Example sentences of "many [prep] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she opened the door just like I wanted and I shot through to the living room only to encounter more men in dark clothes , too many for me to tolerate . |
| 2 | There are far too many for me to examine them all properly in this article . |
| 3 | A few borings indicating greater thicknesses might be explained away as going diagonally through detritus on the outer flank of the reef , but there are now too many for one to conclude that the results can be explained in this way . |
| 4 | Equally , there are too many for them to have been purely phonetic or syllabic . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's too many for us to frighten away with a show of force . ’ |
| 6 | This movement was the instigator of a series of civil rights marches across the north , many of which provoked violence by Protestant counter-demonstrations . |
| 7 | Local authorities are striking deals directly with foreign timber companies , many of which export the logs through Thailand . |
| 8 | Self-help groups have also been started by carers themselves , many of which form a strong platform to campaign for improvements in health facilities , patients ' rights and benefits , public awareness and funds for research . |
| 9 | If you want to be actively involved in the work of The Ramblers ' Association , there are 300 groups throughout England , Scotland and Wales , many of which organise practical work — clearing paths , raising signposts , opposing path closures , reporting obstructions and generally making sure the countryside can be walked . |
| 10 | She is currently a member of scores of international institutions , many of which entail an agreement to act in concert with allies . |
| 11 | There are medium size consultancies , many of which specialise in consumer , industrial or financial clients . |
| 12 | With such a relatively small production run , many of which sated in their native Germany , as the years have passed B.207 owners have become awfully possessive of their sleek , quiet , efficient and , let's be honest , rather beautiful and hard-to-replace aeroplanes . |
| 13 | BP , ICL , IBM , Volvo , British Gas in Wales , British Telecom in the South-west , and a clutch of local authorities , many of which had led the way , had all shown it could be done , with Ford announcing its partial ban recently . |
| 14 | The archives , many of which had been assembled by the French police themselves , were kept firmly closed . |
| 15 | We still grow some of the varieties listed a hundred years ago many of which had already been improved by the 1890s , some favourites like ‘ White Lisbon ’ spring onions and ‘ Scarlet Globe ’ and ‘ French Breakfast ’ radishes were also established . |
| 16 | Apart from the original steel tube companies , TI then owned all manner of subsidiaries , such as Raleigh bicycles , Creda , Russell Hobbs , machine tool companies and auto component businesses , many of which had no connection with the core businesses at all . |
| 17 | The layout is very similar to that of Gournia , with narrow cobbled alleys weaving irregularly among blocks of houses , many of which had rather small chambers , cellars perhaps , on the ground floor . |
| 18 | The king provoked hostility by seeking to use his prerogative rights to raise money , and by requiring the payment of debts , many of which had been respited for many years . |
| 19 | By the early nineteenth century there were dozens of towns with a population of over 10,000 , many of which had originated as castle towns . |
| 20 | One expression of this unity is the growth of great interstate sanctuaries , many of which had four-yearly festivals and games open to all Greeks . |
| 21 | Emergency repairs were carried out to the hotel and houses , many of which had damaged roofs and broken windows , throughout yesterday . |
| 22 | The new government pledged itself to deal with a range of serious environmental problems affecting the country , the extent of many of which had only come to light after the collapse of communist rule . |
| 23 | The major burden would be the cost of dealing with unexploded shells and bombs on former military ranges , many of which had passed from Pentagon control to that of the BLM . |
| 24 | I find it in the unlikeliest places , many of which had not sold it for at least 25 years . |
| 25 | Retailers incur fixed costs , many of which contain a sunk element , for example fixtures and fittings . |
| 26 | Though personal taste tends toward late nineteenth- and twentieth-century European art , his gifts many of which went directly into the galleries have ranged from Egyptian and Roman antiquities and Tiffany glass , to Ming armchairs , an eighteenth-century Italian chest , and a Native American painted elk hide . |
| 27 | The Business Information Unit continued to distribute regular publications such as Pointer and Europointer and during 1989/90 , 610 enquiries were processed , many of which related to the Council 's Scottish Production Industries Register ( SPIR ) . |
| 28 | The Business Information Unit continued to distribute regular publications such as Pointer and during 1990/91 , 605 enquiries were processed , many of which related to the Council 's Scottish Production Industries Register ( SPIR ) . |
| 29 | The zoos ' founding stock of lar gibbons came from the wild , and the usual way to catch gibbons is to shoot mothers and take away their infants , many of which die before they reach their destinations . |
| 30 | France has a complex and comprehensive programme of national aids , many of which apply to its LFAs . |