Example sentences of "[prep] many in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Macedo 's vision of preservation for the forest and its peoples is very different from the Utopian fantasies of many in the developed world who profess a passionate concern for Amazonia . |
| 2 | It was , similarly , only one strand in the ideas of many in the Royal Society . |
| 3 | Typical of many in the south , his flattened rape looks ‘ like a rough sea ’ . |
| 4 | The inhabitants of North Down , Protestant and unionist , enjoy a living standard — with low house prices and a scenic environment — that would be the envy of many in the south east of England . |
| 5 | This is a situation of which modern theologians have been well aware — often too much so for the comfort of many in the churches — and with which they have tried in various ways to deal . |
| 6 | At first they were a novelty and a fad but , perhaps even to the surprise of many in the trade , they were a novelty that did not fade . |
| 7 | But the Sunday Times seems to be looking for a figurehead for the post , with real work being done in the back room , by the likes of Harry Ritchie , Walsh 's deputy , who in the view of many in the book business would make an excellent lit ed for the paper . |
| 8 | Against the powerful opposition of many in the Nazi hierarchy Vlasov 's German supporters could do no more than secure permission to use the general for propaganda purposes . |
| 9 | The obvious reluctance of many in the rural sector to seek work in the industrial sector , even on a temporary basis , points to an inclination to stay put far beyond what might be expected from a natural conservatism and apprehension of the unknown . |
| 10 | Grandfather always talked about him , Jamie , the athlete , scholar , then a young flier in the Battle of Britain , one of many in the long hot summer , surviving a couple of incidents . |
| 11 | Then the Faculty 's computing facilities , including word-processing capabilities in all the languages taught and many of those native to the student body , are the envy of many in the University and beyond . |
| 12 | As the occupant of the famous Oval Office at the White House he will be the undisputed leader of the western world and , due to the collapse of the Soviet empire , the hope of many in the east as well . |
| 13 | In effect this was a time when new worlds and new social structures were being forged ; and in many ways we were closer to the world of the underground than that of the moral majority , for we were walking the same ground and like many in the alternative society were ( somewhat unsystematically ) following an essential and perennial theme of history — that of man 's journey as ‘ hero ’ . |
| 14 | Like many in the sport , the men who make the odds view the bold Brittain as racing 's version of Don Quixote . |
| 15 | By the encore the chubby middle-aged chap in front of me , like many in the hall , had lost all touch with decorum , and , during ‘ Summertime Blues ’ was standing on his seat , windmilling his arms over the strings of his air guitar . |
| 16 | Like many in the entertainment business , they love dressing up . |
| 17 | Yet like many in the Grand Army , Thiercelin was sometimes tempted to believe that Napoleon Bonaparte was not quite as other men . |
| 18 | Arnold , like many in the middle classes frightened at the thought of working-class revolution , argued for the need to ‘ win the sympathy ’ of the working classes , for ‘ society is in danger of falling into anarchy ’ ( Matthew Arnold , ‘ The popular education of France ’ , quoted in Eagleton 1983 : 24 ) . |
| 19 | The Scarman Report commented on the turnover of staff in the mail order department in 1976 : ‘ many of the immigrant workers did not stay for very long : the threat of dismissal must have been an anxiety for many in the workforce . |
| 20 | For many in the seventeenth century this immaterial God was an important part of their whole world-view . |
| 21 | WP It will inevitably be confusing for those in Eastern Europe who mistake the rhetoric of Western ideology for the reality of economic life — just as it is for many in the West . |
| 22 | A woman from Yeovil , Penny Price , spoke for many in the way she summed up her feelings about the dangers . |
| 23 | It is certain Farr-Jones is already talking too fast for many in the game . |
| 24 | Mary had been brought up with her story which , for many in the valley — except her own generation , increasingly unable to visit her on the heights she chose for her seclusion — had gone cold long ago . |
| 25 | For many in the working-class the role of state and its agencies in the provision of housing , education , health and welfare services was initially seen as a move towards greater equality . |
| 26 | The politically active came to see Britain 's problems in international rather than exclusively domestic terms , an important change for many in the Labour Party . |
| 27 | For many in the ancient town of Winchcombe — it 's the hottest news for years . |
| 28 | The reunification of Germany has opened up new opportunities for many in the East , including a group of East German teachers of English who are visiting Oxford this week . |
| 29 | If they could not — as with many in the industrial northern area of the bay , near the busy port of Baltimore — why not ? |
| 30 | The Britons had made friends with many in the party who perished , including 21-year-old Australian Pierce Kitely . |