregoing summary that the project has been successful in achieving in some measure most of the objectives it set itself . |
| 29 | Robert , at a loss , went on a drinking spree in which he spent most of the savings he had accumulated during his first few months in the new country . |
| 30 | By 1372 England had suffered a naval defeat at La Rochelle and lost most of the gains which it had made by the time of the treaty of Brétigny ; in the following year much of Brittany was lost ; in 1375 another spectacular naval defeat was suffered ; and in 1376 and 1377 the south and east coasts of England were alerted under threats of invasion or raids . |