Example sentences of "of [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end , it worked out very much better than expected , essentially because the two companies had outstanding chief executives , both of whom eventually succeeded me as chairman . |
| 2 | Tim Albery 's production takes this weird eighteenth-century fantasy of nobles , bourgeois , and servants , all of whom finally settle for marrying their own class , and instils it with Fuselian surrealism . |
| 3 | He had links with the rulers purged by the king in 1258 , some of whom likewise emerged as Montfortians in 1263 . |
| 4 | This has been a popular hotel with our clients , many of whom regularly return . |
| 5 | In addition , he had to mould a group of individuals , some of whom barely knew each other , into a team . |
| 6 | The saga , which was illustrated with his own naïve pen-and-ink drawings , had its origins in the compassion he had felt for the sufferings of the animals in the past war ( ‘ If we made [ them ] take the same chances as we did ourselves , why did we not give them similar attention when wounded ? ’ ) and in the letters about an imaginary horse surgery that he had written home from the front to his two children , Elizabeth and Colin ( the latter of whom habitually called himself Dr Dolittle ) . |
| 7 | Two medical practitioners , neither of whom previously knew the patient , recommended her detention in hospital because she was said to be a paranoid schizophrenic with signs of aggressive , overactive and irrational behaviour . |
| 8 | At the same time he must go on reassuring other parties — some of whom bloody-mindedly reject negotiation — that their views will be heard . |
| 9 | Gorbachev 's plans for more radical nuclear weapons cuts were generally received with caution , however , by Western leaders , some of whom reportedly questioned the feasibility of the proposals in the face of the rapid disintegration of the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | Councillors , most of whom firmly believed that their representative should have close ties with the ministers of the crown , found in a candidate 's ability to place friends in local revenue offices and other patronage appointments , and equally , his ability to move political enemies out of such places in the district towns , an effective means of evaluating a candidate 's qualification for membership in the House of Commons . |
| 11 | She retains virtual control of her sons , the eldest of whom firmly remains second in line to the throne . |
| 12 | The awkward changes of tone caused by these disclosures are managed with some skill by the Watford cast , all of whom also do their impressive best to polish up the lustreless comic lines they are lumbered with . |
| 13 | Membership : 7 countries — Benin , Burkina , Côte d'Ivoire , Mali , Mauritania , Niger , Senegal — all of whom also belong to the wider ECOWAS . |
| 14 | He was a laughing man of wit and humour — many a time he referred to the ‘ larks and escapades ’ with his special friends , some of whom doubtless remembered his satirical poem at Pisa against the rule about wearing academic togas in town . |
| 15 | Nearer to Christmas time they are supplemented by college and older school students , some of whom already work in the store on late night shopping evenings or at the weekend . |
| 16 | It 's only a problem for UK subscribers , most of whom automatically have a choice of 2 From : addresses — a long one and a short one . |
| 17 | Between 1945 and 1985 , 3700 students graduated from ENA most of whom successively occupied top civil service positions in the governance of the nation , the regions , and the ‘ departements ’ ( counties ) . |
| 18 | Passageways were pierced through the walls of houses in some places , and in others they were supported on props along the faces of warehouses and shops , and it was across one of these — a sturdy bridge of timber which was designed to withstand the weight of carts as well as men — that Burun 's party moved without very much opposition from the revellers , most of whom clearly preferred the breadth of the main streets . |
| 19 | Students of foreign languages , many of whom later become teachers , are normally required to spend an extended period abroad as part of their degree course . |
| 20 | He killed a further five people and wounded at least eight , one of whom later died . |
| 21 | The three little babies ( one of whom later died ) were the tragic proof of unsuccessful health promotion . |
| 22 | Bush ended the primary process having won all 38 of the Republican contests , matching the record established by Richard Nixon in 1972 and Ronald Reagan in 1984 , both of whom later won landslide victories in the presidential elections . |
| 23 | He was also involved with five Senators , all of whom later faced an ethics inquiry [ see p. 38568 ] . |
| 24 | That track might have been the boundary of the world for some villagers , most of whom rarely ventured beyond their nearest market town . |
| 25 | Some have been able to introduce charges for particular tourist attractions , but a large number still depend on the good will of visitors , too many of whom studiously ignore the collection box . |
| 26 | About 4,600 people in Britain have contracted AIDS , of whom half have died , compared with about 600 four years ago . |
| 27 | As someone who came from a happy , steady home , she might be able to offer help in some small way to some of these disadvantaged youngsters , a few of whom hardly know what it is to be loved at all . |
| 28 | But he emptied the house of its demanding lodgers , some of whom subsequently abused him , when they saw him in the street . |
| 29 | Three skinheads were each sentenced in Frankfurt-an-der Oder on Sept. 14 to four years ' imprisonment for beating up three African immigrants , one of whom subsequently died , in Eberswalde in November 1991 . |
| 30 | This seems to be the case with reported visions of the Virgin Mary , identification of whom usually occurs after the initial vision , which is frequently by children , outdoors , at springs or streams . |