Example sentences of "most [prep] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its opponents included 105 Republicans led by the House Minority Whip , Newt Gingrich , most of whom opposed any increases in taxation , while the Democrats opposed cuts in benefits and services . |
| 2 | Coalbrookdale acted like a magnet on artists , most of whom painted romantic images of the iron bridge in its wooded valley setting , and the bridge itself was soon being promoted as a tourist attraction . |
| 3 | The array of tyres and cones failed to daunt the 20 competitors , most of whom managed clear rounds . |
| 4 | Most of them got thirty years . |
| 5 | But most of them wore Western dress : polyester trousers , anoraks and sneakers . |
| 6 | Most of them wore camouflaged smocks and jump boots . |
| 7 | It was conducted , too , in French since France was the country to which most of them owed intellectual allegiance . |
| 8 | Most of them had cartilaginous vertebrae , like modern toads . |
| 9 | Twenty-five trunk lines went into Chicago and most of them had attendant freight and passenger depots . |
| 10 | Most of them had similar extensions . |
| 11 | The family drew together to help each other , and most of them had additional sources of comfort . |
| 12 | Again , there was a high percentage of part-time farmers ( in Bavaria something like 48% ) but most of them had urban employment as opposed to rural off-farm employment , as found in the other countries . |
| 13 | Most of them became good Americans . |
| 14 | Economists were being involved in the process of economic decision making in a manner which had been unknown previously , and most of them found this admission to the counsels of the influential and powerful to be very congenial . |
| 15 | As the police privately noted at the time , most of them showed substantial expertise and one in particular was carried out with the skill to be found only among persons such as highly trained army saboteurs . |
| 16 | Unfortunately the kings of Israel were a pretty disappointing lot , and most of them showed little sign of the presence of the Lord the Spirit in their lives and reigns . |
| 17 | Although the most comprehensive , this was only the latest in a long series of hard-hitting reports on Indian prisons , most of which echoed familiar themes . |
| 18 | Adam swiftly read the titles , most of which contained romantic words like ‘ love ’ , ‘ heart ’ , ‘ arrow ’ , ‘ passionate ’ , ‘ fire ’ , ‘ dream ’ , ‘ kiss ’ , and ‘ enchanted ’ . |
| 19 | Partners have already er had that training er during the er during the summer months er it was carried out by er an outside consultant and most of us subjected ourselves to the se selling course , I think most of us derived some benefit from it . |