Example sentences of "none of [pron] [verb] be " in BNC.

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1 Still other male mice spent a single four-hour period inhaling nitrous oxide before being put with females ( none of which had been exposed to hazardous chemicals ) .
2 The exhibition Ladislav wanted me to see and which he had not yet seen himself , was a series of documents and photographs relating to the events of 1968 , none of which had been made public before .
3 Eventually Mr Holdsworth was summoned to attend a Council committee at which he was presented with a list of 26 disciplinary offences , none of which had been raised with him before his suspension .
4 Our makeshift seat had consisted of cases of wine while bottles of brandy were distributed liberally amongst the boys ' bedding , none of which had been declared to us , of course .
5 The smaller comprises 100,000 holders of ‘ traditional ’ with-profits policies which are invested totally in the participating fund ( none of which have been sold for about six years ) will be totally ring fenced , and both the investment profits and the ‘ infrastructure ’ profits — that is , the profits on the policy management — will remain the property of these policyholders .
6 Mr G. has sent many specimens in spirits , ’ wrote Prince to Jardine , ‘ none of which have been opened as it is his wish that they shall not be shewn to anyone until his return . ’
7 Early plans for what was called the finest waterfront site in Europe included a heritage centre , now nearly complete , and a leisure complex with bowling alley , cinemas , food stores and nightclub , none of which have been attracted to the site .
8 Each of the organisations involved has its own particular viewpoint , none of which has been stifled for the sake of consistent unanimity .
9 There have been various attempts to broaden the sixth-form curriculum , none of which has been successful .
10 but a plethora of ‘ gods ’ , none of which has been remotely successful .
11 None of which has been answered yet , I might add .
12 The studios were rocking from an earthquake none of them believed was happening .
13 I spoke to Sikh and Hindu children in Southall and none of them had been withdrawn from religious education lessons .
14 By lunchtime Wexford and Burden had interviewed all those members of the darts club that had been present at Jack Pertwee 's stag party with the exception of Maurice Cullam , but none of them had been able to do more than confirm that Hatton had been aggressive , vain and malicious and that he had been carrying a great deal of money .
15 She had had a few in her short life and none of them had been pleasant .
16 None of them had been the kind of people who could have imagined devotion to a pet animal or according to it funerary rites .
17 It was n't intended ; none of them had been paying any attention to the world round about : they 'd all but walked into one another .
18 But none of them had been interested enough to come up with an offer .
19 None of them had been trained in covert operations other than when dealing with criminals .
20 Martinho had had to do some quick talking but none of them had been executed on the spot .
21 None of them had been treated before admission to hospital , and none had any other medical disorders .
22 None of them have been tested on animals and all bottles are recyclable .
23 I 've played a lot of these poker games in my time as a computer own , and none of them have been any cop ( especially bad was Maria Whittaker 's Christmas Box ) .
24 Nor can the elvers have any memory of the smell of fresh water rivers , as salmon have , for none of them have been in one .
25 None of them have been published , and they have all been put up to Ministers .
26 However , none of them has been found in an archaeological context and they have aroused considerable suspicion : they could be relatively modern copies loosely based on Italic originals ; they could be genuine prehistoric imports ; or they could be perfectly genuine figures brought to Britain relatively recently as curios and since discarded or lost .
27 None of them has been identified , so all the old grannies are champing toothlessly today . ’
28 They were allowed to see it for one hour , before it was taken back , and none of them has been able to get hold of it since .
29 Shown as a single work of art at the Tate Gallery and three other European museums in 1962–63 , those six canvases were subsequently divided and sold separately , and none of them has been included in any recent exhibition of Bacon 's art .
30 None of them has been offended ; they 've all been fantastically enthusiastic and supportive . ’
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