Example sentences of "many [noun] [ex0] [modal v] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , in many cases there may be no meaning in the demands being made of children . |
| 2 | In many cases there may be no choice . |
| 3 | In many cases there will be no need for an interview and the matter can be dealt with by return of post . |
| 4 | ‘ In many cases there will be commitments in the form of telexes or letters of intent but these are not expected to meet the requirements of the proposed legislation . |
| 5 | ‘ If they all lived , guess how many rats there 'd be in this country in five years . |
| 6 | Whatever the pros and cons , for many companies there will be little option . |
| 7 | specify how many lines there should be on each page ; the minimum is 2 if no headings or footings are required , and if headings and footings are required the minimum is 8 . |
| 8 | You take birthrate , you take death rate , you take the structure of the population , you try to estimate how many parents there will be tomorrow and push them forward . |
| 9 | In many firms there will be no room for dispute as to who should fill the position and for how long , ie the most experienced member of the partnership for as long as he remains hale and hearty . |
| 10 | divide the Listing into a series of smaller , more manageable files by specifying how many pages there should be in a file . |
| 11 | However many problems there may be , there is a natural human instinct to form relationships all through our lives , although occasionally one will find a recluse — someone who has deliberately cut himself off from human contact . |
| 12 | Then Ayling 's housekeeper came to ask how many people there would be for lunch and Rain declined an invitation to stay . |
| 13 | If the amendment to Article 93 were accepted , the Company , and hence the general body of shareholders , would have no choice but to bear such additional costs , however great they were or however many requisitions there may be . |
| 14 | But , however many ways there may be of being alive , it is certain that there are vastly more ways of being dead , or rather not alive . |
| 15 | This was the opening : ‘ Have you any idea how many ways there might be ? ’ , I asked . |
| 16 | This is not confined to legal problems ( although in many situations there may be an unrecognised legal problem ) but has its effects in other areas as well . |
| 17 | But more often than not she would climb the stairs — however many flights there might be — as she felt panic rising within her as soon as she tried to step into the lift . |
| 18 | You will know how many rows there should be to the inch ( centimetre ) , all you need to do is to work a number of rows less than given in the instructions before finishing the sleeve . |
| 19 | Indeed , in many industries there would be little point in raising the skill level unless workers are given more advanced capital equipment on which to work . |
| 20 | ‘ Have you , ’ he enquired , ‘ thought how many women there must be in this country who are giving birth this very minute who know nothing about babies , but will have to cope without any help whatsoever ? ’ |
| 21 | No matter how many cells there may be in the body of an elephant , the elephant began life as a single cell , a fertilized egg . |