Example sentences of "of [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ In the space of two years , we moved from a domestic merchant bank with 500 people , all of whom knew each other very well , to an organisation with nearly 3,000 people spread all over the world , ’ says Mr Reed . |
2 | In the aftermath of the Cuban revolution , the Communists , forced to contend with Castroite , Maoist and Trotskyist dissenters , all of whom advocated armed struggle , were at times uncertain how to respond to the rise of guerrilla activity in their own countries . |
3 | About 70 per cent of new entrants were over twenty-one , half of whom lacked two A levels , and fewer than a quarter were school-leavers with these qualifications or their equivalent . |
4 | For medical treatment they and their children depended upon the Poor Law or , mainly in the cities , medical charities , or upon the charity of doctors , some of whom treated poor families free of charge or ran medical clubs of their own to which poorer patients could make small contributions . |
5 | Coalbrookdale acted like a magnet on artists , most of whom painted romantic images of the iron bridge in its wooded valley setting , and the bridge itself was soon being promoted as a tourist attraction . |
6 | In December I was interviewed on a dark evening at Trinity by a group of Fellows , one of whom wore enormous boots and all of them seemed amused by my belief that there were no good books on eighteenth-century English history . |
7 | The Catalan left 's participation in the Pact of San Sebastian bound Spanish Republicans and Socialists , few of whom felt real sympathy towards the idea of regional autonomy , to a policy which was always certain to alienate the Spanish right . |
8 | They had six sons , one of whom died young and four of whom became Anglican clergymen , and seven daughters . |
9 | Inside the studio we were brought back sharply to reality by a studio audience , all of whom shared two characteristics . |
10 | The final stages of the negotiations coincided with the presence of Michael Clapham as Chairman of the Council , and Edwin Kerr as Chief Officer , both of whom played influential parts in the process . |
11 | When I regressed her , Eileen did in fact describe to me a happy , boisterous childhood with her sister and her six brothers — all of whom took great delight in spoiling their baby sister . |
12 | His restlessness permeated the entire house , and she felt guilty , certain that her presence was tying him to Gullholm , that if it were n't for her he would go home , or visit one or other of his sisters or his mother , all of whom made regular telephone calls . |
13 | He dodged between the startled shoppers , none of whom made any attempt to stop him . |
14 | Dufeck , also in 1990 described his experience with the procedure in 15 patients , five ( 33% ) of whom developed biliary complications , two requiring surgery , and three a repeat endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography to establish drainage ; 13 patients were symptom free at a median follow up of 25 months . |
15 | The array of tyres and cones failed to daunt the 20 competitors , most of whom managed clear rounds . |
16 | Endoscopy had a high yield ( 42% ) and duodenal biopsy identified coeliac disease in three patients ( two were aged >70 years ) each of whom had normal folate values . |
17 | The hospital admitted 35 people , four of whom had serious injuries — including one man with multiple injuries . |
18 | Eleven were considered unfit for surgery including three with metastases and three recurrences after surgery , two of whom had rectal stump recurrences after abdominoprineal resections . |
19 | Four University , four College , and three Polytechnic courses in this category were described , involving 26 staff , only three of whom were not doing this as their main concern , and all of whom had appropriate degree qualifications . |
20 | Vlasov was by this time fully aware of the likely fate of his army , many of whom had grisly crimes to answer for ; however , he himself refused to take an opportunity to escape to Spain . |
21 | Thorpe J. having held that ‘ there is no doubt at all that J. is a child of sufficient understanding to make an informed decision , ’ I shall assume that , so far as the common law is concerned , Lord Scarman would have decided that neither the local authority nor W. 's aunt , both of whom had parental responsibilities , could give consent to treatment which would be effective in the face of W. 's refusal of consent . |
22 | Hypersplenism was noted in four patients , two of whom had palpable splenomegaly . |
23 | The fittest in British society should therefore have been the lower class and the immigrant , both of whom had higher birth rates than the upper classes . |
24 | On recruitment to the second study 86 subjects , some of whom had symptomatic infections , rated their mood and performed 10 minute versions of the simple reaction time task and serial response task . |
25 | Those people who learned before the age of 20 years , the majority of whom had deaf parents ( some had deaf siblings ) , are able to translate effectively just under 60 per cent of the information on average . |
26 | Of note , infectious agents were also detected in 39 ( 48% ) of 82 patients at stage IV without diarrhoea ( Table III ) , 30 ( 37% ) of whom had intestinal infection . |
27 | The results of this ‘ biochemical modulation ’ were reported in 1986 in a study of 100 patients — 59 of whom responded and 12 of whom had complete remissions . |
28 | They were not all Russians , since they included Caucasians , Kalmucks and Ukrainians ( many of whom had Polish nationality ) . |
29 | There are many young men who will mourn her departure from the ranks of the available , ah ( sigh ) , some of whom had fond memories of her , others , merely hopes . |
30 | No difference in the platelet-aggregate ratio was found between a group of 15 diabetics diagnosed after the age of 30 years ( six treated with insulin ) , some of whom had vascular complications compared to age- and sex-matched controls . |