Example sentences of "[adj] majority of [noun] the " in BNC.

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1 In the vast majority of cases the 6th potency will work just as well as the 30th and does not require such accuracy .
2 Arthropods afflicted with Laboulbeniales have a social disease ; in a vast majority of cases the infection is acquired through close contact with another individual carrying mature fungi ready to discharge spores .
3 ‘ being the person in charge ’ Means that such a person generally has the keys for the vehicle , but in the vast majority of cases the person ‘ in charge ’ will be the driver who parks the vehicle resulting in the obstruction .
4 In the vast majority of cases the offender(s) will be on a solo motor bicycle , and occasionally one having a sidecar attached .
5 In the vast majority of cases the exhaust pipe corrodes around the bend which goes over the rear axle on motor cars or that particular pipe breaks away from the end of the silencer .
6 In the vast majority of cases the occupational classification used in the census and at death registration is the same , but the term unoccupied might be interpreted differently .
7 But in the vast majority of cases the assessment of past pecuniary loss is in fact simple and usually special damages under this head are agreed without difficulty .
8 ‘ However , in due course a few , a very few indeed , intelligent teachers came to take a cool look at what was happening and they realised that for the vast majority of children the majority of our educational processes add about as much to the mental stature of our children as a diet of sawdust would add to their physical stature … . ,
9 Neither party will benefit from getting hurt and in the great majority of cases the disputes are settled without serious damage on either side .
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