Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] [prep] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The control of consumption theory was developed in the 1950s by a French demographer , Sully Ledermann and has since been adopted by many neo-prohibitionists , notably in Scandinavia . |
| 2 | It is unlikely that any report in the UK would be so brutally honest , but it accurately describes our situation , except that the inadequate nature of our provision for many students has long been recognised by many educators , and only becomes important to others through economic necessity . |
| 3 | An underlying hormonal element has long been suspected in many cases of malignant melanoma . |
| 4 | The subject of art has for too long been considered by many teachers as a frill , — there it is on the time-table , a compulsory subject ; some schools give it a period a week , some a double period , and some even more . |
| 5 | What 's more , she was on top of the Poll , and had obviously been supported by many men members . |
| 6 | Subscriptions fell steadily and expenditure fell even more sharply with the reduction of salaries and the suspension of propaganda , so that most local parties ended the war with a substantial profit ; but this concealed a real weakness , for expenditure could be revived by a single decision , while income could only be revived by many years of patient work . |
| 7 | If it has a Solex carb then this is probably worn out as they have not been fitted for many years . |
| 8 | Up-to-date valuations of such properties had not been undertaken for many years previously , partly because of business people 's complaints that any revaluations of commercial properties could inevitably lead to an increase in their total tax bill . |
| 9 | And because Barlaston had ceased to function as a house in the 1930s , and had not been modernized for many years before that , it was in a remarkably unaltered state and thus an important archaeological document . |
| 10 | Social perceptions of what is or is not obscene or indecent may change but the legislation may remain to trap the unwary in a much more liberal climate ; and just because the legislation has not been used in many years that does not mean it will not be applied again . |
| 11 | Momentarily she digested the horrible implication , that by nineteen-eighty the work on Titron had reached a stage where an enlarged adult human foetus had presumably already been tested against many diseases — and was a norm . |
| 12 | Their effects may not be noticed for many years . |
| 13 | But then I thought this might not be understood by many people , and also , by the time it got to the Augean Bulls and the Birds of Stymphalus , it would be a little recondite for people like Terry Coleman . ’ |
| 14 | The rent charged should be enough to cover mortgage , rates , repairs and agents ' fees as well as tax but even this modest target may not be reached in many places without risk of taking in the wrong kind of tenant . |
| 15 | An almost universal feature of determination is that it involves subtle chemical changes , almost certainly turning on or off genes , and the overt result may not be seen for many hours . |
| 16 | It can not be given to many scientists to be outstanding as experimenter , technical innovator and teacher ; Kuypers was unquestionably all of these . |
| 17 | Given its position in the struggle and the structures of a capitalist formation , a class may not be left with many options . |
| 18 | But undoubtedly he was right on the mark when he wrote in his essay on Thomas Parnell some words which might aptly be applied to many writers at present being collected : |
| 19 | Sprinkler bans are already being planned for many areas but not for Surrey . |
| 20 | Under the terms of the Compromise , Member States were supposedly given the right to veto decisions affecting their vital national interests ; under the terms of this Maastricht Declaration they effectively renounce that right , thus giving to foreign policy at the outset the same status as that acquired by other areas of policy where the Compromise has gradually been eroded over many years . |
| 21 | This bold hypothesis would still be accepted by many anthropologists and historians , and even those who have tried to refute it are still working within its framework . |
| 22 | One of the reasons why items well over 150 years old can still be found in many houses today is that to look after linen properly it was ‘ rested ’ between laundering and use . |
| 23 | In fact , this can hardly be done in many cases because the animals concerned are nocturnal or are very well camouflaged ; but the stiffly mounted corpse on its studio stump , so characteristic of the eighteenth century , soon came to look dated . |
| 24 | It has been and still is argued by many market practitioners that dividends do have an effect on market prices because of their information content . |
| 25 | This encapsulation of the locals in their own village has also been reinforced in many cases by a physical separation of the two sections of the community . |
| 26 | In February of this year a resolution calling for its enactment was passed by the Liberal Party Council , and it has also been supported by many individuals and groups in both the Labour and Conservative parties . |
| 27 | For example , the idea of functional dispersal among a group of villages has been adopted in the structure plans for North Yorkshire , Gloucestershire and Cumbria , and a more flexible approach to allowing housing development outside key settlements has also been adopted by many counties ( Derounian 1980 ; J. M. Shaw 1982 ) . |
| 28 | Credit managers have traditionally been regarded in many companies as little more than debt collectors , albeit often highly effective ones . |
| 29 | The chamfered heel , the shock-absorbing device of the first K-SB3s and used on many other early boots , has now been rejected by many hillwalkers . |
| 30 | Furthermore , our own social and organisational power structure — ironically being dismantled in many hospitals as a result of these reforms — needs to become more adaptive to the changing needs and priorities of patients and other health and welfare professionals . |