Example sentences of "[art] majority of [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asserts that in the majority of businesses the moral standards have improved very significantly . |
| 2 | The first and perhaps most useful clue is that in the majority of cases the rash is non-irritating . |
| 3 | In the majority of cases the homoeopathic remedy appeared to work effectively and it was rare for the patient to require the conventional therapy . |
| 4 | In the majority of cases the conveyance will be a motor car and the ‘ taking ’ is proved by a witness stating that he saw the defendant take the car , or by an admission to that effect by the defendant . |
| 5 | In the majority of cases the process is unexceptional : |
| 6 | " In the majority of cases the metal concerned had sufficient strength to resist the considerable forces deployed from time to time . " |
| 7 | So there was the swings and roundabouts where had they not recognized and had come along with us , to the extent that we thought we could do our , a sharing objective er and it brought them out of the , the attitude that was hitherto adopted where well management really could n't care very much you know , if a man did suffer the loss of er five pound a week or whatever you know , and , and once it was made clear to him that there was no further er er use of the procedure and he could take it through his district you know , if he liked , the man did n't , well on exceptional cases perhaps they may have taken a case through , but er in the majority of cases the man just accepted it , and made up his losses er er later on . |
| 8 | In the majority of cases the plays did not formally raise specific political concerns which would warrant such close regulation . |
| 9 | From experience in the majority of cases the valuation report has been ‘ value added ’ . |
| 10 | In the majority of cases the guardian ad litem will appoint a solicitor to represent the child . |
| 11 | For some , perhaps still the majority of contractors the agency deducts tax at source and pays Class I ( dependent employee 's ) social security contributions . |
| 12 | I am sure that in the majority of instances the shepherding done by leaders is done very responsibly , but this need not be the case . |
| 13 | However , in the majority of studies a high prevalence rate of hypercholesterolaemia has been found ( New et al , 1963 ; Wilson et al , 1970b ; Chase & Glasgow , 1976 ; Mancini et al , 1980 ; Sosenko et al , 1980 ; Yano et al , 1982 ; Pacy et al , 1985 ) . |
| 14 | In the majority of studies the most frequently used drugs have been thiazide diuretics and beta-blocking agents . |
| 15 | In a majority of cases no tender was made by a private sector firm but the potential threat was enough to cause council leaders to reduce staff or rewrite employees ' terms of service ( The Price of Winning 1989 ) . |
| 16 | Although for a majority of employees a protected rights contract is usually likely to offer a higher return , there are certain limitations and the accepted wisdom seems to be that the older the employee and the larger the transfer value , the more attractive a section 32 buy-out becomes . |