Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] [prep] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Support for the drug among women has been further heightened by the rise in anti-abortion activism in many parts of the world , which is steadily gaining ground and fighting hard to have RU 486 banned . |
| 2 | This specimen is from Illinois , USA , but forms related to it may be found in Carboniferous limestones in many areas . |
| 3 | With a 60 per cent increase in consumer prices reported , there were therefore substantial increases in real wages for many workers . |
| 4 | They were caught in large numbers for many years from the north-eastern seaboard of the US and Canada , and the Scottish islands of Orkney and Shetland . |
| 5 | ( b ) The form of the dorsal arm plates , whether or not contiguous or carinate. ( c ) The shape and arrangement of the ventral arm plates — important in separating species of many genera such as Ophiura and Ophiocten. ( d ) The form of the tentacle pores and the arrangement of the tentacle series — both useful at the generic level as in Amphiophiura and Stegophiura and the species level as in the genus Ophiura . |
| 6 | It reveals a dramatic fall in Tory support in many areas , especially in the South East ( 11 per cent ) , West Midlands ( 10 ) , the North-East ( 9 ) , and the East Midlands ( 8 ) . |
| 7 | The poll shows a dramatic fall in Tory support in many areas , especially in the South-East ( 11pc ) , West Midlands ( 10pc ) , the North-East ( 9pc ) , and the East Midlands ( 8pc ) . |
| 8 | The Grosvenor family ( now holders of the dukedom of Westminster ) is of ancient lineage ( the Scrope versus Grosvenor controversy of the late fourteenth century is a pertinent study ) , and , over the ages , members have held estates in a number of counties and participated in governmental matters in many localities . |
| 9 | The combination of climatic factors results in late flowering of many species in relation to their counterparts elsewhere . |
| 10 | I have watched a shoal of bream in shallow water for many hours . |
| 11 | Marrows will store in good condition for many months . |
| 12 | Mr Lamont said a freeze in bills last year would have resulted in substantial increases for many businesses this year . |
| 13 | THE assumption in traditional microeconomics of many buyers and sellers is all too crucial . |
| 14 | Colour constancy , as this is known , proved a problem in visual perception for many years . |
| 15 | As ex-Leader of Haringey Council , and active in black politics for many years , Mr Grant was well acquainted with all the arguments about the alleged ‘ Loony Left ’ and threats to society as we know it . |
| 16 | Pain arising from the costal margin has been recognised in medical studies for many years . |
| 17 | All of this ignores the nurses who have been unofficially deputising in medical roles for many years , according to senior nurse advocates . |
| 18 | ‘ Fish are in short supply in many fisheries . |
| 19 | A letter , handwritten in purple ink with many curlicues , may have its text reproduced in printed form . |
| 20 | In this way , Man and Daurog lived in uneasy harmony for many generations , each keeping to their realm , each finding power in the other , each recognizing the other in themselves … |
| 21 | He suggests that climatic variations almost certainly influence personal behaviour and that specific types of weather can cause an increase in anti-social behaviour in many groups , ranging from schoolchildren causing havoc in the classroom to outbreaks of violence among those taking part in mass demonstrations . |
| 22 | The rise in recorded offences in many parts of the Western world in the first half of the nineteenth century played an important role in the original formulation of this belief , which is still accepted by many scholars . |
| 23 | The similarly large increase in recorded crime in many countries in the second half of the twentieth century has also been cited as support for this theory , which has strongly influenced interpretations of crime in the contemporary Third World . |
| 24 | Goblins are numerous and fight most effectively in big Mobs with many ranks — this enables the Goblins to bowl over their enemy by sheer weight of numbers . |
| 25 | It is in this general climate that community policing has been reintroduced in recent years in many forces in Great Britain with the expressed intention of improving both crime prevention and relations between the police and the community ( cf. Gordon 1987 ) . |
| 26 | In Britain , typical sizes are 150/136cm and 895–1,300/630–825kg , but to suit modern needs it has grown noticeably taller , and longer in the body , in recent years in many countries . |
| 27 | This suggests that EATCL may behave in an apparently indolent fashion with a very slow change in pathological state over many months as measured by clinical state , serial upper gastrointestinal biopsy , radiography , haematology , and biochemistry results . |
| 28 | Although the results achieved by the Leeds adjournment system appeared to favour its widespread adoption , this has not happened , although adjournment has been pressed for in some parts of the country — for example , in South Wales — and has been regarded as useful in certain cases by many authorities . |
| 29 | A less drastic course than either ( or their more common hybrid form ) and one preferred in certain contexts in many cultures , is to blame the injury sustained on a puckish nature-spirit or demon . |