Example sentences of "was that the [adj] majority " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result was that the vast majority of those attending the initial meeting went home and stayed home , and the Group , as far as I am aware , achieved little . |
| 2 | What was significant was that the vast majority of these appeals were rejected , and that while the Court had no means of enforcing its opinion , its verdicts were accepted , if not immediately implemented . |
| 3 | Erm I mean one one fact that emerged after the the riots , when the actual arrest figures were were analyzed , was that the vast majority of people who were arrested at any rate , did n't come from the area . |
| 4 | One rumour circulating recently was that the vast majority of the 250 job losses would be from Barlaston . |
| 5 | The first was that the large majority of intentional killings within the family , or other existing personal relationships , were excluded from the death penalty , leading Professor Glanville Williams to remark : |