Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] in many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their link-up of slavery with forms of domination within the family is well documented in traditional systems of slavery such as are found in many parts of Africa . |
| 2 | The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 specifically excluded all women from the local borough franchise , but single women continued to enjoy the vote and even the right to be elected in many parishes and important local bodies , such as the Poor Law Guardians , associated with them ( Hollis 1987 ) . |
| 3 | The Expert stated that the proof of the argument was to be seen in many photos of Arabians . |
| 4 | Moreover , because of geographic variations in people 's sensitivity to the disease , tests will have to be done in many countries . |
| 5 | Further , non-exclusive consortia which are composed of firms with different skills producing complementary products or multi-product firms undertaking pro-competitive research projects whose effects are likely to be felt in many output markets are likely to be more attractive than those which are narrowly focused on particular output markets , competitive or not . |
| 6 | The Water Services Association , which represents the 10 regional water companies , has warned that , barring unusually heavy rain , hosepipe bans and more severe restrictions are likely to be introduced in many areas in the coming summer . |
| 7 | Cover with a piece of oiled foil or greaseproof paper and a board , or the base of one of the removable-base tart or cake tins now to be found in many kitchen utensil shops , to fit exactly inside the dish . |
| 8 | After Casaubon Polybius is to be found in many bypaths of European political life . |
| 9 | In A Word in Season ( 1647 ) she championed lay preaching , and urged that godliness was to be found in many forms . |
| 10 | The movement towards integration ( with its social , moral , philosophical and educational overtones ) was to be found in many countries and was part of an international concern for the place which the handicapped occupied in Western society . |
| 11 | Christmas trees decorated by lights and ornaments are also to be found in many homes . |
| 12 | Coats of arms are to be found in many places — churches , abbeys , town halls , stately homes , castles , police stations and public houses . |
| 13 | Examples similar to ( 3 ) are to be found in many places in Conversation D : for example , D-3 , lines 1 – 3 . |
| 14 | In a formal sense a Nayar taravad was the matrilineal equivalent of the patrilineal joint family homestead that is to be encountered in many parts of rural India but with the peculiarity that the incoming spouses ( i.e. , the " husbands " of the locally domiciled women ) had no legal standing . |
| 15 | The serious block-buster , the soap-boxing historical sage , is a growing phenomenon ( see Zoe/3 Fairbairns ' Stand We At Last , Robin Morgan 's Dry Your Smile , Meredith Tax 's Passionate Women ) , and one to be welcomed in many respects : trash with brain cells is a legitimate vehicle for conveying a serious message on a mass-market scale . |
| 16 | The move from ‘ arranged marriage ’ to ‘ marriage based on free choice ’ , as described in a Zhongguo Qingnian article ( 1988 , 5 : 27 ) was to be welcomed in many ways because a large number of graduates every year were wrongly placed . |
| 17 | The Elizabethan Book of Common Prayer continued to be used in many parishes throughout the Interregnum ; parents continued to choose godparents for their children , and mothers continued to be churched following childbirth . |
| 18 | At reorganization in 1974 the functions of local government were split between four main organizational units — counties , districts , health authorities and water authorities — and relatively sophisticated consultative machinery had to be established in many areas in order to obtain local co-ordinated action . |