Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [verb] are [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Most of the fossils recovered are of wholly or partly aquatic amphibians , the sort that were easily preserved in the coal swamps that were characteristic of the Carboniferous non-marine environment .
2 Most of the radionuclides released are of local or regional concern , because their half-lives are short compared with the time required for dispersion to greater distances .
3 This covers sales to the fields of business , industry , and education and training organisations , and many of the programmes sold are in the science documentary area .
4 Is it not a fact that most of the jobs lost have been in industries belonging to the last century and that most of the jobs gained are in industries with a bright future ?
5 Some of the items arriving are in connection with the old LNWR and GWR companies .
6 Some of the solutions adopted are of an intricacy that to a British observer seems almost unbelievable .
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