Example sentences of "[conj] most of [art] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although most of the adjustments Valuev proposed to the statutes of emancipation appeared to favour the gentry at the expense of the peasantry , one of them , the abolition of the peasant commune , might have had the opposite effect , and none of them was designed to turn the clock back . |
| 2 | However , the civil society and cultural values of the former CDP project area are likely to be profoundly influenced by the fact that most of the households resident in large parts of it are now dependent on state benefits rather than on wages for their reproduction . |
| 3 | Born outside the pompous circumstance of the court , she was relaxed and convivial and far less snobbish than most of the Shahs family. , Through the sixties she began to emerge as a warmhearted , rather cultured figure who was much easier with her role than the Shah with his . |
| 4 | ‘ One of the women who works for me is one of the toughest women I have ever come across , and most of the women graduates are more than competent . |
| 5 | Wigs were out of the question because of the cost , and most of the changes John asked for in the designs were for simplicity in making and comfort in wearing . |
| 6 | ICI Bioscience would comprise pharmaceuticals , agrochemicals and seeds , and most of the specialities business . |
| 7 | Whereas most of the Heralds readers were Labour supporters , only two-thirds of the Mirror 's were . |
| 8 | But they were all quite delightful fellows about the same age as most of the airmen pupils , and we seemed to fit in very well with each other ; although most of us had spent several years in the RAF the acting pilot officers had only spent , say , a couple of months . |