Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] many [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet affairs which , perhaps , appeared to be progressing well enough were not to remain so for many more years . |
| 2 | One long-standing feature of Texas prisons dating from the early times , and which occurred intermittently in many American prison administrations in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries , was that of ‘ leasing out ’ prisons . |
| 3 | So while the type of tv reporting that so upsets Nicholas Soames may add to a sense of doubt already nagging away in many British minds , when the opinion pollster calls it is reduced to the level of painful anecdote . |
| 4 | Although he did n't take the trophy this year , has done so on many previous occasions . |
| 5 | Surely she 'd have done better to many young Charlie Bainbridge and settle down to starting a family . |
| 6 | I hope that my being there was helpful because I certainly came away with many happy memories and no one can take that away . ’ |
| 7 | Hippos are large vegetarians and must munch away at many different herbs , along with the other plants they eat growing along the river bank |
| 8 | He said we played far to many domestic games , and that he hoped this disater would be a blessing in disguise . |
| 9 | The small mammals living today in many different habitats and climatic zones have been described , so that the associations between faunal types and ecology are well documented ( Southern , 1954 ; Walker , 1964 ; Glue , 1967 ; Hanney , 1975 ; Andrews , Groves & Horne , 1975 ; Corbet & Southern , 1977 ; Brain , 1981 ; Yalden , 1985 ; Avery , 1986 ) . |
| 10 | Hence it will grow well with many other aquatic species . |
| 11 | Fed silently by many secret waters . |
| 12 | — who said he was beginning to enjoy his retirement and looking forward to many more years to come . |
| 13 | As a result the system can be used in large rooms , or long but relatively narrow rooms , but conversely is ill-suited for use across the narrow dimension of most rooms , which can work well with many other transducers . |
| 14 | I look forward to many more exciting developments in the future . ’ |
| 15 | not freehold land freehold buildings we 've been depreciating now for many many years . |
| 16 | If they are being fooled now by many other countries , is it not right that we must seek a strong , new , international non-proliferation treaty containing vigorous verification provisions backed by United Nations sanctions ? |
| 17 | Graphically the game compares well with many full-price releases ; clear , easily identifiable sprites move realistically against a detailed background , while the scrolling is both swift and smooth . |
| 18 | Ca n't someone bring some sense into this ridiculous situation before the governors who took up the challenge after the Government 's much-advertised campaign to persuade people to do the work , and those who served faithfully for many long years , resign en masse ? |
| 19 | However , there is no bar on the institution of enforcement proceedings by local authorities where evidence of non-payment can be brought before the court , and proceedings continue to be brought successfully in many other areas . |
| 20 | If the Church is to keep its teenagers , especially , it has to compete successfully with many other attractions and activities which appeal to the young . |
| 21 | The Chancellor 's ACT reforms will also be widely welcomed , although the £550 million saving is likely to be a drop in the ocean compared to the surplus ACT hiding away in many large companies ' balance sheets . |
| 22 | The marketing campaign unveiled yesterday is aimed at a raising the profile of the event among the general public in the United States , where football lags far behind many other sports in popularity . |
| 23 | The wood fibres are blown apart , but remain glued together at many individual points by the set resin , or connected by viscous strings of it if it has not quite set . |
| 24 | As I now recognize , I trampled happily across many unwritten preserves of others and must have sorely tested both my superiors and my peers . |
| 25 | That would help to show the universal determination of all parties in the House to achieve an answer that will provide a proper future for British agriculture and enable me at least to be able to tell my companions in the negotiations that there are things that matter so much to us that we will sit there until we achieve them , even if it means that we will sit there for many more months to come . |
| 26 | Decentralization fragments the scope of radical change and raises the thresholds required for it to be achieved , a maxim which constitutional and administrative designers take seriously in many liberal democracies . |
| 27 | It works effectively in many other countries . |
| 28 | Holding the larva in its jaws , an adult points the larva 's silk glands at the leaves and , as the silk is extruded , the leaves , which are held together by many other ants , are glued . |