Example sentences of "of [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it does mean though that issues like erm long term sickness erm the issue that you 've got with the two people in your patch , one of whom might go to the help desk , you need to get that resolved P D Q so you can say well I 've reduced my h the temp over budget by one . |
| 2 | ‘ Not just for us , but for lessees , many of whom might have found it difficult to get finance elsewhere . ’ |
| 3 | That meant a reservoir of skilled engineers , some of whom might have accumulated 15 or more years ' experience before being made redundant or taking early retirement . |
| 4 | Investors , some of whom might have earlier come out with a fortune were suddenly losing . |
| 5 | They made extensive use of sub-contractors , some of whom might agree to bring as few as a dozen men-at-arms and archers to the force . |
| 6 | from this point on , Spencer Stuart became a genuinely international firm owned by its own consultants ( none of whom may hold more than 2% of the stock ) and managed by a Chairman and a Chief Executive , each of whom is elected to the position for a defined period . |
| 7 | The Executive Committee shall meet not less than twice a year in every calendar year : decide its own procedure : elect its own Chairman and Vice-Chairman , each of whom may hold the office for a maximum period of four consecutive years . |
| 8 | In its standard form , the Prisoners ' Dilemma is a game played by two players , each of whom may choose either to cooperate , C , or defect , D , in any one encounter . |
| 9 | This is obviously far more satisfactory than leaving it to a widely dispersed class of persons each of whom may lack the skill , interest and financial resources required if he is to take action on his own . |
| 10 | Yet at a time when the rest of the industrialized world is moving towards a forty hour week , women , many of whom may work at least eighty hours per week , are encouraged to regard this as not being work . |
| 11 | It is not surprising that many people , some of whom may have seen the equity in their homes rise tenfold , should decide to spend more . |
| 12 | Performing King Lear in the round meant making eye-contact with members of the audience , some of whom may have really been embroiled in mayhem the actors were merely playing at . |
| 13 | Similar attitudes of troops of occupation of all ages and in all places , from South America to India , help us understand the revulsion now felt by many Britons , some of whom may have been sympathetic to Rome and hopeful of recognition of their natural rights and dignity . |
| 14 | In addition , there are an unknown number of refugees from various countries , several of whom may have impairments associated with war , torture and so on . |
| 15 | He was survived by his widow and seven sons and five daughters , some of whom may have been from his previous marriage . |
| 16 | I am sure that the House wished to join him in sending its sympathy to the many victims , some of whom may have suffered irreparable damage . |
| 17 | The January 1983 Medau News would contain an article explaining the new system to all and a letter would be sent to class secretaries ( some of whom may have changed since Sept. ) asking again for their help in encouraging membership amongst class members . |
| 18 | We 're looking for six pairs of women — friends , mother and daughter , sisters , it does n't matter — both y of whom would like to have a radical new haircut , maybe a perm , or even a change of colour . |
| 19 | The idea has proved popular among villagers , many of whom would like to see a return to the days when they could safely leave their doors unlocked . |
| 20 | He was cheered by 3,000 people , almost none of whom would qualify for abode or refuge under the current package . |
| 21 | He 's the hardest working of St Andrews ' 98 registered caddies , 67 of whom would report for duty that day . |
| 22 | When the firing stopped , 13 Catholic had been killed and 29 wounded , one of whom would die several weeks later . |
| 23 | Later in 1987 , the picture surfaced in London , being peddled around to various dealers , none of whom would touch it . |
| 24 | ( Or downed to £110 million if built by Sappers , another 1000 of whom would have to be recruited . ) |
| 25 | The great British public , most of whom would have been hard pressed to name three members of the Cabinet of this or any administration , were pre-occupied with chasing the sun in one of the rainiest summers in recent years and took the loss of a junior minister with equanimity . |
| 26 | The greater landowners would also employ other gentlemen servants in the management of their estates in the early eighteenth century , some of whom might be freeholders , and all of whom would have connections with the voting freeholders , and while it is true that some of these appointments were poorly paid , one has to bear in mind the comparative poverty of so many of the Scottish gentry in terms of money income . |
| 27 | They could be constructed by random surveys of a general practitioner 's practice population ( culturally valid ) , most of whom would have had personal experience of common conditions . |
| 28 | The true type , as personified by my own and other mothers , was destined to bear child after child , some of whom could miscarry , some of whom could die , and all of whom were a perpetual source of worry and expense . |
| 29 | The Mourabitoun then held a press conference to explain the significance of this new weapon while the correspondents — few of whom could speak Arabic — waited in patience to know the weight of the warhead , its height and range . |
| 30 | Geoffrey Chaucer could not hold a conversation with a modern Englishman , even though they are linked to each other by an unbroken chain of some twenty generations of Englishmen , each of whom could speak to his immediate neighbours in the chain as a son speaks to his father . |