Example sentences of "but many [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But many many centuries before the Devastation , ’ he said . |
| 2 | But many good things have emerged as well . |
| 3 | A good master could find a good crew , but many good men found no commissions since inferior men were cheaper . |
| 4 | Instances of a lack of clarity in thought or expression do , at times , upset the flow of the commentary , but many good points are made about Jane Austen 's treatment of the marriage business . |
| 5 | All replacement window specialists offer the option of sealed double glazed units , but many off-the-shelf replacement windows from timber merchants and the like can only be single-glazed . |
| 6 | The theory seems to have a middle class bias in that it assumes that all criminal and rule-breakers accept and cherish middle-class goals , but many delinquent activities do not appear to be aiming for material gains . |
| 7 | He was a man of few words but many graphic gestures . |
| 8 | But many dental practitioners are sceptical of the need for a replacement for the amalgam filling . |
| 9 | But many junior doctors are unhappy about what they have seen of the new deal so far . |
| 10 | It is probably the closest thing we have to the slave trade here in Britain but many horse-mad children will cheerfully spend day after day employed in this fashion , and the school holidays release an army of willing helpers . |
| 11 | Factory work provided most of the off-farm work but many part-time farmers were tradesmen and managers in business . |
| 12 | This should help the process of reform , but many vested interests remain to be overcome . |
| 13 | Not only do few children enter school with a wide repertoire of nursery or religious songs learnt at their parents ' knees , but many primary schools lack a full-time music specialist . |
| 14 | More successful education about birth control measures and more approachable advisory services may be part of the answer , but many unwanted pregnancies seem to occur among experienced contraceptors who give up without specifically wishing to become pregnant ( Wells , 1983 ) . |
| 15 | Some teachers did say that time ought to be made for SSE but many raised doubts about whether such time would be well spent . |
| 16 | But many evangelical congregations are stymied and rendered impotent by a tangled web of relationship difficulties . |
| 17 | The scene on the long side shows , I believe , the birth of Aphrodite from the sea , the figures on the wings her votaries , a veiled matron burning incense and a naked girl , a hetaira , piping ( one of the first naked women in large-scale Greek sculpture ) ; but many other views are held . |
| 18 | English hill forts and medieval towns have been extensively excavated in recent years , and a new dimension has been added to our knowledge of them ; in this the Biddles have been the incomparable pioneers in their excavations at Winchester — but many other cities have made a major contribution , including York and Lincoln and Oxford . |
| 19 | But many other operas seem to take naturally to water . |
| 20 | But many other researchers have concluded that legal intervention is of extremely limited value in truancy cases . |
| 21 | The question of hedgerows , maintaining natural areas of woodland , etc. leads me to look at another area which causes concern not just to the RSPCA but many other animal welfare groups . |
| 22 | Numbers are ordered according to the relation is greater than ’ , but many other ordering experiences should be provided beforehand . |
| 23 | In this case , it is difficult for the woman to pretend her partner is naturally more ambitious than herself , but many other women buy into this fantasy because it justifies the sexual status quo . |
| 24 | Housing rents are the largest source of income under this heading , but many other services show some income . |
| 25 | But many other cells concentrate there , too . |
| 26 | Many were , indeed , buried during the Hannibalic War or the civil wars after 49BC , when much of the fighting took place in Italy , but many other hoards were buried at times during the first century BC when there was no fighting there . |
| 27 | This was the largest grant ever offered by HBCS , but many other churches faced with closure because of a repair crisis have also received substantial aid from the Council |
| 28 | As we shall see in chapter 2 , careful sampling methods have been devised to try to ensure representativeness in survey research , but many other methods do not involve systematic sampling , and there must always be a question as to the representativeness of their findings and conclusions . |
| 29 | But many other speakers and writers stray into the firing line . |
| 30 | But many other manors had recovered , although not entirely . |