Example sentences of "most [prep] [art] [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Most of the fifty or so Europeans prefer to live in Tala-Tala rather than Anani , ’ he said adding , with a touch of sarcasm , ‘ They say they dinna want to get contaminated by big-city life . ’ |
| 2 | So most of the 750 or so who have emerged victorious from their motel weekend over the last decade are condemned , like the Ancient Mariner , to spend their lives trailing around the country , telling their tale to uninterested local Conservative worthies in the hope they 'll be offered the honour of fighting the seat . |
| 3 | Most of the 500 or so independent political units of Europe in 1500 disappeared , absorbed by their more powerful neighbours , leaving some 25 or so victors . |
| 4 | Most of the hundred or so men who were waiting with Burun had dismounted , but their st'lyan stood heads up , waiting patiently . |
| 5 | The French industry easily led the field with a huge panorama of most of the 100 or so films made during the year , ranging from the work of new directors ( such as Eric Rochant 's ‘ Aux yeux du monde ’ , a taut thriller about the kidnapping of a school bus ) to those little comedies and histoires d'amour , so beloved by the French , which never seem to get exported . |
| 6 | Laderoute , who is a member of the committee drafting the standard , thinks that the guidelines will gain favour in most of the 40 or so nations that are members of the commission . |
| 7 | Even though most of the 40 or so mothers can not afford the 35 pence-a-month school fees , will not turn the children away . |
| 8 | At the ‘ community ’ level , most of the 300 or so species populations studied in the large plot on Barro Colorado Island discussed above show positively correlated survival with distance from reproductive adults up to 15 m . |
| 9 | Most of the twenty or so men and women in the Cabinet are well known to one another and have worked together over some years . |
| 10 | Its destination is a state near to apathy , emptied of most of the strongest and most dangerous human appetites , and therefore relatively harmless . |