Example sentences of "[conj] many [noun pl] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 I know that many girls who become anorexic set out with this express intention , and may even be able to persuade themselves that this is the sole cause ( whole truth ) of their subsequent condition .
2 We believe that many teachers who adopt such modes of interaction , though they do so partly as a matter of habit , are also responding to what they feel is expected of them .
3 This insidious behaviour means that many drugs which interfere with the life-cycle of the virus , for example by inhibiting the activity of crucial enzymes , will do the same to normal host cells .
4 Implicit in these views was the fact that child abuse was considered to be only one of a range of problems that many families who come under the system 's microscope were experiencing , and that there was a need to respond to all the problems including child abuse , rather than of necessity giving it priority .
5 I must admit I , I really do n't agree with that , I mean I find that many women who have had erm children actually their figure has improved after the children , they look a great deal better and I certainly do n't think that many women in Scotland looked vast after they 've had children , I totally disagree with that .
6 It has to be said that many parents themselves share this view .
7 From the survey , it would seem that many bureaux which own the microfilm system find many uses for it within the bureau when it has not been taken out for an outreach advice session ; it is used for training purposes in order to demonstrate access to and use of information in CAB advice work and it is also used for giving talks to outside groups .
8 But I think the problem is that many men who hate women do n't realise that they hate women .
9 ‘ This means that many landowners who have sought Ministry Licences are vulnerable .
10 At honours levels , there are compulsory courses in the principles of social policy , in research methods and in computing and many options which cover all the major policy areas ( eg education , health , housing and social work ) , different policy perspectives ( eg economics , gender , and law ) different national orientations ( eg Scotland and developing countries ) ; and specialist subjects ( eg children , the private sector and poverty ) .
11 Seeing just how comprehensive a work this is , with factory serial number , date of registration , date of next C of A expiry , owner's/operator 's name and probable base all listed , I can only surmise that the note-scribblers/pocket memo mumblers — many of whom seem not to have the slightest knowledge or interest in the type of aeroplane on which the letters are painted — are performing the latter-day equivalent of the sacred ritual which I and many others who have long since outgrown it once enacted in John W.R. Taylor 's ABC of Civil Aircraft Makings .
12 In 1905 the most powerful companies in the United Kingdom would have included J. & P. Coats , The Calico Printers ' Association , The Bleachers ' Association , Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth & Co. , Bolckow Vaughan and many others who have either closed down or been absorbed into other more powerful groups .
13 And and many times I apologize for asking where various places are , because I just ca n't visualize Most of the other things from school come without being beckoned , er one thinks of er the economy , they taught about us about various things of the economy .
14 There is frequent intolerance to work which has real relevance and many times I have seen images dismissed with the familiar phrase , ‘ I do n't know much about art , but I know what I like ’ .
15 From my past experiences and many finds I have plenty of knowledge in the field and this enables me to help people choose the right detector to suit them .
16 They include all the many companies which treat contaminated sites and some environmental lawyers , who lobby sternly against changing this lucrative arrangement ; and many states which have Superfund sites providing local employment at federal or corporate expense .
17 It is of course a very difficult subject to talk about and many families who know or suspect that a relative has killed himself or tried to , are ashamed and refuse to talk about it , or make up all kinds of stories to cover the fact up .
18 This has been manifested in a number of ways including the birth of interdisciplinary journals such as Quaternary Research ( 1970- ) and Boreas ( 1972- ) and Quaternary Science Reviews ( 1982- ) ; of national organizations for Quaternary Scientists including AMQUA in America , DEUQUA in Germany , NORDQUA in Scandinavia and the QRA ( Quaternary Research Association ) in Britain ; of the growth of the International Union for Quaternary Research ( INQUA ) with its meetings every 4 years and many commissions which coordinate research in many fields ; and of international cooperation under the auspices of the International Geological Correlation Programme ( IGCP ) which includes Quaternary investigations within its endeavours .
19 There are a lot of young people who have never worked and many men who have been made redundant .
20 Even though there are excellent books and many stores which import ingredients direct , it remains a daunting task to prepare much of the Thai repertoire in domestic kitchens .
21 And many villagers who 've grown up with the noise of the jets say its the end of an era .
22 In the general run of life in a river this may be very true , but many times I have been able to take barbel and chub from the same swim simply by altering the depth at which my bait is fishing .
23 Reverse osmosis units for freshwater fish are all very well , but many fishkeepers who use them are forced to mix the water obtained with raw tapwater before adding it to the tank , simply because they can not afford the expense of a separate carbon filter .
24 But many cats who foul the house are clearly perfectly healthy , at least physically .
25 It should be noted that , while many companies which go into liquidation are insolvent ( i.e. can not pay their debts in full ) , insolvency is not an essential ingredient of liquidation .
26 Erm by , as many definitions we spend a third of our lives at work , whe where you spend the other two thirds ?
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