Example sentences of "[n mass] of those [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Pennant visited it in 1772 there were three farmers living in it with their stock and crops and at times in the summer months as many as twelve families were known to stay in it at once and it was the headquarters of those employed in the manufacture ( if kelp . |
| 2 | Just under half ( 48% ) of women marrying for the first time in 1987 had lived with their husbands prior to marriage compared with 19% of those marrying in the late 1970s and only 7% of those marrying in 1971 . |
| 3 | Discrepant entries of peak expiratory flow accounted for 15% of those made on the appropriate day , and three quarters of patients made at least one discrepant entry . |
| 4 | In our study , all strictures appearing in the first decade and 82% of those appearing in the first two decades of disease were benign , while most ( 61% ) arising after 20 years or more were malignant . |
| 5 | At the individual level we must also pay more attention to the professional ethics of those working in the media , including church-based workers . |
| 6 | Smithers and Robinson ( 1989 ) have quoted figures which indicate that on ‘ selected university degree courses 1982–87 ’ , 17.1 % of those entering on the basis of what they describe as ‘ vocational qualifications ’ dropped out while only 7% of ‘ A ’ Level entrants dropped out . |
| 7 | Yet the first opinion polls showed almost 60% of those questioned behind the president . |