Example sentences of "most [prep] [Wh det] [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Breeding was proved on a total of 36 waters in the period , most of which may be regularly occupied , although the records show annual fluctuations and breeding is not always proved at all known breeding sites each year . |
| 2 | By comparison , batching and sorting the enquiries would lead to 126 head movements , most of which would be an absolute minimum of 10 ms and none of which would be much longer than 15 ms . |
| 3 | Overall spending for environmental programmes was set to increase by $2,000 million , most of which would be spent on cleaning up radioactive and toxic waste at federal weapons facilities , preserving the country 's dwindling areas of wetland and researching into the effects of global warming . |
| 4 | There have been fierce debates over the differences between objects as sign and as symbol , and over degrees of iconicity , most of which can be reduced to levels of abstraction involved in the process by which objects become vehicles of meaning ( see Lyons 1977 for survey ) . |
| 5 | This can be done in various ways , most of which can be found in eighteenthand early nineteenth-century fiction , but not used so artfully or extensively . |
| 6 | Flexibility of working due to variety of equipment available , all or most of which can be operated by existing staff |
| 7 | Structured methodologies use techniques most of which can be followed by analysts and users alike . |
| 8 | Some £150,000 will be allocated to various recreational schemes in London , most of which will be in boroughs through which the course runs ; boroughs which give us so much help . |
| 9 | There can be no doubt that future changes along these lines will continue and pose particular problems , most of which will be to the detriment of the birds of Sussex . |
| 10 | During an allocation , the student will acquire new knowledge and skills , most of which will be learned in an informal and unstructured way . |
| 11 | Even within the Home Office , one of the most heavyweight of all Whitehall Departments , the Secretary of State will have to set his own priorities between immigration and nationality , criminal justice , national security , gambling , the fire service , Sunday trading , dangerous dogs , and many other topics for legislation , some of which may be urgent , and most of which will be controversial . |