Example sentences of "of [Wh pn] [be] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each real animal is surrounded by a little cluster of neighbours , most of whom have never existed , but a few of whom are its ancestors , its descendants and its cousins . |
| 2 | The seven members of the Department ( two of whom are themselves Nottingham graduates ) are joined annually by assistants from Russia , Serbia , or Croatia and Slovenia . |
| 3 | Our contracts specify that private patients , many of whom are themselves blood donors , are not charged for the blood itself . |
| 4 | Edith Granger 's mother ; she lives upon ‘ the reputation of some diamonds and her family connexions ’ , the chief of whom is her nephew , Lord Feenix . |
| 5 | Then there were the courtiers , the greatest of whom was her husband , Denis . |
| 6 | Of whom was it said : ‘ He was not only a bore , he bored for England ’ . |
| 7 | Of whom was it said : ‘ Old politicians never die , they simply wade away ’ . |
| 8 | Of whom was it said , ‘ There but for the grace of God goes God ’ ? |
| 9 | He was sentenced to pay a large fine , and to surrender his office to trustees ( one of whom was his own brother-in-law ) , although the intricacies of the case were not settled until at least 1636 . |
| 10 | The event would bring together dozens of celebrities to partner the professionals , many of whom were themselves household names . |
| 11 | Examples are an orphaned marital child adopted by a couple neither of whom were its natural parents ; a marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; a non-marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; or adopted by a couple neither of whom was the natural parent . |
| 12 | He had had to make do with friends ' children , many of whom were his godchildren . |
| 13 | ‘ It was a marvellous afternoon with a huge turnout of people , most of whom were his patients at one time or another . ’ |
| 14 | The more serious uses of the theatre and adjoining laboratories were acknowledged by some of the leading scientists of the day — William Thomson ( first Baron Kelvin ) , ( Sir ) J. Ambrose Fleming , ( Sir ) James Dewar , and ( Sir ) Joseph Swan [ qq.v. ] — most of whom were his personal friends . |
| 15 | There is actual evidence that he did do it in his childhood , and th so they 're not erm , they 're kind of building everything on a single sentence like Leo does , you know , amazingly enough , Leo 's book starts with entry of Who 's Who in a single phrase , where she calls herself daughter of , her father . |
| 16 | The police and football authorities now say they have a good picture of who 's who in the hooligan world . |
| 17 | Bolt themselves in , if someone knocks on the door , you know , it 's sort of who is it |