Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hot gases from pyrites burners , mixed with steam , were passed over small blocks of moulded salt , a process which worked successfully for many years ; the works was absorbed by the United Alkali Co. in 1890 and the last Hargreaves–Robinson saltcake plant closed in 1918 . |
| 2 | The great metabolic activity of insects during flight is indicated by their greatly increased oxygen consumption under these conditions ( e.g. Davis and Fraenkel , 1940 ) and as flight continues uninterruptedly for many hours in some species , a reserve of oxidizable material is required ( Sacktor , 5970 ) . |
| 3 | He was a good journalist and one I 'd known professionally for many years . |
| 4 | The work continued under another architect , but the death of Marino , combined with the vast expense of the building together with the losses his surviving family also suffered at the hands of the new Spanish governors , meant that work stopped altogether for many years . |
| 5 | But it will be enough for many people that the Poll Tax will cost her the next general election . |
| 6 | Not only had its hold been too strong for that among considerable sections of the population , but the conditions of the immediate post-war era were miserable enough for many to compare them unfavourably with the peacetime era under Nazism . |
| 7 | The criterion of legality is enough for many parents , and understandably so : a criminal conviction is a handicap and a label that may stick for life . |
| 8 | Such small gains were incentive enough for many . |
| 9 | Work , paradoxically enough for many small landowners and peasants , is actually an ‘ escape attempt ’ , a means of being independent from large-scale farms and other industrial enterprises . |
| 10 | A variety of holidays in locations at home and abroad including guided tours have been arranged for them annually for many years . |
| 11 | Select part , or all , of the following paragraphs , according to whether the parties have been recently widowed/divorced or alone for many years . ) |
| 12 | Perhaps for many of the fans the best moment of all came at the end of the fifth Test , when Tony Greig went out and ‘ grovelled ’ before them . |
| 13 | It seems to me indisputable that , in our culture , adolescence constitutes just such a crisis — perhaps for many people the major one — but because it is one with which we are all familiar , I do not intend to delineate it in detail . |
| 14 | Indeed the little incident could not have been better judged to give them , as a group , a history and a common recognition of similar social sympathy , of good manners under stress , even of kinship that they alone in the Swan , in Grasmere and perhaps for many miles around , should have shared in Miss D'Arcy 's private grief and dealt with it so skilfully and properly . |
| 15 | Perhaps for many people who come to live in the town that is part of its attraction . |
| 16 | Bransby Cooper ( Sir Astley 's nephew ) who knew Coleman personally for many years , said it seemed impossible not to love one so agreeable , kind-hearted , and blessed with all those qualities which endear man to man . |
| 17 | It is true these bright galleons do sail on the high streets of Wembley on Saturday afternoons , and some will continue to do so for many years to come — but not all . |
| 18 | Strange as it seems , I believe that she had not done so for many years . |
| 19 | Such a curriculum had served well , and did so for many years afterwards , that small percentage ( less than 10$ ) who enjoyed grammar school education and were marked out to be the leaders of the nation . |
| 20 | A landmark on the Waxholme/Withernsea road is the old Black Mill , and has been so for many generations . |
| 21 | The precise circumstances of the birth of the Universe , perhaps some 15 billion years ago , are still a mystery — and are likely to remain so for many years . |
| 22 | So for many foreign journalists , the Cambodian election was a bit of a let-down . |
| 23 | So , prolonged unemployment for the principal breadwinners and their offspring is thrusting more and more families into poverty and threatens to do so for many years to come . |
| 24 | The Landscape Institute publishes no percentage fee scale , and has not done so for many years . |
| 25 | It is made from M. spicata , but there are many other mints with various distinct aromas and flavours — garden mint is the most commonly used and has been so for many centuries . |
| 26 | It is not my intention to discuss medical politics , but as it turned out this was not an unhappy solution , notwithstanding that it married two firmly conflicting beliefs which have continued to operate , sometimes rather awkwardly , side by side , and may do so for many years . |
| 27 | Yet affairs which , perhaps , appeared to be progressing well enough were not to remain so for many more years . |
| 28 | My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has done extremely well and will continue to do so for many years to come . |
| 29 | They were the North Riding Authority , er the East Riding Authority , the West Riding Authority , all of which converged on the on the city of York , and as you read through the files , er you will see that even then the D O E were trying to get erm those er those predecessor authorities in the late fifties , early sixties er to come to some view about what ought to be better for Greater York , so for many years the idea of Greater York ha has been current er in one guise or another . |
| 30 | The trustees in acting prudently on investments need to take advice , and , and we have done so for many years , and our investment advisors are currently Schroder Investment Management Limited . |