Example sentences of "of [det] [noun pl] [Wh pn] [vb past] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 Given that approximately 500,000 children left school each year , the figure of 42,000 represents about 8% of all school-leavers who found their first full-time job through the juvenile exchange system , though a far greater number registered .
2 He also said , to the delight of those Nonconformists who read his memoirs , that Watson 's tour was far more successful than Matthew Arnold 's .
3 Because of her involvement in politics and close knowledge of major social issues , Webb was among the first of those anti-suffragists who rested their case on the fact that local politics provided a sufficient outlet for maternal influence to recognise that the huge divide between local and national issues in politics was ceasing to exist .
4 This plaque , this memorial plaque , is in honour of those men who gave their lives during this memorial , memorable period of history .
5 In each place a crowd of men in blue overalls , each with a Gauloise stuck in the corner of his mouth , stared into the mirror behind the bar at the reflection of any women who braved their domain .
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