Example sentences of "that most of the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important to note that most of the authorities which have experienced the more punitive forms of grant limitation and all but one of the authorities which have experienced rate capping have been Labour controlled . |
| 2 | I do n't think though we should give the impression that most of the behaviour we 're calling sexual harassment takes the form of behaviour that |
| 3 | The experiments discussed in the previous section make it clear that most of the experiences which can be recalled if people are woken up through the night are not normally remembered in the morning . |
| 4 | Bear in mind , however , that most of the work I was doing was word processing , which allows the hard disk to be powered down for most of the time . |
| 5 | But erm perhaps that 's a good point to erm mention that most of the parents we interviewed did n't see themselves as erm people operating in a group . |
| 6 | ( Waddington et al. , 1990 , show that in the Nottinghamshire community which they surveyed the immigrant and the ‘ local ’ miners were spatially segregated within the housing stock and that most of the miners who joined the strike were among the recent immigrants whose home lives were somewhat separate from those of the rest of the community . ) |
| 7 | She found that about two-thirds of the women whom she studied had relied upon female kin at some stage , and that most of the support which they received was child care , coming principally from mothers and mothers-in-law , but also sisters , sisters-in-law , aunts and grandmothers . |
| 8 | There are rumours that most of the sides which face off in the first weekend of post-season action could be absorbed into a new , more important third tier of the Heineken League structure . |
| 9 | I 've said that most of the time we do n't know what our own beliefs are , because we do n't believe we have them . |
| 10 | Her voice was soft and sort of lazy sounding , the kind of voice that most of the time you are n't sure if the person is kidding or being serious . |
| 11 | And the problem is that most of the time you know what you want to say , but does it correspond to what people want to hear , or read , or listen to ? |
| 12 | It did n't help that most of the time I was pissed out of my brain . |
| 13 | Whatever it was , it was like a wall between them and he was honest enough to admit to himself that most of the time he was building on it brick by brick in order to blot her out of his sight … forever . |
| 14 | But that time has not yet come and Orlan found that most of the surgeons she approached did not want to get involved with her ideas . |
| 15 | But it is understood that most of the banks who have lent money to Bond have secured their loans against assets or have made provisions against ultimate default . |
| 16 | Current economic thinking , and policy , is dominated by the idea that most of the unemployment we observe can be explained by labour , market ‘ imperfections ’ such as trade unions , minimum wage legislation uncertainty and lack of labour mobility . |
| 17 | ‘ I suggest that most of the sentiments you express so forcibly are your own , Mr Peck . |
| 18 | It certainly contributed in a more direct manner in that most of the food we ate had a high carbohydrate content and , although I was unaware of it at the time , I put on a lot of weight . |
| 19 | They may reject what they regard as middle-class or old-fashioned values and delight in looking as dirty and scruffy as possible , championing people and causes that most of the people their parents mix with would not consider acceptable . |
| 20 | His childhood exposure to life in the streets of a western town , still so new that most of the people who had founded it were still alive , had left him with no illusions about people or their motives , and it was always for the motive behind the question that he looked . |
| 21 | Given that this is the first full-length biography , and that most of the people who knew her well are dead , the danger is that Molly Izzard 's interpretations will be accepted by future scholars . ’ |
| 22 | I have I would say that most of the people who answer yes who have been in say for instance home improvements |
| 23 | This chapter will start by looking at the potential for politicisation in later-Stuart England , and show that most of the issues which divided the parties at this time had roots which dug deep in society . |
| 24 | The thing that perturbed him slightly , though , was that most of the men she talked to were young rather than old . |
| 25 | This was purely business , and for all the jolly camaraderie Kate was aware that most of the men she 'd met this evening had grave reservations about her ability to do her job well now that they 'd seen her . |