Example sentences of "[modal v] be found [prep] many [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government organisation concerned with food distribution was improved and expanded , so that its subsidised outlets could be found in many poor areas , both urban and rural . |
| 2 | Generosity , however , was not an emotion that could be found in many Palestinian hearts in Lebanon , and the hatred that burned in 1948 was eagerly taken up by a new generation . |
| 3 | While broad sternal plates subdivided as above may be found in many Orthopteroid insects ( Fig. 19 ) there is often considerable specialization of the ventral region . |
| 4 | Fog-free mirrors ( a boon to women in a hurry to apply make-up after a shower ) can be found in many mid-range Hiltons , Holiday Inns and De Vere hotels . |
| 5 | It is wrong to confuse ‘ bureaucracy ’ with ‘ large ’ organisations , because the features of bureaucracy can be found in many small and most medium-sized organisations . |
| 6 | Indispensable help can be found in many unspectacular but invaluable summaries of factual information . |
| 7 | If this seems an abstruse form of cultivation it is not one that is limited to modern agriculture , but can be found in many suburban gardens where , acre for acre , the concentrations of both fertilizer and pesticide are higher than on the average arable farm . |
| 8 | The examples which I give are only hints and pointers , and parallels can be found in many different areas of life , from the mundane to the mystical . |
| 9 | Similar customs to this , all designed to hold up social miscreants to public ridicule , can be found in many different sorts of small-scale societies . |
| 10 | The adjective beautiful , for example , denotes a quality which can be found in many different objects and therefore does not by itself indicate the nature of that about which it is said . |