Example sentences of "[prep] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After many trials with cross-spars and bridles , the Geisha flew well enough to win Joel a trip to Japan ! |
| 2 | After many generations of cumulative selection in a particular place , the local animals and plants become well fitted to the conditions , for instance the weather conditions , in that place . |
| 3 | Hence , after many warnings , the London company had contacted the Sheriff of Rye to collect the debt . |
| 4 | To her daughter who came sometimes to weep silently and only opened her mouth to sing tonelessly after … well , after many things the details of which are best forgotten . |
| 5 | Eventually , after many cycles , the concentration of oligonucleotide primers falls because they have all been incorporated into products of the reaction . |
| 6 | After many attempts by the owner to demolish Pell Wall , with three public inquiries — each refusing permission — then a serious fire in 1987 , North Shropshire District Council finally managed to compulsorily purchase the building from the owner . |
| 7 | After many discussions , shaping and reshaping the deal , much to my surprise they said ‘ yes ’ . ’ |
| 8 | Henry David Thoreau 's ‘ The Dispersion of Seeds ’ , now published as ‘ Faith in a Seed ’ ( Island Press , 284 pages , $19.95 ) , was written in 1860 after many tramps through the Concord woods , where Thoreau caught the cold that eventually killed him . |
| 9 | After many hours of listening solely to CD , I was also surprised at the sound quality of records played on decent equipment . |
| 10 | After many hours of travelling they passed a sign that read ‘ WE 'LL SOON BE AT PRAIL ’ . |
| 11 | Youngsters suffer headaches , fatigue and lose the ability to socially interact after many hours playing the solitary games . |
| 12 | After many hours of fighting Sigmar Heldenhammer drove the greenskins from the field in rout and ended the threat to the Dwarf Empire for many years . |
| 13 | That 's the nocturnal Manx shear waters landing all around you , home again after many hours far out on the ocean . |
| 14 | Accordingly , after many false starts , after many hours in the sunless sea of bafflement , apology and flopsweat , Tod and I have finally cut it with Irene . |
| 15 | Slightly convex with fleur-de-lys on a shield , the lettering is very ornate but after many hours I read it as AVE MARIA GRAVIA . |
| 16 | It was a long morning , but after many hours and a lot of giggling and parading , the three of them had chosen dresses . |
| 17 | We want to know this position after many repeats of the process — that is , we want to know the probability of arriving at a point within the range ( -n , n ) . |
| 18 | One possibly apocryphal joke of Charles 's own was made late one night " after many dishes and many cups " at the expense of the Irish poet : Charles leaned across and asked : " Quid distat inter sottum et scottum " ( what separates a drunk from an Irishman ? ) |
| 19 | After many problems the Science and Art Institute opened on Monday 16 May 1864 . |
| 20 | Further to the west the Ingleton Parish Register for the period records after many burials that the dead were " buried in wool according to the act " and in Swaledale itself , when Ann Baker was buried in 1692 at Grinton Church , her father , Adam , a lead-miner from Oldgang , was fined five pounds for not burying his daughter in wool . |
| 21 | After many delays , during which the rest of the canal was completed and the gap closed temporarily by a horse-drawn tramway , work re-started in 1802 , and the tunnel was completed in March 1805 , opening the whole length of the canal to traffic . |
| 22 | MANY PLACES OF INTEREST on and around the Three Peaks can only be reached on foot after many miles of walking over rough ground , but visitors to Leck Fell are favoured by a quiet moorland road that takes them to their objective precisely and , if they travel by car , without effort . |
| 23 | Some liquid bowel movements are expected after many types of intestinal perfusion studies and in most of the subjects in this study liquid bowel movements had stopped after 24 hours . |
| 24 | After many expressions of undying love , Mr Bumble finally left the room and returned home , with bright visions of his future . |
| 25 | After many conversations , it is my feeling that we need better communication between the youth of Shropshire and the youth of the rest of the diocese . |
| 26 | In Jamaica , as well as tending the Governor 's household , he looked after many islanders who had great faith in him . |
| 27 | The present incumbent was a retired Yorkshire miner and after many thanks and good wishes for the festive season the ensemble played themselves out with a lively rendering of ‘ Ilkley Moor ’ . |
| 28 | After many battles the Orcs were driven north into the Forest of Shadows and deep into the Great Forest itself . |
| 29 | A mother penguin can find her very own youngster in a colony of several thousand , even after many days at sea , having left the young one to mill around on the ice with thousand of others which to us appear to be identical . |
| 30 | I carried out stone from the cave , and after many days ' hard work I had a large cave in the side of the hill . |