Example sentences of "many of the old [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | There 's a huge choice of fish for your East Asian tank , including many of the old aquarium favourites . |
2 | Many of the old village families still work in the area , in agriculture , or in the thriving haulage industry . |
3 | It 's not whether old trainers are fashionable or not ( many of the old school trainers were crap ) . |
4 | As many of the old river managers learned from first-hand experience of tinkering with their rivers , it is ultimately far more productive to work with a river than against it . |
5 | Many of the old weaving districts ( Kazak , Shirvan , Kuba , Baku , Karabagh , Gendje , Talish , Moghan , Daghestan and Derbend ) , villages and towns ( Erivan , Chichi , Fachralo , etc ) either no longer exist under their traditional names or are no longer associated with the rugs marketed under their names . |
6 | Many of the old takeover favourites were also hard hit as speculators moved to take their profits . |
7 | In the case of the Mathematical Association , many of the older school-based members will have constructed their careers in terms of existing definitions of school mathematics and [ … ] will have had an interest , all other things being equal , in resisting changes which might be seen as leading to the relative devaluation of their ‘ knowledge ’ . |
8 | Many of the older rose varieties also have a strong scent . |
9 | Many of the older personality theorists have also written extensively on their ideas . |
10 | While many of the older farm workers nostalgically regret the passing of horses , none regrets the way in which mechanization has removed much of the physical effort and routine drudgery that used to be involved in working on a farm . |