Example sentences of "of the majority of [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A detailed assessment of the majority of the SSAPs is outside the scope of this book , except for SSAP2 which is discussed below and SSAP9 which is discussed in detail in Chapter 12 . |
| 2 | My opinion of the school seems to reflect that of the majority of the parents . |
| 3 | The two major problems which COPPES must confront daily are the very poor health conditions of the majority of the prisoners and the constant fear of harassment by the security forces . |
| 4 | It then comes to the practical point , Citing German experience to show that ‘ there was a tendency for employee and shareholder representatives to vote and act in distinct groups ’ , they add that the presence of co-opted directors on the board would mean that either group would at the very least need to gain the support of the majority of the directors before they could carry or veto a proposal . |
| 5 | The transmission of the majority of the homilies depends on Latin translations by Rufinus and Jerome . |
| 6 | It will prevent the government pushing thro' policies ( such as the poll tax ) which are contrary to the wishes of the majority of the citizens . |
| 7 | The reality was the creation of competitive world empires , the essence of which was a denial of the right of the majority of the peoples of the world to national self-determination , let alone to popularly elected governments . |
| 8 | Inevitably , the requirements both of compromise and of secrecy meant that Citrine and his colleagues at the top backed the obscurantism of the majority of the chairmen against Melling . |
| 9 | We are democrats and accept that until we have convinced people by the force of our argument , we should go along with the view of the majority of the organisations of which we are a member . |
| 10 | They acknowledge their sin in heeding the warnings and the wild stories of the majority of the spies . |
| 11 | Here … the payment of the majority of the men each week takes place four and a half thousand men are handed their wages by the pay-clerks in less than ten minutes . |
| 12 | But one of the most significant developments in inter-union relations was the ‘ Bridlington Agreement ’ passed at the TUC Congress in 1939 , which laid down that no union should attempt to organize workers at any industrial establishment where another union was already represented and negotiated on behalf of the majority of the workers . |