Example sentences of "of [Wh pn] [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any issues affecting the relations of the Serbs with the imperial authorities or with their Muslim landlords and neighbours had to be dealt with by the Muslim authorities , most of whom operated from the cosmopolitan cities . |
| 2 | Other able practitioners of homoeopathy in America were Allen , Nash , Boenninghausen and Boericke — all of whom added to the homoeopathic literature and whose work is still used today by students of homoeopathy . |
| 3 | The crossbow , most useful in defence when the crossbowman , who needed protection for the time required to wind up his weapon , could hide himself behind a wall , was an elitist weapon , most effective in the hands of Gascons , who fought in Wales for Edward I , and of Genoese , a large contingent of whom fought on the French side at Crécy . |
| 4 | The report showed that there were between 27,000,000 and 35,000,000 blind people in the world , over 90 per cent of whom lived in the developing world , mostly in rural areas . |
| 5 | What had originated as a spontaneous civilian outburst now began to be depicted in the international media as a revolt by Iraq 's majority Shia community , most of whom lived in the southern part of the country . |
| 6 | Governments and organizations such as the European Communities ( EC ) and the Council of Europe sought steps to contain both the influx of migrants , many of whom came from the Soviet Union and eastern Europe , and the rise of racist sentiment . |
| 7 | Others put the current figure for the Roman Catholics alone at about 1,500,000 , the majority of whom came from the Hungarian and German minorities . |
| 8 | Amongst the Arab coalition forces the Saudi Arabian losses were given as at least 26 killed ( 19 of whom died in the Iraqi attack on Khafji — see p. 37938 ) and 10 missing ; Egyptian as 19 killed and 74 wounded ; and six dead from the United Arab Emirates . |
| 9 | Pope John Paul II paid a three-day visit ( his fourth ) to Poland on Aug. 13-16 , celebrating mass in Krakow on Aug 13 and paying tribute the next day in his home town of Wadowice to the town 's pre-war Jewish community , many of whom died in the nearby concentration camp at Auschwitz . |
| 10 | Of the 20 Best of Young British Novelists , however , I confess to having listed only Iain Banks , Kazuo Ishiguro ( both of whom appeared in the third edition ) and Jeanette Winterson , although I think there is scope too for Will Self , Nicholas Shakespeare and maybe Ben Okri . |
| 11 | From the studios and shows I visited I spoke to women artists , all of whom graduated in the last 10 years about their work , their experiences with galleries , residencies , organising shows and lecturing , in an attempt to assess current directions in women 's work and gauge their position within the art world . |
| 12 | Certainly not , he adds , administration officials , who capitulated to the religious right , or most journalists , few of whom delved beyond the obvious in their coverage . |
| 13 | This procedure was denounced as " unconstitutional " by a group of ministers including St Luce , the Prime Minister 's son Lester Bird ( Deputy Prime Minister , Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Economic Development and Tourism ) , Hugh Marshall ( Minister of Trade , Industry and Energy ) , Robin Yearwood ( Minister of Public Utilities ) , Eustace Cochrane ( Minister of Public Works and Communications ) and Henderson Simon ( Minister without Portfolio ) , all of whom called on the Prime Minister to resign . |
| 14 | Indeed , it depended on its buying-power for sustenance , for by 1949 the life of a ‘ hit ’ record was about three months , with a market profile of a third under 21-years-old and a further 45 per cent between 21 and 35 ; leaving only one-fifth of purchasers over 35 ( many of whom bought for the younger generation in any case ) . |
| 15 | After all , none of Henri II 's three sons , all of whom sat on the French throne , and all of whom were products of the same education as Mary , was in any way an impressive or successful ruler . |
| 16 | The case was listed for rehearing before a committee of seven members not all of whom sat on the original committee . |