Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [vb pp] [prep] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Wedding Present are seen by many as a victory for the ordinary and in a perverse way , their lack of image has become their image . |
| 2 | The obstacles to preventive research are found in many countries , including Britain , which has a distinguished history in epidemiology , public health , and preventive medicine . |
| 3 | Foreign direct investment in some countries of the Third World has resulted in a predominantly male state sector industrial labour force being augmented by many more women in private , especially foreignowned , industry . |
| 4 | Patriarchal religion is built on many millennia of repressed fear of the power of female bodily processes . |
| 5 | Gastrointestinal epithelial cell proliferation is influenced by many hormonal , paracrine , and intraluminal agents . |
| 6 | Juniper is regarded by many intuitive aromatherapists as having the power to cleanse on a psychic as well as a physical level . |
| 7 | Saint David is the patron ( or special ) saint of Wales and on that day a leek or a daffodil is worn by many Welsh people in his honour . |
| 8 | A given sensory cell is connected to many axons in the optic nerve , and each axon in the optic nerve receives inputs from many sensory cells . |
| 9 | ‘ What is true , ’ writes mason investigator Stephen Knight , ‘ is that the philosophic , religious and ritualistic concoction that makes up the speculative element in freemasonry is drawn from many sources — some of them , like the Isis-Osiris myth , dating back to the dawn of history . |
| 10 | The correct word-path is excluded from many mid and mixed utterances because an alternative parsing into a long word is preferred . |
| 11 | This trusteeship is supported in many countries by laws which define the familial nature of ownership and , indeed , of occupation and make it inconceivable for the farmer willingly to support farm amalgamation of the kind envisaged . |
| 12 | Most villages have some form of street lighting and the lights of major towns are reflected by the clouds and their effect is extended by many miles . |
| 13 | This snake-mimicry is employed by many species , from the familiar domestic cat to less familiar finches . |
| 14 | Each dot is made of many tiny tubes — much too small to see without a microscope . |
| 15 | This myth of a maiden rescued from a monster is found in many places , but the most distant from the Mediterranean is probably Japan . |
| 16 | On the other hand , cash flow accounting is practised in many public sector and non-profit organizations . |
| 17 | Unless the base stock was kept for many years in the same conditions as those in which estimates were made , problems could have arisen . |
| 18 | Despite the circumstances of living , the photographs presented showed how the Festival of St John the Baptist was celebrated with many attractive decorations . |
| 19 | Owing to the large percentage of employees joining up , female labour was employed in many branches of Railway Work , ie : ticket collecting , platform work , engine and carriage cleaning work in the shops at Wolverton , Crewe and Earlstown. 6,584 females were utilised in place of men . |
| 20 | However , the professor was defended by many advocates of Afrocentric education who characterized criticism of his stance as indicative of anti-black racism . |
| 21 | The willow was put to many uses by millers . |
| 22 | The " regional policeman " policy of Rajiv Gandhi during the last years of his administration was interpreted by many observers as part of a desire to strengthen India 's position as a regional superpower , despite the country 's avowed non-aligned policy . |
| 23 | He was very generous and his friendship was abused by many who saw him as an easy touch financially . |
| 24 | Angelfish are chosen by many beginners because of their hardiness and attractive appearance ; they are certainly one of the hardiest fish I know . |
| 25 | Home and work are linked in many ways , notably because the location of work and of home are mutually related . |
| 26 | Facilities and equipment are shared in many cases , and PhD students in Linguistics have access to joint supervision . |
| 27 | Ginkgo leaves are particularly beautiful , perfect fans with splayed veins , and specimens of this general type are found in many localities from rocks of Triassic age onwards ( see p. 108 ) . |
| 28 | May your marriage be blessed with many sons ! ’ |
| 29 | That hours of work were stated for many trades does not mean that they were always worked to the full . |
| 30 | Communist offers of help were accepted by many local Labour Parties , though Herbert Morrison and the London Labour Party made considerable efforts to discourage them . |