Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] [prep] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | The work continued under another architect , but the death of Marino , combined with the vast expense of the building together with the losses his surviving family also suffered at the hands of the new Spanish governors , meant that work stopped altogether for many years . |
| 2 | An inspection of the results for individual questions shows that although fewer pupils in the bottom third obtained the correct answer in each case than did other pupils , a substantial proportion did so in many cases . |
| 3 | At the same time Miss Butterworth was employing women at the Flax Home Industry House at Grasmere and work continued there for many years . |
| 4 | We recommended fibre found naturally in many foods to parents of infants <1 year of age , such as in pureed fruits , vegetables , and infant cereal . |
| 5 | And all this in a conflict fought halfheartedly by many Norfolk farmers who had only an eye for renewed state intervention . |
| 6 | On 5 October 1881 the SS Orient docked at Plymouth with 150 tons of frozen Australian meat on board , an event described vividly by many newspapers ( for example , Daily News , 5 October ) . |
| 7 | members of the academic staff last week agreed vehemently with many of the Council 's criticisms and expressed relief that the polytechnic 's problems were being brought into the open at last . |
| 8 | The Marshalls , a well-known family engaged in flax spinning lived here for many years and many interesting people , including Wordsworth and Adam Sedgwick , were visitors . |
| 9 | The firm traded there for many years and a number of well-known craftsmen served their apprenticeships at the works . |