Example sentences of "[n mass] of [adv] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A thumping 83% of both bosses and outside directors said , ‘ represent shareholder interests ’ — way ahead of any other function . |
| 2 | Only for the oppressed — labouring people of both sexes and women of all classes — did the flower of life bloom in youth . |
| 3 | The improvement in January was better than had been expected in December , sales of both vehicles and parts and accessories increased and the trade is looking forward to a further improvement in February . |
| 4 | In the wild this fish is reported as attaining a length of up to 18″ with a weight of 1½lb although this would appear to be the exception as species of about 6″ are more commonly the rule . |
| 5 | Sex differences in prevalence among 16–19 year olds disappeared in the late 1970s and in 1988 , 28% of both men and women in this age-group were cigarette smokers . |
| 6 | One of the features of the conflict which has made its resolution so difficult has been the inability of any of the protagonists — internal or external , powerful or weak — to mould events or other players to its will , and the ability of even the weakest players to throw a spanner into the works of both allies and adversaries . |
| 7 | In 1982 , the government 's first national survey of children 's smoking found that 11% of both boys and girls aged 11–16 smoked regularly . |
| 8 | When Scouting for Boys first appeared in a series of fortnightly instalments in 1908 , the fly-leaf of the final issue was already claiming that ‘ at the present moment something between 500,000 and 700,000 young men are interested in this scheme , which will come into full swing about April ’ . |