Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [that] most [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect that most readers are in the 20–30 age group . |
| 2 | I found that most parents were initially rather shocked at finding out their daughter was pregnant , some cried , some got angry , some were very matter-of-fact , and some were quite pleased . |
| 3 | In Norway recently , I noticed that most buildings had a flag pole with their national colours flying . |
| 4 | I suspect that most chemists will experience a twinge of alarm to hear that ammonium ferric hexacyanoferrate II is an approved feed additive in Norway for animals destined for human consumption and wonder why this expensive synthetic material is being studied in the UK as a way to reduce the transfer of caesium from feed to animal , rather than cheap , naturally occurring , widely available alternatives like bentonites or zeolites . |
| 5 | In Chapter 3 I observed that most feminists have been more interested in studying linguistic sex differences than in critiquing or questioning this activity . |
| 6 | I assume that most fishkeepers aim to have their fish live as long and grow as large as possible , so the first consideration is a large tank . |
| 7 | One way of reducing ink costs is to refill the cartridges — I understand that most cartridges are refillable . |
| 8 | I believe that most men have an inborn desire to hunt and kill and that even today this primitive urge has only been eradicated in a small minority of the human race . |
| 9 | Though walls have to be scrambled over , if you do it with care and replace any stones you dislodge , I find that most farmers do n't object to walkers on their land . |
| 10 | Our only hope is sponsorship but even here I feel that most corporations would prefer investment . |
| 11 | I feel that most umpires do not consider this obvious fact , much to the bowler 's detriment . |
| 12 | I mean I think part of being a proper professional means that one does attempt to evaluate what one is doing , and I think that most teachers do do this . |
| 13 | Stan Wickenden , purchasing director of Renshaws , quickly disabused me of my fanciful notions that Mitcham harboured fabulous nut-cracking machinery : ‘ Of course , you realise that most nuts are imported ready shelled . |
| 14 | You could n't call Tom Russell 's sister pretty , Belinda decided , but at the same time she knew that most men would be instantly attracted to Mrs Hamilton and would call her beautiful . |
| 15 | We mentioned that most braids are marked' 100%' , meaning that they do not have a core . |
| 16 | On testing for hepatitis B surface antigen after informed consent was obtained we found that most subjects had negative results ( 9/14 , 64% ) ; three ( 21% ; 0.03% of all those vaccinated ) had positive results ; there was no follow up testing on one patient , and the other was later found to have a low level of antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen produced in response to an additional dose of vaccine . |
| 17 | We know that most children are disposed to comply . |
| 18 | We believe that most women may still be advised that vaginal delivery can be safely accomplished when a term fetus presents by the breech and that there is no case for routine elective caesarean section . |
| 19 | If we hypothesise that most children who are abused by men , it does not indicate that all men are abusers , neither does the notion hold water that 77 per cent of sexual abuse within foster and residential care is committed by males . |
| 20 | We agree that most housewives are very undervalued and there should be far higher state benefits for the less well-off — particularly one-parent families — but is n't this taking things a bit too far ? |
| 21 | ‘ We estimate that most solicitors will charge a minimum of £325 on a property of £100,000 . |
| 22 | They found that most parents opposed closure and gave educational reasons for their attitudes . |
| 23 | And he recommended that most prisons should be ‘ community prisons ’ catering for a wide variety of prisoners from their locality , a prescription which does not seem readily compatible with the notion that this sort of mixture is conducive to disorder . |
| 24 | It found that most adults come to faith in God through the help of a friend , a relative or a minister . |
| 25 | But following a shake up last year in internal procedures , he says that most applications for cash are dealt with in a couple of months at the most . |
| 26 | It noted that most headteachers feel that IT has as yet made little impact on formal education . |
| 27 | It seemed that most villagers had turned out to welcome their hero as more than 100 cars filled the field adjacent to Gaselee 's Saxon Lodge Stables . |
| 28 | If the report were to be published , he forecast that most members would be willing to let their names go on it . |
| 29 | The inclusion in NHS consultants ' contracts of a formal commitment to teaching is a step in the right direction in that it acknowledges that most doctors teach to a greater or lesser extent . |
| 30 | It appears that most errors will be detected because none of the candidate strings is found to be allowable by the lexical look-up . |