Example sentences of "majority of [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Confidentiality is the most important word in the clinic 's vocabulary , and the majority of clinics have their own case-notes separate from the hospital notes . |
| 2 | Vamplew ( 1979:2f ) states that , of the five types of disorder classified by Mann and Pearce , ‘ all but remonstrance can be found at soccer grounds in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries , though the majority of incidents appear to have been of the frustration or confrontation varieties ’ . |
| 3 | The immediate causes of anger could be divided into the following categories , which accounted for the vast majority of incidents reported : |
| 4 | The changes in legislation have been dramatic since the mid-eighties the majority of changes coming in at the beginning of nineteen ninety three with the E C directives . |
| 5 | Because of the risk of rejection by the ITVA , the vast majority of commercials are first shown to them at script stage , and the discussion and negotiation that goes on in the majority of cases takes place on scripts alone . |
| 6 | The organisational side of the investigation described here will in the great majority of cases reveal what went wrong , either physically and mechanically or from a procedural or handling point of view . |
| 7 | In the majority of cases involving layers , it is not , for unless they are ranked in the top 100 , the major money-making opportunities are beyond them . |
| 8 | It should be remembered that in the majority of cases involving the sale of ‘ family ’ companies , failure to conclude a transaction may place even our TIME based fees in jeopardy as the client simply will not have the funds to pay . |
| 9 | The vast majority of cases involving peasants were heard in local courts , but the judges in those courts wielded an authority devolved in principle from the king . |
| 10 | People fell sick and died more often than they committed offences against others ; in the overwhelming majority of cases lineages collected contributions , and larger entities were not involved . |
| 11 | Nowadays there is little real distinction between Proof and Proof before Answer and the greatest majority of cases heard are Proofs before Answer . |
| 12 | The vast majority of cases begin as applications by individuals against their own states . |
| 13 | Non-abusing parents — mainly women — in the majority of cases stated they had no prior knowledge of untoward sexual behaviour prior to investigation . |
| 14 | Henry Blake , who was Governor from 1903 to 1907 , believed that ‘ in the majority of cases tried in Ceylon the evidence is unsatisfactory , as there is not alone an utter disregard for truth , but an extraordinary ingenuity of invention . ’ |
| 15 | The incubation period for primary syphilis is between one and twelve weeks , with the majority of cases showing evidence of infection at two to four weeks . |
| 16 | The inclusion of the former originated less from public concern over any alleged malpractice than from lack of confidence , felt mainly but not wholly within the legal profession , in procedures whereby ultimate responsibility for prosecuting as well as investigating in the vast majority of cases rested with the police . |
| 17 | ‘ The vast majority of cases found to be positive are due to household products which can be bought from the chemist and the player is then simply given a telling off . |
| 18 | In four out of the five authorities studied in depth by the research team , ‘ the provision of a statement appeared in the majority of cases to coincide with a decision to transfer a child to a special school ’ . |
| 19 | Whatever the tribunal and however informal its procedure , representation , whether by lawyer or a skilled layman , in the majority of cases confers an advantage on the represented party . |
| 20 | Recent surveys in the Lake District have shown that the majority of visitors do not come for these ‘ tourist attractions ’ but rather for the fresh air and breathtaking scenery . |
| 21 | The majority of women remained in the ‘ tribal trustlands ’ as subsistence farmers , relying on remittances to supplement their meagre income from farming . |
| 22 | The majority of women employed there work a 15-hour week and consequently do n't pay a National Insurance stamp and lose maternity rights and pay . |
| 23 | Primogeniture was enforced and the majority of women became legal incompetents . |
| 24 | A survey revealed that the overwhelming majority of women felt a man behind the wheel would be more able to deter troublemakers . |
| 25 | In the case of the link between " reader … he " , the " male as norm " terminology creates the impression that educated discussion of literature takes place only among men ( even though literary study was established in Britain in the nineteenth century as a subject largely for women , and now has a significant majority of women involved in it ) . |
| 26 | She said a majority of women had voted Tory since they got the right to vote , but a profound shift was now taking place . |
| 27 | Since previous to the revolution the majority of women had very low levels of education and , therefore , few opportunities open to them , the FMC embarked on an educational program and a rehabilitation scheme for the many women who found themselves in degrading and unrewarding situations . |
| 28 | In the post-war decades , the majority of women had married and subsequently left paid work to have children by the age of 30 ( see Rimmer , 1981 ) . |
| 29 | The great majority of women limiting their families did not attend clinics at all but learnt from their neighbours , friends , or literature . |
| 30 | The majority of women expect to be in employment . |