Example sentences of "most [prep] [pron] [modal v] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 3,000 youngsters , approximately , will participate and audiences are likely to run at around 15,000 , most of whom will be young people . |
| 2 | If the receiver succeeds in his plans to sell the company as a going concern then most of them might be able to hang on to their positions . |
| 3 | And even you 'll probably get one or two of them wrong occasionally but most of them 'll be right and when you get one or two of them wrong the teacher 'll say Oh not C K like desk for example not C K on the end of desk because it 's got this letter S in it as well . |
| 4 | Most of them would be unlikely to sponsor a wholesale reconstruction of the educational system and were content to work strenuously within the generous limits of the new Act of 1944 . |
| 5 | They will not be martyrs , for most of them will be astute as well as honest . |
| 6 | Many club coaches are available for private coaching sessions and most of them will be able to organize training in a club boat ( approximately £30 an hour ) . |
| 7 | Even within the Home Office , one of the most heavyweight of all Whitehall Departments , the Secretary of State will have to set his own priorities between immigration and nationality , criminal justice , national security , gambling , the fire service , Sunday trading , dangerous dogs , and many other topics for legislation , some of which may be urgent , and most of which will be controversial . |
| 8 | Most of us would be happy with a membership card . |
| 9 | Most of us will be average , and our children will remain at our socio-economic level or move marginally higher up the social order in line with an overall improvement in standards of living . |
| 10 | The ideas of problem solving appear to be well known or obvious , but most of us will be able to recall situations where we spent hours or days on a problem whose solution was ‘ obvious ’ once we found it . |
| 11 | Yes , I 've got an allotment actually in the city , and I compost most of my stuff , as most of you 'll be aware , this is by far the best way of dealing with it . |
| 12 | And er most of you will be aware that , where does most of your money come from on an endowment ? |