Example sentences of "many [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Sotheby 's sale had a large Chinese Export section but only 192 of the 250 lots offered sold , many for well below their conservative estimates . |
| 2 | You wo n't need that many for there . |
| 3 | ‘ Wo n't be many about tonight . |
| 4 | One particular characteristic which had blighted the administration of Siberia throughout the period of Russian domination was the legendary rapaciousness , venality , corruption and brutality of many of even the region 's most senior officials . |
| 5 | Although studies of land use like those outlined above provide useful overall data , they only produce a limited picture of what the countryside actually looks like and how it is changing in appearance , and this type of study remains at the heart , if not the mind , of many of even the most socioeconomic quantitative geographers . |
| 6 | But many of today 's hunts are motivated far more by commercial interests than subsistence needs . |
| 7 | Mr and Mrs Martin 's Burble flock , run at 153m ( 500ft ) above sea level at Southwaite , near Carlisle , began , as did many of today 's most successful flocks , in the late 1970s . |
| 8 | Not for him , then , the vogue of so many of today 's tournament players who have moved into the fashionable Sunningdale area so they can be close to Heathrow . |
| 9 | Faced with the crisis of inner city decay , for that was really the problem of mid-19th century Paris , many of today 's governments could wish for so favourable a conjuncture . |
| 10 | It is with worrying regularity that many of today 's major tours offer a ‘ home label ’ support act as the majors fight desperately to gain attention for their smaller acts . |
| 11 | George III irritated American colonists by summoning them to meetings in ‘ places unusual , uncomfortable and distant ’ — a complaint familiar to many of today 's business executives . |
| 12 | Many of today 's parents were themselves at school in the 1960s , the height of the ‘ horticultural ’ era of education . |
| 13 | Over the past 20 years , factories in the West have become increasingly dependent on materials which , though used in relatively low quantities , are vital to many of today 's industrial , consumer and defence products . |
| 14 | Most humans , after all , have never successfully applied the scientific techniques of meditation to their own minds , including many of today 's ‘ gurus ’ . |
| 15 | Many of today 's audio systems are fitted with tuners which only receive f.m . |
| 16 | The reaction to George Carey 's speech suggests that many of today 's wealthy in Britain are not content merely with being wealthy . |
| 17 | Mark Newsome of software supplier JBA International concurs : ‘ Many of today 's consumables originate overseas , and as barriers to trade fall it follows that the sourcing of software will follow suit . ’ |
| 18 | Many of today 's new creams also claim to be ‘ non-comedogenic ’ — they will not trigger off spots . |
| 19 | ALCLAD Glass Reinforced Gypsum ( GRG ) cladding and mouldings are used in many of today 's most spectacular interior design projects from themed shopping centres to the realization of the world 's most spectacular theme parks . |
| 20 | By then many of today 's teachers will have upped sticks and left the classroom for good . |
| 21 | Without them , many of today 's sophisticated techniques would not be carried out , particularly in the vital field of Blood Transfusion . |
| 22 | Irreverent , anarchic , and compulsively out of tune , HB are reinventing the original punk ideals of confronting perceived agendas in music without the assumed glamour and retro posturing of many of today 's neo-punks . |
| 23 | Our regular ‘ In Conversation ’ interviews with many of today 's most successful artists have proved popular for the way in which they reveal the ideas and working methods of professional artists . |
| 24 | Deutsch worked at Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre 's on the famous Alto system , a model which spawned many of today 's workstation designs , and was most recently chief scientist at Smalltalk house , ParcPlace Systems . |
| 25 | As regards the public perception of the term ‘ antique ’ , I think it would be fair to say that a great many of today 's most eminent collectors , particularly in America , and public institutions , are definitely beginning to interpret the word far more loosely than its previously accepted definition of ‘ a hundred years old ’ and , it is clearly a great shame that two of the most original and internationally influential artistic styles ever to emerge in Britain are almost entirely excluded from the Fair : the Arts and Crafts Movement and Art Nouveau , on the basis of age . |
| 26 | The most recent of course was within the memory of many of today 's crews and supporters , the loss of The Dutchess of Kent in January 1970 with just one survivor from her crew of six . |
| 27 | However , I have chosen to complement the Formula One statistics with coverage of the European Formula Two and Formula 3000 Championships which , like Formula Three , have been excellent breeding grounds for many of today 's top Formula One drivers . |
| 28 | As the first purpose-built motor racing circuit in the world it was the forerunner of many of today 's great circuits and must , therefore never be forgotten . |
| 29 | While this reform is specifically designed to prevent many of today 's disgruntled education consumers joining the ranks of tomorrow 's underclass , it will of course have implications for a much wider group of young people , whose talents and needs have been all too little met by the emphasis on the reorganization of secondary education to the exclusion of all other considerations . |
| 30 | However , it was given its name before many of today 's really aggressive species were introduced to the hobby , and it is not that violent a fish ! |