Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] have [vb pp] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a journalist I had seen many countries overseas , all smaller and poorer than ourselves , being granted self-government ; and I had hoped that Scotland would not be denied even the limited self-government that was then being dished out to the Cook Islands and the Faeroe Islands and the Cameroons . ’ |
| 2 | NEW YORK researchers are near to pinpointing the root cause of toxic-shock syndrome — a feverish , and often fatal condition which has struck many women using particular types of tampon . |
| 3 | In this chapter you have discovered many ways in which foods containing dietary fibre can make you feel more satisfied — and the food has not yet gone down the throat . |
| 4 | In my 25 years of watching international rugby I have seen many incidents of violence and can not think of any country that is blameless . |
| 5 | Beyond the basics of walking and climbing , lessons are now also available on how to use an ice axe to halt a slide on ice and snow — a skill which has saved many lives in the past . |
| 6 | The revolt itself has taken many forms , and issued in a variety of quite different conceptions of what philosophy itself is about . |
| 7 | Publishers grow thick skins against negative reviewing , but I remain puzzled at the volume of abuse directed at this particular book , by an author who has spent many years working on his subject , opening up new areas of research , and who has arguably contributed more in recent years ( viz Orwell : The War Broadcasts , Orwell : The War Commentaries and The Larger Evils ) to the study of Orwell 's work than any other scholar . |
| 8 | An important new factor which has upset many people 's sums over the past couple of years has been the state of the property market . |
| 9 | Rita is a machine knitter of 20 years ' standing who has taught many techniques of the craft . |
| 10 | Such confusion has , on one hand , led many scientists and doctors to reject acupuncture as a foreign superstition , while on the other it has led many people , not trained in science , to react by rejecting modern biomedical science as being blinkered and dogmatic . |
| 11 | It is an area I have visited many times , especially the coastal areas which are superb for walking . |
| 12 | That maxim , one could say , is the core of The Lord of the Rings , and it is reinforced from the start by all that Gandalf says about the way Ring-bearers fade , regardless of all their ‘ strength ’ or ‘ good purpose ’ , and further by his violent refusal to take the Ring himself : His renunciation makes sense in an age which has seen many pigs become farmers ; no reviewer has ever balked at this basic opening move of Tolkien 's . |
| 13 | But the words were not said as if from the mind of a child but from that of an adult who had experienced many things . |
| 14 | It is a movement he has used many times and which is perhaps seen at its best in the pas de deux to the Meditation from Thai-s created for Anthony Dowell and Antoinette Sibley ; in A Month in the Country when Natalia dances with the Tutor to express her emotions ; and in Les Deux Pigeons in the final pas de deux , when the Young Man has returned to The Girl and tenderly dances with her in his arms ( see page 83 ) . |
| 15 | In the past I have done many portraits on commission — the last was Lord Flowers of Imperial College , London — but nowadays I will not accept commissions . |
| 16 | During my own life I have experienced many occasions when debt burdens have dominated my thoughts . |
| 17 | It was a song she 'd heard many times in the past , one that had stayed in the popular charts for months . |
| 18 | In the past they have brought many candidates together for an entire day of selection activities , which included written tests of their numerical and communication skills . |
| 19 | In different parts of the world I have seen many gardens and sometimes the most delightful aspect has been the sounds of birds and insects that add another dimension to the colours and fragrance . |
| 20 | But doctors did n't anticipate another strain of the virus which has affected many children . |
| 21 | He did however attempt in his Sermons Chiefly on the Theory of Religious Belief ( 1843 ) and The Grammar of Assent ( 1870 ) an analysis of the nature of religious belief which shows some affinity with Coleridge , and includes Newman 's own original idea of the ‘ illative sense ’ by which we find it possible to proceed through probabilities to certitude ; and in his celebrated Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine ( 1878 ) struggled with the problem of change and continuity in the expression of Christian faith down through the centuries in a fashion which has helped many others to grasp something of the questions , if not in most cases to accept his answers . |
| 22 | And so it is possible in these few words to dismiss a controversy which has absorbed many pages . |
| 23 | Our workshops will be run by Mary Casey , a specialist in inter-personal skills training who has conducted many stress management courses for women . |
| 24 | As the tank-landing craft heads out into the English Channel I play a slow Highland air , Loch Monar , a tune I have played many times at Achnacarry , and possibly recognised by many of those Commandos who had passed through the Training Centre . |
| 25 | Some of them , however , maintain the fine choral tradition which has produced many church musicians and the recent admission of girls into those which were formerly all-male establishments could well encourage the development of careers for women in church music . |
| 26 | A position which has angered many unionists at grass roots level . |
| 27 | In this country we have lost many rituals that in the past supported us through the various stages of grief . |
| 28 | Well apart from attaining a Flying Instructors ticket along with his Basic Commercial Pilot 's Licence , Commercial Pilot 's Licence and Air Transport Pilot 's Licence , this year he has taken many performance category ratings . |
| 29 | Although the Funny Farm has been operating for just over a year it has had many bands through its doors already including The Proclaimers , The Silencers , Botany 5 , Kith ‘ n Kin , Avalon , Fini Tribe , Jools Holland and Nazareth . |
| 30 | In fact we have seen many examples of animal communication that involve learning . |