Example sentences of "of most [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The holders eventually disposed of most of the bonds at a ruinous discount . |
| 2 | These differing responses , the fundamental cause of most of the wars of history , were not necessarily taken with a knowledge of the effect that they would ultimately have , for at the relevant time the choice would not have been as clear to those making them , as it would be to minds educated to standards prevailing centuries later . |
| 3 | if the themes of most of the sentences of a paragraph refer to one semantic field ( say location , parts of some object , wisdom vs chance , etc. ) then that semantic field will be perceived as the method of development of the paragraph . |
| 4 | The rents of most of the houses in Combsburgh vary from 1/ — to 1/6d per week . ’ |
| 5 | Disengagement is just one of many social theories which underlie what Phillipson and Walker ( 1986 ) call ‘ Acquiescent Functionalism ’ — ‘ a body of thought about ageing which attributes the causes of most of the problems of old people to the natural consequences of physical decrescence and mental inflexibility or the failures of individual adjustment to ageing and retirement , instead of to contemporary developments of the state , the economy and social inequality ’ . |
| 6 | In addition to the traditional songs of Scotland , the Glasgow Orpheus Choir gave early performances of most of the part-songs of Sir Edward Elgar [ q.v. ] and included in their programmes music by Bach , Brahms , and Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox liturgical music . |
| 7 | This conservatism was arguably excessive , given the subsequent relatively trouble-free experience of most of the innovations in power station design which might realistically have been on the agenda at this time . |
| 8 | The participation of Palestinian representatives , with the support of most of the organizations within the PLO , at the peace conference in the Madrid produced tension and clashes in the West Bank and Gaza . |
| 9 | On June 29 more than 40,000 people converged at a sports stadium in Boipatong for the funeral of most of the victims of the killings . |
| 10 | The wild relatives of most of the plants of the African savannah complex grow today in the savannah and it has been assumed that they were domesticated somewhere within that zone . |
| 11 | Following satellite evidence that record amounts of ozone-depleting gases were present in the atmosphere over the northern hemisphere , the USA ( on Feb. 11 ) , the UK ( on Feb. 12 ) and the European Communities ( on Feb. 23 ) announced bans on production of most of the gases from the end of 1995 — five years earlier than the date agreed in the Montreal Protocol [ see p. 37552 ] . |
| 12 | The capital , Vasilariov , partook of most of the styles of coral architecture . |
| 13 | This principle , that within each diplomatic rank ( ambassador , minister-resident , etc. ) precedence should be decided merely by seniority , was to lead more than half a century later , by the international convention of 1818 , to a final solution of most of the issues on which for generations so many energies had been expended and so much ink spilt . |
| 14 | My aunt , the last survivor of my mother 's family , had lost her sister the previous year , and I helped her to arrange for the sale of most of the contents of her house , and for her own establishment in a club . |
| 15 | It was reported on Aug. 12 that the Waitangi Tribunal , New Zealand 's powerful advisory body on Maori affairs , had recommended that ownership of most of the fisheries of the country 's South Island should be transferred to the Ngai Tahu , one of the country 's smallest Maori tribes . |
| 16 | One point about the attic is its peace ; another is its position outside the atmosphere or decoration of most of the rooms at Petworth . |
| 17 | At theological college , near Oxford , the docility of most of the wives of other students irritated Anna . |