Example sentences of "most [prep] which [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cellars are full of junk , most of which might have been useful once but all of which is now covered in water or mud or fungus . |
| 2 | Breeding was proved on a total of 36 waters in the period , most of which may be regularly occupied , although the records show annual fluctuations and breeding is not always proved at all known breeding sites each year . |
| 3 | To this end all records of the past were zealously preserved and older , more primitive legal traditions extensively reworked and edited in the light of developing concepts and attitudes — most of which would seem to have been the direct result of the community 's change in circumstances and new needs for order and social cohesion . |
| 4 | By comparison , batching and sorting the enquiries would lead to 126 head movements , most of which would be an absolute minimum of 10 ms and none of which would be much longer than 15 ms . |
| 5 | Overall spending for environmental programmes was set to increase by $2,000 million , most of which would be spent on cleaning up radioactive and toxic waste at federal weapons facilities , preserving the country 's dwindling areas of wetland and researching into the effects of global warming . |
| 6 | Most of which would come onto erm the A fifty nine through the urban area , through residential areas or or in fact onto the stray . |
| 7 | The remainder of the treatment would have cost a further £23,000 , most of which would have been recouped in return for appearing in advertising promotions . |
| 8 | There have been fierce debates over the differences between objects as sign and as symbol , and over degrees of iconicity , most of which can be reduced to levels of abstraction involved in the process by which objects become vehicles of meaning ( see Lyons 1977 for survey ) . |
| 9 | This can be done in various ways , most of which can be found in eighteenthand early nineteenth-century fiction , but not used so artfully or extensively . |
| 10 | Flexibility of working due to variety of equipment available , all or most of which can be operated by existing staff |
| 11 | He can imagine a variety of possible discontinuities , as I have done here , and he may use each of these to construct an alternative scenario ; but this by no means exhausts the possible discontinuities , most of which can not even be conceived at the moment . |
| 12 | Structured methodologies use techniques most of which can be followed by analysts and users alike . |
| 13 | Some £150,000 will be allocated to various recreational schemes in London , most of which will be in boroughs through which the course runs ; boroughs which give us so much help . |
| 14 | Increased usage of renewable energy sources , most of which will mainly convert energy into electricity , will necessitate better methods of storage of electrical energy than at present . |
| 15 | Investments : For Albion Bank this primarily represents funds invested in British Government stocks ( loans to the government ) , most of which will have less than five years to maturity , i.e. repayment . |
| 16 | There can be no doubt that future changes along these lines will continue and pose particular problems , most of which will be to the detriment of the birds of Sussex . |
| 17 | During an allocation , the student will acquire new knowledge and skills , most of which will be learned in an informal and unstructured way . |
| 18 | Along the way they intend to write a book of their experiences , most of which will undoubtedly be totally unprintable . |
| 19 | This will be an instructional and practical course , most of which will take place in the field , with supplementary lectures and slide presentations . |
| 20 | Even within the Home Office , one of the most heavyweight of all Whitehall Departments , the Secretary of State will have to set his own priorities between immigration and nationality , criminal justice , national security , gambling , the fire service , Sunday trading , dangerous dogs , and many other topics for legislation , some of which may be urgent , and most of which will be controversial . |
| 21 | The property-based shops , most of which will re-open at Easter , will continue to be decorated in character with the building and garden to which they are attached . |
| 22 | Despite the risks this must be a better investment of public money than the massive R and D devoted to defence , most of which will never give an economic return , and which can not — or certainly should not — be exported , for strategic reasons — not to mention moral ones . |