Example sentences of "[coord] most of the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't like it much , I 'm afraid , or most of the people you meet there . |
| 2 | He was growing like a beanshoot and most of the things he had had last summer were too small . |
| 3 | This man was obviously considerably older than herself , and most of the women he knew would be likely to be as sophisticated and worldy-wise as himself . |
| 4 | And in fact , if we look at even more , I mean where I work is a Family Centre in Berinsfield erm and I interviewed erm some of the carers of young children , and most of the women I interviewed had , in fact , been subjected to marital violence by their male partners and in many ways this had been triggered off by arguments over who should take care of the children and over the woman not being in her place , so although it 's important to maybe look at the macro level , I really think we have to look at how men and women behave towards one another , particularly where child care is concerned . |
| 5 | In January it decided not to revive the May Day parade in Derry ; there was not enough interest and most of the trade-unionists who would be likely to take part would be attending the Belfast parade . |
| 6 | And most of the services they offer are n't readily available outside Britain . ’ |
| 7 | Inevitably , however , they took over many factual and theoretical shortcomings from the anthropologists on whom they relied and most of the problems we have seen in their work they inherited from their sources . |
| 8 | This is a matter of personal conscience and what every member in the council chamber today must be aware of , is that there is a vociferous and committed group of people we know that because we 've all had a great deal of communication from them and interestingly enough I have and most of the communication I 've had has been in favour so victory , people who write must be extremely perceptive in , with er marketing the that 's not the point , we all know that there is a committed and vociferous group of people whose consciences do not lead them to the same conclusions as Mr 's conscience and the issue really is , do we in a liberal and democratic society have the right to impose our consciences on those of other people who live in the community and quite clearly and quite determinedly take a different view . |
| 9 | During the plague , the rich people and most of the ministers who had remained in the established church fled from London . |
| 10 | And most of the clothes I hate ! |
| 11 | I am sure that the President and his advisors and most of the scientists who went to work on this project had heavy hearts … |
| 12 | I too have only one tank at the moment so I can not put the females in a separate tank as suggested by you and most of the books I have read . |
| 13 | And most of the time they had been together , he had had far too much control . |
| 14 | Now sheep are animals that we tend to regard as being pretty stupid and most of the time they 're timid creatures who will run away at the slightest sound or sight of something strange in their midst . |
| 15 | Perhaps we become aware of our age only at exceptional moments , and most of the time we are ageless . |
| 16 | And most of the time we wo n't . |
| 17 | I never bothered much about Allie , and most of the time I forgot I even had a brother . |
| 18 | ‘ I just go in like a bull at a gate and most of the time it works . |
| 19 | You can slip two or more needles side by side and most of the time it is preferable to do so in order to get a more definite design effect . |
| 20 | A field of cattle are normally quiet docile creatures and most of the time it 's fairly safe to walk through their midst and they will observe your passing with that quiet curiosity . |
| 21 | Most vase-painters of the period ignore the innovation , and most of the pieces which show it are big , elaborate vases from a single workshop . |
| 22 | According to our manager and most of the people we work with , the break that we had was too long . |
| 23 | Erm especially now that everybody 's moving away and most of the people you know have probably gone , or going , or they probably wo n't be moving near you any more . |
| 24 | Faraday 's advice was never to throw anything away ; and most of the apparatus he described could be home-made from glass-tubing and sheets of india-rubber . |
| 25 | But most of the stuff I get , of course , is action and science-fiction . |
| 26 | But most of the friends I have are very very and cross-legged individuals and not very demonstrative in any way . |
| 27 | It could be cycled in a prolonged dry spell but most of the year it was waterlogged , its condition made worse by the horses from the riding school attached to the farm at the bottom end . |
| 28 | Managers often talk about fundamental re-examinations of their business , but most of the improvements they attempt are incremental . |
| 29 | But most of the philosophers who have written about and explored the nature of being have not been so crude . |
| 30 | The timber industry has re-started , but most of the wood it produces is needed for military and official purposes . |