Example sentences of "[prep] the majority [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem was resolved by writing our own information retrieval program which met most of the requirements as they then existed and , with much thought being given on the subject , was designed to be flexible enough to cater for the majority of future needs . |
| 2 | For the majority of young mothers I talked to , it had been a mutual decision to have sex in the first place . |
| 3 | And this is more than can be said for the majority of other books which have exploited the same theme : that of man battling away , amid ignorance and fear , against some novel , lethal , unknown microorganism . |
| 4 | Analysis of secondary schools in the south east revealed a minority were responsible for the majority of all exclusions in the area . |
| 5 | This is a ‘ cased ’ binding , which serves for the majority of modern editions . |
| 6 | So it 's that sort of , if you like , unconscious and undeliberate bias that I 'm talking about ; those career breaks , the lack of day care for the majority of working women in this country . |
| 7 | Age Concern said : ‘ If local authorities ’ precious stock of properties suitable for elderly people begins to be sold off , the consequences for the majority of elderly tenants in ordinary housing could be very serious indeed . ’ |
| 8 | For the majority of female characters , then , shared character traits , mainly pejorative , include : |
| 9 | He stresses also the white person 's fear of and fascination with the imagined sexual potency of the negro : ‘ For the majority of white men the Negro represents the sexual instinct ( in its raw state ) . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd be surprised if we were back in before the end of this Parliament , ’ he said three weeks ago , almost emphatically enough for the majority of Tory MPs who want to steer clear of the Bundesbank for as long as possible . |
| 11 | Ankhu and Nebamun would have it easier , but for the majority of privileged men work was a nominal activity as they laboured more or less intelligently in the upper ranks of the army , the civil service and the priesthood ; most of the graft was done for them at a humbler level . |
| 12 | This was to downweight the effects of a subset of cosmid clones containing a copy of the rDNA repeat , and which were positive for the majority of YAC probes . |
| 13 | This is perfectly adequate for the majority of non-electrolytic capacitors including polystyrene , polyester and ceramic types . |
| 14 | Almost 70% of Norwegian farmers were part-time , with forestry and tourism accounting for the majority of off-farm jobs . |
| 15 | They ask me how much I paid for everything I was wearing , how much I pay for my room at the pension , how much salary I shall be getting at the university — a salary to me ridiculously small , little more than pocket-money , but for the majority of working-class Spaniards a fortune . |
| 16 | Indeed , for the majority of these propositions there is no authority in the sense of legislation or court decision . |
| 17 | The proponents of the scheme — Nuclear Free Scotland — which co-ordinates nuclear policy for the majority of Scottish councils — has expressed frustration with the delay in the provision of pollution data by British authorities . |
| 18 | In conclusion , it is recognised that , in educational terms , the possibility of certification in a school subject is a positive , motivating factor for the majority of secondary pupils . |
| 19 | But for Balbir , as for the majority of Asian girls who have turned to prostitution , they still think that it is too degrading for them to consider going out on to the streets . |
| 20 | For the majority of Fijian citizens who can not emigrate , there seems little alternative in the short term to growing unemployment and hunger . |
| 21 | The savories are not as well known as the majority of culinary herbs , but they should be used as often as marjoram or basil are , as they have their own distinctive , spicy , warming flavour to add to many dishes . |
| 22 | Will the UK be left behind as the majority of other countries in the ERM use a common currency ? |
| 23 | As the majority of these nations became independent between 1960 and 1962 , a fair bench mark to take for Africa as a whole would seem to be the year 1961 , a time when the continent was beginning its modern period of self-rule . |
| 24 | First , there is the actual death or separation leading to the formation of the majority of such families . |
| 25 | This is now so widely accepted that it seems less like a theory , or even a theoretical framework , than a piece of common sense ; and in one form or another it encompasses the views of the majority of Anglo-American philosophers and neuroscientists about the basis of consciousness or , at the very least , of perception . |
| 26 | In this respect , the opinions of the parliamentary leadership were not dissimilar to those of the majority of Labour supporters , but this congruence does not invalidate the claim that Labour 's substantive and definite electoral support bloc was on the decline , and was being replaced , at least at the margin , by a more conditional and circumspect form of popular support . |
| 27 | The latter has for many years been the preference of the majority of established practitioners : according to a recent Law Society survey , almost 75 per cent of solicitors in practice are equity partners in a firm . |
| 28 | The other is by being representative of the majority of actual bureaucrats , rather as the average reader of a newspaper like , say , The Times is simply a profile assembled out of the actual features of actual readers . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , the general conclusion of observers was that the vote , however flawed , was the most free expression of Romanian opinion that was possible under the circumstances , and that the victory of the NSF reflected the wishes of the majority of Romanian voters . |
| 30 | The population of the majority of rural villages was therefore dependent upon agriculture for a living . |