Example sentences of "of [pron] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in numerical terms this factor can hardly have made a major impact — the Max Planck Institutes permanently employ only 2000 researchers , compared with a total of 76 000 university academics of whom more than 20 000 are professors . |
| 2 | The research of Rowe and Lambert ( 1973 ) undoubtedly led to a major reform in child care policy and practice by documenting through its research findings the plight of children in care , of whom more than 50 per cent were accommodated in residential settings . |
| 3 | The research conducts experimental work with more than 600 participants , of whom more than 500 are not in category |
| 4 | ‘ We should have a rehearsal — you know , go up for a couple of days ahead of everyone else so we wo n't look like eejits . ’ |
| 5 | And I mun that I must have words in front of me , if I do n't have words in front of me even though I know it , I I still forget it . |
| 6 | Aye she get rid of me tomorrow cos she 's going to work she says . |
| 7 | And you wo n't get any more answers out of me just because you started to … started to … ’ |
| 8 | They seem to want to get a snap of me rather than you at the moment , ’ and she said , ‘ Oh , I 've had my innings and it 's been a good innings . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But while people think of me perhaps as just a guitar producer who does n't go anywhere near sequencers , I actually use them quite a lot . |
| 10 | When you 've been trying to get rid of me ever since we met ? |
| 11 | The men had talked of nothing else when they were alone . |
| 12 | It did n't bear thinking of , but I thought of nothing else as I prepared to go down to breakfast . |
| 13 | Most of us have heard of them even if we do n't understand exactly what they are . |
| 14 | I did consult with many other people ; my thanks to all of them even if their suggestions could not be taken up . |
| 15 | Two adolescent girls in New Zealand had killed with a brick the mother of one of them just because they wanted to . |
| 16 | How nice it was to be able to use all of the pedestrian walkways and see the beauty of them just as the planners visualised . |
| 17 | Interlining will add years to the life of your curtains and you are likely to tire of them well before they wear out . |
| 18 | About three quarters of asylum claimants are already in the country , many of them legitimately as students or visitors and some of them illegitimately , as they have entered the country illegally . |
| 19 | In a business , copies of letters printed and sent might be the first to go : you would have taken ‘ hard ’ copies of them already if needed for records . |
| 20 | know what they want half of them anyway when they 're |
| 21 | The temptation to park on top of them rather than beside them was overwhelming , but then jacked-up pick-ups do that to you . |
| 22 | Having said all that , you should keep your hands and nails in good condition for yourself and be proud of them rather than try to hide them away from view . |
| 23 | Some sociologists claim that an individual 's class position is largely achieved ; it results from their personal qualities and abilities and the use they make of them rather than ascribed characteristics such as the status of their parents or the colour of their skin . |
| 24 | More than 4,400 Teesside homes now stood within 200 metres of overhead lines , almost 900 of them closer than 50 metres . |
| 25 | And the , several times I 've bought picture of them particularly because I have n't had to pay the postage , |
| 26 | She threw all of them away except one , then realised how silly and significant it would be to arrive on his doorstep with one daffodil ; she tucked it into the contents of an overflowing litter bin and arrived at Alan 's empty-handed . |
| 27 | They assault the sense , savage the palate , ravage one 's innards and announce themselves in loud , pungent terms so that one gets wind of them long before one catches sight of them . |
| 28 | Neither of them back until gone eight o'clock , too late even to see the children . |
| 29 | half of them less than £100000 . |
| 30 | In 1907 about 2,250,000 German peasants had from 5 to 250 acres apiece , most of them less than 50 . |