Example sentences of "of many [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Millie 's visit to the sanctum was the first of many during the weeks and months that were to follow , and all resulting from Sister Mary 's reports . |
| 2 | Some lingering race memory remained though , some pervading conviction common to all Orientals , that this life was but one of many on the great wheel of existence and that reincarnation as someone better endowed or worse ( in his case surely worse ) awaited him . |
| 3 | Solidarity with the Spanish Republic undermined the pacifism of many on the left , and Russell knew that he was swimming against the tide when he urged the friends of peace to ‘ avoid the crusading spirit … in relation to Spain , on the grounds that even the best cause is not worth a great war . ’ |
| 4 | The left 's recovery confirmed the opinion of many on the right in the months following Asturias that a precious opportunity to smash the left and destroy the Republic was being lost . |
| 5 | This attitude was sustained until August 1939 by the converse attitudes of many on the Right of Conservatism , who clearly sympathized with Hitler and saw him as a bastion against Bolshevism both in Germany and in Spain . |
| 6 | The film , one of many on the President 's death , is just further evidence of the public 's huge interest in the affair . |
| 7 | In any event , they are being taken sufficiently seriously by a large number of people to raise strong doubts in the minds of many about the viability of our present system . |
| 8 | While the loss of the West Bank reduced the demographic preponderance of the Palestinians in the state , the flight of so many eastwards and the drift of many to the economically more prosperous East Bank in previous years , left Jordan with at least 40 per cent of its population Palestinian . |
| 9 | Finnan led the company through the curious stares of many to the end of the docks , and the steep climb up the hill to the city proper . |
| 10 | This underlines perhaps the damage done to him by his father 's death , which appears to have robbed him of the memory of many of the normal sensations . |
| 11 | Botanical guides had their heyday during the Victorian mania for fern-collection , which stripped the mountains bare of many of the rarest species — go and look at the grave of ‘ Wil Boots ’ in Nant Peris churchyard for the story of this in miniature . |
| 12 | This is true of Belsey 's book , of Hawkes 's own Structuralism and Semiotics , of Tony Bennett 's Marxism and Formalism , of many of the contributions in Peter Widdowson 's Re-Reading English , and of Anthony Easthope 's Poetry as Discourse . |
| 13 | The theme of many of the leaflets plastered over church walls is the same : ‘ The police state methods must change . ’ |
| 14 | Shelford , part of Mark McCormack 's International Management Group which handles the interests of many of the world 's top sporting celebrities , has bypassed the laws on amateurism by working for a company whose main activity is the promotion of the All Blacks captain . |
| 15 | But the security and long-term attractions of many of the investor/developers , as opposed to the property traders which hold on to little of what they develop , makes many of the downgradings a nonsense . |
| 16 | The future behaviour of Japan , then , may be analysed in terms of the balance between commercial self-interest and the basic protectionist nature of many of the trade restrictions which still exist . |
| 17 | This is somewhat ironical in that , as we shall see , it is Engels 's anthropological enthusiasm and his trust in Morgan which has been the source of many of the points in his work which appear now as unacceptable to anthropologists and which have been the cause of some of the most damaging objections to his theories . |
| 18 | As a Class 2 Port Operator , Driver Oliver had already played a full part in the discharge of many of the vessels , but everyone took their turn at sentry duty in the trenches protecting the squadron location . |
| 19 | The sprinkler , invented in the USA in 1881 , was a further safeguard against the dire effects of fire and its introduction into cotton mills produced the water towers which crown the main external staircases of many of the later mills . |
| 20 | There is concern , however , over the removal of many of the public service programming obligations formerly imposed on ITV . |
| 21 | The changes also anticipate many of the demands which were expected to be made at opposition rallies tomorrow in Sofia and the provinces where calls are expected for the resignation of many of the figures ousted yesterday . |
| 22 | It is part of the daily truck in street markets ; it the kind of thing which turns on the average car dealer ; it is part and parcel of many of the transactions carried out in the building trade and cash or at least early settlement means a better price for the retailer when negotiating with a manufacturer . |
| 23 | The pattern of change of many of the houses built before 1700 , and the fluctuating fortunes of their owners provide a pretty good history lesson . |
| 24 | The episode is another reminder of just how shaky are the foundations upon which the international aspirations of many of the City of London 's securities houses are built . |
| 25 | The scientific research into the history of plating technology relies almost entirely on microscopy and element analysis , but these techniques can not provide a complete picture of many of the non-metallic inlays used by the ancient metalworkers . |
| 26 | Given the complexity of many of the objects , and the almost endless possibilities of treatment that could have befallen them , the scientist needs the collaboration of the art historian , in addition to a very wide experience of antiquities and knowledge of the technical processes of the past , in order to reconstruct as much as possible of a particular object 's background history . |
| 27 | Judaism recognizes the tremendous power of women 's sexuality , and it is the acknowledgement of this power that is at the heart of many of the Jewish laws concerning women 's lives . |
| 28 | THIS year 's dramatic increase in screenplay prices was justified by the alleged ‘ instant hit ’ quality of many of the properties . |
| 29 | For example , the location of many of the smaller cities in the eastern part of the Roman empire , in Asia Minor , is unknown . |
| 30 | An augmented roman alphabet , still based on prehistoric cave drawings , would retain the physical defects of many of the existing letters . |