Example sentences of "many [vb base] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , many cite his 1966 release ‘ What Would I Be ’ as a cryptic reference to the singer 's ‘ beverage ’ problem , claiming that Doonican 's ‘ liberal ’ record company , Decca , formed him to drop the words ‘ without a good cup of tea ’ from the chorus . |
| 2 | Indeed , many cite his 1966 release ‘ What Would I Be ’ as a cryptic reference to the singer 's ‘ beverage ’ problem , claiming that Doonican 's ‘ liberal ’ record company , Decca , formed him to drop the words ‘ without a good cup of tea ’ from the chorus . |
| 3 | Many fear they will have to take out a second mortgage to pay for the spin-off merchandise from the Macauley Culkin sequel : Home Alone 2 : Lost in New York . |
| 4 | But there are no plans for the houses , many fear they 'll just remain a boarded-up eyesore instead of providing much-needed accomodation . |
| 5 | Many regret it and many fall pregnant — about 170 under 15s in this country every week , according to the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys . |
| 6 | ‘ How many d' you get in that last action ? ’ he asked . |
| 7 | Many lick their lips and move their jaws . |
| 8 | It is a strange sensation , but many sense it from time to time : a consuming desire to part with money . |
| 9 | Many channel their hatred into art and fill magazine galleries with hedgehogs kicking their trainer-clad feet into a blood-spattered plumber 's head . |
| 10 | It became clear during this work that there is some uncertainty and confusion about identity among many Laz themselves , and that representatives of these people elsewhere in Turkey can be very misleading . |
| 11 | Many expect him to emerge from the rubble as the undisputed leader of the French greens . |
| 12 | Many say they have had to turn down surgery , for instance , because they could not find alternative care for their dependants when a bed became available . |
| 13 | The small harbours that line the rocky coast of Cothique hold many craft which double as warships in times of need . |
| 14 | ‘ Many seek it , but who finds it ? ’ |
| 15 | The ‘ fattys ’ were feeling so thin that many let themselves drink their way through a bottle of drain cleaner . |
| 16 | John Smith 's devotion to the cause of exchange rate stability is not the symbol of virtue which many mistake it for . |
| 17 | At the other extreme of the fishes ' habitat , in the depths of the ocean , around 750 metres and below , there is no light by which fish can see one another 's signals , so many create their own . |
| 18 | Some 300,000 people work in state-owned enterprises , and many owe their jobs to political patronage . |
| 19 | ‘ It was more that just successful , ’ he says today , looking back on what many consider his finest work . |
| 20 | The sad fact is , there are n't that many fast shoot-'em up or platform games — like Super Mario — available for the PC . |
| 21 | Many know him as the British jazz singer , but he is equally respected for his brilliance as a film and tv critic , modern art expert , writer and fisherman . |
| 22 | How many know he was a prominent contributor to this magazine ? |
| 23 | ‘ I and many like me in Germany think it is a tragedy that we are at war with you . |
| 24 | I 'm an unemployed laboratory technician , and there are many like me . |
| 25 | If conditions improve too much , only the half-decent cricketers will survive and I , and many like me , will be forced into premature retirement before the age of 60 . |
| 26 | Many like them have raised money for local charities or simply made a genuine and lasting contribution to their communities . |
| 27 | Now that Shankly and Stein and many like them have gone , it raises the question of whether McIlvanney 's world of sport , embracing values and heroes who genuinely stood for something , faces inevitable decay in these vainglorious and calculating times . |
| 28 | It seemed terribly wrong that her family were still struggling even now to keep their heads above water , that many like them were close to starvation , when the clothes she , Alice , was wearing would have kept them in food for at least half a year . |
| 29 | In action , the field artillery particularly had even less cover than the infantry ; often reduced still further by officers of the old school of that notably proud French arm , ‘ La Reine des Batailles ’ , who believed ( and there were still many like them ) that to take cover under fire was almost cowardice . |
| 30 | Bullingdon Prison is one of several new buildings designed to replace the Victorian institutions such as Oxford , but with so many people in jail , Oxford and many like it have to remain open . |