Example sentences of "[ex0] [vb mod] to be many " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean there ought to be many more people on the right side , as it were , rather than the wrong side . |
| 2 | The areas involved are small , but there used to be many unsightly corners in the mining villages near St Austell and , by making improvements here and there , English China Clays has done much to make life more pleasant for local residents . |
| 3 | Mr Woodward knew the area well and there were no railways here at all ; there used to be many years ago and there are still signs of the old trackbed to be seen . |
| 4 | The assumption of this explanation is , of course , that there used to be many couples who wanted a divorce but could not have one because their case was not covered by any legislation . |
| 5 | But there are other situations ( and there used to be many more ) in which the social status of the household is measured by the give/take transactions of the wife rather than of the husband . |