Example sentences of "[be] [conj] [pron] of the " in BNC.

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1 The first thing you learn up in Kisumu is that none of the churches are large enough to hold the large congregations attending Mass .
2 The trouble is that none of the three firms is nearly as Japanese as the owners would like it to be .
3 He added ‘ The problem with the 88000 , although it 's a fine component and runs perfectly , is that none of the main manufacturers of development machines ( Hewlett-Packard , Sun , IBM ) are using it .
4 The first thing to be said in relation to the merits of the appeal is that none of the parties to the appeal , all represented here today , opposes it .
5 The problem here is that none of the gas , water , or electric supply lines must cross over each other .
6 I think the point , I think the point we 're making is that none of the districts yesterday told us that to meet their figure in H one they would need to have a new settlement , for example , I well remember Selby saying to us if we go above our H one figure we would need a new settlement , but they did not say to meet our H one figure we would need a new settlement .
7 The problem was that none of the pilots were really confident of their navigation , the sand storm having obliterated the landmarks they were relying on .
8 When they founded Training College one of the strictures was that none of the teachers should be the intellectual equal of the priest , so certain writers were frowned upon .
9 The most interesting feature of the tests was that none of the recipients was aware of any smell coming from the smears .
10 His reasoning was that none of the men who were conceivable successors were of sufficient stature to reign — he talked privately about his " monarchy " — without the legitimation of popular election .
11 I 'd grappled up the slope on foot just before and knew how steep and icy its surface was and which of the bigger rocks had to be dodged because they would foul the car 's underside .
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