Example sentences of "the [noun sg] have [vb pp] many [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The chairman has received many letters , as have I , from MPs and people in the local community who see this as the first need for the force . ’
2 The chairman has received many letters , as have I , from MPs and people in the local community who see this as the first need for the force . ’
3 The decision has incensed many civilians , and prompted demonstrations .
4 And from the beginning of interest in user education the literature has offered many examples of programmes of library user education for schoolchildren , even when school libraries were far less common than they are today .
5 The recession has left many folk unable , or hardly able , to meet payments on a first home , let alone a second .
6 WHILE the recession has reduced many families ' incomes , school fees have continued to rise at about twice the rate of inflation .
7 The Pantheon has survived many vicissitudes ; first the barbarian invasions and later the despoliation by the Catholic Church .
8 The length and content of the course has changed many times since the last war , and several high-ranking officers are updated each year .
9 During 1990 , 450 guests benefited from convalescence at the Home , and the Association has received many letters of appreciation of the good food , the good company and the kind care of the staff .
10 Although the Club has had many friends over the years his contribution would be difficult to equal .
11 As proof of its usefulness , the trap has caught many species which have never been observed in the garden .
12 The lower part of the iris of the eye reflects a brilliant green colour which the author has tried many times to capture on film , without success .
13 About my ruined clothes I felt less concern , for I noticed that the flood had made many people shabby .
14 I was accepted as part of the family , which consisted of two daughters and a grandfather , ; the husband had died many years before .
15 The war had made many businessmen conscious of the need and opportunities for private banks in both London and the provinces .
16 His presence at an exhibition devoted to the contemporary has taken many people by surprise …
17 " The Meeting having considered many Complaints from Caddelton and the other principle Drovers … from the want of a proper Fank for Cattle near the ferry place of Portaskaig , and Considering also that sixty or Eighty acres at least of some muir land near the Port will be necessary … appoint a Committee to draw up an application to Shawfield , praying he may allot and Inclose a piece of ground . "
18 1788 " The Meeting having had many Complaints of the Great danger to Travellers in Crossing the Water of Auchacharlich , and that several persons have of late been lost in the water , and considering that a Sufficient Timber Bridge will answer every necessary purpose there , this Meeting " appoints a Committee for erecting the said bridge .
19 The worsening of the crisis has led many politicians concerned about keeping the country from anarchy , to look for a stronger defence minister .
20 Another problem is that the rain has advanced many crops , telescoping the harvest , he explains .
21 The effects of the transformation have taken many forms .
22 Hailing in the past has had many farms , and of these Court Farm is the last major farm , and Mr Peter Lingham now farms the greater part of the agricultural land in Halling as well as some in Cuxton and across the parish boundary into Snodland .
23 However , it seems that there is a lot more Kent furniture waiting in the reserves , unknown to the public : the furniture-maker had made many runs of sofas , chairs and so on .
24 " The drought had produced many weeds : but the use of detention boys and voluntary weeding have done much . "
25 Mrs Bell said the company had received many letters from pensioners who understood why the decision had been made .
26 Since that time the company have introduced many variations on the 540 range and a few new models along the way .
27 Within the marine environment itself some palaeontologists believe that the overall richness of the marine fauna was established early on , say by the Silurian period , and that there has not been a great increase in the total number of species living in the sea at any one time since then , although of course the kinds of organisms inhabiting the sea have changed many times .
28 Over the past year the school has boasted many achievements both team and individual .
29 Erm , but in fact , she 's she 's missed the third sentence and , where she said that the rose has withstood many sicknesses and evils , erm , whereas in fact , what it says is it withstands and succours against sicknesses and evils , which is a totally different element .
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