Example sentences of "[det] of [Wh pn] [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A UK-sponsored proposal for a UN police force , endorsed by EC Foreign Ministers on April 28 , was met with scepticism by UN officials , some of whom feared that UN procedures were being by-passed . |
| 2 | In this it had little success , though it did cause some alarm to the authorities and to shipowners , some of whom recognised that accumulated benefits could be an effective way of retaining membership . |
| 3 | Dad had a regular and earnest young crowd of head-bowers — students , psychologists , nurses , musicians — who adored him , some of whom rang and visited late at night in panic and fear , so dependent were they on his listening kindness . |
| 4 | Meanwhile spies in the Red Fort reported the developments to each of Shah Jehan 's four sons , all of whom assumed that the long-awaited succession battle was now imminent . |
| 5 | This was certainly the conclusion of contemporary intellectuals , almost all of whom thought that the government 's attempts to raise additional troops created more problems than they solved . |
| 6 | Is not the timing of that exercise particularly insensitive , and is there any reason why it should not be postponed for a period of , say , a week as a mark of respect to the crew of the Antares , all of whom perished when the vessel was sunk ? |
| 7 | During a visit to Portugal on Jan. 14 Levi held talks with the Foreign Ministers of Angola and Cape Verde , both of whom announced that diplomatic relations with Israel would soon be established . |
| 8 | He elaborated it in a memorandum of 17 Nov 1987 , which was discussed at the Africa/Middle East Committee on 8 Dec 1987 , and at SMT on 4 Dec 1987 , both of whom recommended that it be explored . |
| 9 | My mother and my best friend , both of whom believed that I could just as well have a bath at home , came with me . |
| 10 | Amongst new captives brought in were a Maxwell laird and an English under-officer , both of whom testified that they had seen King Edward Balliol riding off eastwards from the camp area , alone , still only in shirt and breeches , presumably making for the Border and Carlisle . |
| 11 | During the 1520s , this theological orthodoxy came under challenge throughout Europe from the new ideas of the continental reformers , Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli , both of whom claimed that the truth of their new theology was evident from scripture and based upon a biblical authority which took precedence over tradition and papal decree . |
| 12 | He liked me to air my opinions in front of our friends , most of whom felt as he did : he said I looked so pretty when I got excited . |