Example sentences of "by most [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The failed type of woman , as personified by most of the teachers at school , had been unable to find a man . |
| 2 | The shift from short-term mercenary troops , from unreliable feudal levies , and part-time forces expected to earn their own living was undertaken by most of the powers of early modern Europe . |
| 3 | ‘ Traditional climatic geomorphology as represented by most of the papers in this volume has to a large extent glossed over this paucity of knowledge of fundamentals ; it may be said to have proceeded , like Davis 's work , to premature generalization on the basis of quite vague ideas on the underlying process relations . |
| 4 | Aethelheard , abbot of Louth in Lindsey , who became archbishop of Canterbury in 792 , may have been seen in Kent as a ‘ symbol of Mercian rule ’ , but he appears to have obtained from Offa a confirmation of the immunity of Kentish churches ( CS 848 : S 134 ) 52 and he presided without Hygeberht over a synod at London attended by most of the bishops of southern England ( CS 265 : S 132 ) . |
| 5 | A right-wing challenge to the government , led by Vice-President Virgilio Godoy , was reportedly supported by most of the parties within Chamorro 's 14-party ruling National Opposition Union ( UNO ) . |
| 6 | The first saw every athletic nation in the world represented , the second a retaliatory boycott by most of the nations of the Eastern Bloc . |
| 7 | However , Conventions , even ones backed by most of the nations of the world , have never totally succeeded in stamping out illegal trading in lucrative contraband . |
| 8 | This interpretation was also shared by most of the speakers in a House of Lords debate on 5 May 1943 . |
| 9 | Although the Accord was approved by most of the provinces by the end of 1988 , Manitoba and New Brunswick had withheld ratification on the grounds that it offered insufficient protection to Quebec 's English-speaking minority . |
| 10 | They can therefore be seen by most of the fans around them , especially when they hold up their arms to indicate that a chant is about to begin . |
| 11 | With just the aid of a walking stick he had made his way to the Blue Boar followed by most of the kids in the village , who must have thought he was some sort of God . |
| 12 | However , primary school teachers attending an INSET course were able to determine what strategies were adopted by most of the children in their classes . |