Example sentences of "many [noun pl] [vb past] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , in addition , they could hire for private patients the very expensive facilities in the way of X-ray machines , operating theatres and the like , to be found within the National Health Service , this too made their lives very much easier and in many cases made their private practice a possibility . |
| 2 | They departed , as in the cases of Buxton , Hastings and Morgan and Phipson , from the arrangements that they had devised for themselves , and in many cases ignored their professional advisers . |
| 3 | A single line railway ran from St George 's to Kelly 's Island , the full length of the colony , and many Bermudians brought their bicycles part of the way to town on the flat-cars attached to the train for that purpose . |
| 4 | Given the strong emphasis on children with special educational needs during the early days of PNP it was not surprising that many collaborations concentrated their attention on these children . |
| 5 | Many barges finished their working life collecting clay . |
| 6 | By then , though , many communities had their clubs and institutes , among the few places of pleasure on their barren landscape , or miners ' " casinos ' , as one aggrieved Durham clergyman called them . |
| 7 | In Scotland , where parent power in schools is further ahead than in England and Wales , and where parents will have the right to select headteachers or dismiss members of the teaching staff , as well as influencing the general policy of the school , many parents expressed their doubts about adopting such a role when the new school year started in 1987 . |
| 8 | Many parents hardened their attitudes against Mr Patten two months ago , when he dismissed their protests against testing as ‘ Neanderthal ’ . |
| 9 | • many banks forgot their traditional cautions in their head on scramble for increased market share ; and |
| 10 | Many Italians changed their names to English versions — or had them changed by English people who could n't pronounce Italian ones . |
| 11 | But many workers found their enslavement to be a virtual death sentence . |
| 12 | Many officers resigned their commissions to take up jobs with the new company . |
| 13 | But in time many factories and many sewers emptied their waste into the Mersey . |
| 14 | In the simplest I found that many owners saw their houses as white elephants . |
| 15 | Many families expressed their concern about the repeated illness among children and the increasing number of children with asthma and who were having to use inhalers . |
| 16 | Many families lost their homes in the fighting and the fires which followed . |
| 17 | The columns represented the start of sanctuary and many fugitives made their way there when the law threatened . |
| 18 | At the time , many Israelis believed their government 's explanation that the Arabs had left either of their own free will or at the behest of their leaders . |
| 19 | Many mills met their fate in storms when they were ‘ tailwinded ’ , in other words , the wind caught the sails from behind after suddenly changing direction before the sails could be rotated . |
| 20 | Not that Paracelsus always found the right ones : One wonders how many unfortunates owed their demise to his prescription of mercury to clarify the spleen . |
| 21 | A report published yesterday by the National Association of Estate Agents says many members had their busiest December for three years . |
| 22 | As happened on Pavlova 's tours all over the world , many little girls were fired with the wish to dance , and many mothers encouraged their daughters in that ambition . |
| 23 | Although often absent from his diocese on the King 's business , Andrewes proved a conscientious bishop at a time when many bishops took their duties lightly . |
| 24 | Many bishops owed their position to the king . |
| 25 | City street adjacent to St Paul 's Cathedral where many publishers had their offices . |
| 26 | Include plenty of broad-leaved plants , as many Angels lay their eggs on them . |
| 27 | Furthermore , many wardens presented their accounts very irregularly , and left office heavily in debt . |
| 28 | Many others forfeited their bailiwicks for breaches of the Forest law : they included John of Monmouth , who lost the custody of the New Forest , Richard de Munfichet , the forest of Essex , and the wardens of the forests of Aliceholt and Woolmer , Wychwood and Braydon . |
| 29 | Some journeymen employed their literacy in their everyday work , compositors in the print trade being an obvious example , but many others had their books of prices . |
| 30 | Many others helped their patients and clients informally , especially if they appeared anxious . |