Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [vb pp] many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outflow of labour from agriculture has denuded many villages of their working populations and replaced them by inhabitants who work in towns and cities and who are not dependent upon farming for their living . |
| 2 | Since his tragic mishap , the former marathon runner has accomplished many projects including an outward bound course , abseiling and canoeing . |
| 3 | This need to attract statutory funding and support has necessitated many compromises , one of which has been to ‘ straighten ’ our image . |
| 4 | Link correspondent has reported many employees ' weddings in the past , but now she has become a bride herself . |
| 5 | The decision has incensed many civilians , and prompted demonstrations . |
| 6 | Within Judaism and Christianity , Psalm 23 for instance has spawned many misunderstandings . |
| 7 | The water level has undergone many changes in past history , due to natural and , more recently , to man-made factors . |
| 8 | NMW is launching a new award for the silliest job title in Britain ‘ to demonstrate the degree to which posing has penetrated many companies , at the cost of performance ’ . |
| 9 | WHILE the recession has reduced many families ' incomes , school fees have continued to rise at about twice the rate of inflation . |
| 10 | The length and content of the course has changed many times since the last war , and several high-ranking officers are updated each year . |
| 11 | The Pantheon has survived many vicissitudes ; first the barbarian invasions and later the despoliation by the Catholic Church . |
| 12 | Long experience has taught many Irishmen that they will not get from authorities national and local the benefits and services to which they consider themselves entitled without the kindly intervention of some influential personage . |
| 13 | And from the beginning of interest in user education the literature has offered many examples of programmes of library user education for schoolchildren , even when school libraries were far less common than they are today . |
| 14 | The national contract has had many successes and there is a danger these could be threatened by fragmentation . |
| 15 | For example , electronics has transformed many industries , but left others like agriculture relatively unmarked . |
| 16 | History teaching has undergone many developments in the last three decades and no doubt change will continue although it is to be hoped that the pace of that change may diminish . |
| 17 | ‘ The chairman has received many letters , as have I , from MPs and people in the local community who see this as the first need for the force . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The chairman has received many letters , as have I , from MPs and people in the local community who see this as the first need for the force . ’ |
| 19 | During 1990 , 450 guests benefited from convalescence at the Home , and the Association has received many letters of appreciation of the good food , the good company and the kind care of the staff . |
| 20 | In local authorities , expanding competition through compulsory competitive tendering has shown many successes for about a decade . |
| 21 | Although the Club has had many friends over the years his contribution would be difficult to equal . |
| 22 | Moreover , GCE had received many reviews , which detailed both its strengths and its weaknesses . |
| 23 | The severe reduction in Soviet aid had led many commentators to predict that 1991 would be an extremely bad year for Vietnam . |
| 24 | Following the identification of these sites , further work has suggested many reasons for their disappearance . |
| 25 | This lady has spent many years studying the life of the people who lived in these parts in former times . ’ |
| 26 | The village hall has seen many activities , including Fur and Feather Whist Drives at Christmas , when the prizes were often brought very much alive in sacks ! |
| 27 | Old rednose has had many things said and written about him . |
| 28 | He maintained he had never received replies to letters or acknowledgement of seeds but the dispatch of the eighth edition of the Dictionary ( April 1768 ) awaited direction and then , with an unusually personal note , he excuses himself , ‘ … having had the misfortune to dislocate the ankelbone of my leg above a year and a half since gone … confinement and want of usual exercise has brought many maladies upon me , but I am in hope of proper remedies to prolong life a little longer . ’ |
| 29 | This form of specialisation is attractive to potential clients , particularly where the executive search consultant has undertaken many assignments successfully and has a functional discipline that works across a diversity of industries . |
| 30 | That uncomfortable question has faced many investors . |