Example sentences of "most [noun pl] ['s] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The worry of a breakdown is always at the back of most riders ' minds and when travelling on the continent the wise take out special cover .
2 Most artists ' ranges of oil paint are priced in series .
3 Most artists ' ranges of oil paint are priced in series .
4 It still forms the centrepiece of most Westerners ' meals .
5 Most employers ' schemes are ‘ contracted out ’ of SERPS which means that the employer has agreed to provide at least as much from his scheme as you would receive from SERPS .
6 Most beginners ' boards will be offered with a ‘ soft ’ sail having , at most , two full length battens giving the sail shape , making it light and very used friendly .
7 Advertising costs now form a not inconsiderable part of the budget of most solicitors ' firms .
8 That is , the underlying holdings of serious reference works , older classics , local history and other works of more than ephemeral interest would fall to such a low level that most readers ' questions and serious enquiries could not be answered without outside help .
9 It was not like most gentlemen 's clubs , if you know what I mean .
10 There were very few other sources of employment , so most miners ' wives were confined to domestic labour ( a confinement enhanced by the ‘ slave ’ relationship described earlier — p. 110 ) , and were as tied to the colliery as their husbands .
11 Such contracts so far account for around 15% of most institutes ' funds .
12 Whilst most parents ' groups continued to focus on mutual support , these examples of service provision represent a considerable net addition to the facilities available in the County ; they also reflect the powerful moral and practical support given to the development of parents ' groups by the CMHTs .
13 First on most reformers ' lists would come the financial situation , with specific benefits for prisoners ' wives .
14 Thirdly , most countries ' residents have no knowledge of the existence or operational aspects of these markets .
15 After due allowance for cultural , social and economic differences of individual financial systems , most countries ' banks are identifiable more by their basic similarities than differences .
16 Most lenders ' discounts are for a limited period only , after which you will revert to paying the standard rate — this table provides a guide to lenders ' competitiveness , which should be taken into account when making your mortgage choice .
17 Like most officers ' children , Alex and Victoria were educated in Britain and had very little contact with children of any other class but their own .
18 In most managers ' minds , these worries are linked .
19 Innovation in the modes of study , teaching methods and a flexible approach , enable us to offer a qualification to suit most managers ' needs .
20 Universal indexing of personal allowances is thought a likely casualty , with a freeze on most taxpayers ' allowances , offering the Treasury a £1 billion saving .
21 Most LDCs ' governments with reasonable oil potential or prospects establish a state-owned oil corporation either to operate independently , or to enter into joint ventures with major international oil corporations , e.g. Exxon , Royal Dutch/Shell .
22 Do you think that it could ever be true that they would be sufficiently inexpensive that they could be used in most doctors ' surgeries , or is it going to be something which is only used in one or two important hospitals ?
23 The National Curriculum and its attendant assessment arrangements will clearly dominate most teachers ' minds and practice in the coming years .
24 What the bland uniformity of the final bestseller lists ( see opposite ) fails to reveal are the intriguing regional variations that could be found in most respondents ' submissions .
25 Most players ' wives at Whaddon are like their husbands and could not care less about football , but both Jock and I live and breathe Athletico .
26 Regional task forces estimate , however , that the gap between the hours stipulated in most juniors ' contracts and the hours that they will actually work is about five to 10 hours a week .
27 Most caddies ' traits are long-standing ones , talents sometimes learned at their fathers ' feet , or from senior caddies at their local clubs .
28 Most critics ' cavils concerned the attempt to shoehorn a plot around Myers ' modest premise .
29 Most children 's agents feel that they have actually had a rather good year .
30 GREASY burgers , fatty chips and sticky sweets all get the thumbs down in most children 's diets these days .
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