Example sentences of "[noun] be in many [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Nizan 's literary and political activities are in many ways best understood as a contribution to what he would doubtless have designated as a " cultural revolution " .
2 Although the RNLI has a unique appeal , the methods of attracting support are in many ways no different to those used by all the other major charities in the country .
3 Humphrey ( 1976 ) has argued convincingly that animals are in many ways over-equipped for the inanimate environment , but the environment provided by other animals ( particularly clever ones ) is especially complex , difficult to predict and difficult to control .
4 Words are in many ways the tools of thought ; they are what the individual uses to formulate as well as express his ideas .
5 If we can suspend the rigidity of the traditional comparisons , we can realise that Matisse and Picasso are in many respects part of the same enterprise .
6 In many cases , the latter variables were accounted for more than initial variables — ; ‘ first or last words were in many cases influential in my decision making process ’ and ‘ found that the last few adjectives had more influence especially if they reflected negative points of the personality ’ .
7 The agricultural industry is in many ways exceptional : not least because of its relative freedom from formal controls .
8 Founded in 1925 , the Review is in many respects a source as appropriate to this phase as the English Association and the Newbolt Committee were for the earlier period .
9 This point needs to be stressed , because recruitment administration is in many respects so mundane that outsiders to the personnel department have difficulty understanding why it should cause a problem .
10 Housmans considers that building a property in Portugal is in many cases cheaper than buying one .
11 Criticism which could be levelled at this study was in many ways similar to that of youth cultures .
12 Phrases such as ‘ sick man of Europe ’ ; ‘ Winter of Discontent ’ ; ‘ who rules Britain ? ’ — these phrases are in many ways too well known .
13 Conversely , poetry is in many ways closer to music than to the more extended and discursive literary forms .
14 On the technical side , remedial work is in many cases already on the way .
15 However , the Universe is in many ways a very orderly place : if nine planets orbit a star in roughly the same plane , the tenth can be expected to do likewise .
16 The fact that divorce is in many cases equally desired by both parties makes it probable that there may in fact be some collusion between them .
17 ‘ The picture that emerges from our review of radioactive waste management is in many ways a disquieting one , ’ the Commission noted with cautious understatement , ‘ indicating insufficient appreciation of long-term requirements either by government departments or other organizations concerned . ’
18 This type of community work with refugees is in many ways similar to the organization of the controlled zones and is regarded as the basis for a future development model after the triumph of the FDR-FMLN .
19 Or at least they start , both books really start with the same issue , and the issue in question is in many ways , well , you could argue that it was in many ways fundamental to the social sciences .
20 Agnes and Tommy Docherty 's marriage was in many respects typical of their generation and typical of their catholic upbringing in the west of Scotland .
21 Moreover , a change from philosophy was in many ways to be desired , as it so often is .
22 Information sharing , access , and security are in many ways the same issue viewed from different angles , with the emphasis varying according to how open an organisation is .
23 While it is therefore acceptable to talk of Japan as strongly influenced by Confucianism , the emphases of th Japanese brand of Confucianism are in many respects far removed from the Chinese original .
24 Women of the first group are in many ways utterly dissimilar from each other , differing in language , religion and customs ( see tables 1 and 2 ) , but their roles in the peasant societies they have come from have a lot in common .
25 One of the employers interviewed by Margaret Irwin for the Royal Commission on Labour in the early 1890s reported that " the girls in our composing room are in many cases daughters of compositors and machinemen and men employed in other departments of the establishment … they introduce their relations in the form of sisters " .
26 Published histories of every town or village or suburb are in many cases non-existent , so frequently primary pupils are by necessity plunged into the world of do-it-yourself local history .
27 The court , the enquiry and the investigation are in many ways similar , and all will include elements of reconstruction .
28 But the stations were in many respects designed to avoid these encounters across class and racial boundaries as much as possible .
29 I know Sibelius is in many ways a very different composer from Bruckner , but I remember you suggesting that there are for you affinities between them .
30 As for the Liberal Democrats , responding with ‘ gambling is in many cases an addiction ’ is absolutely laughable .
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