Example sentences of "many [noun] [ex0] [modal v] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If they all lived , guess how many rats there 'd be in this country in five years . |
| 2 | specify how many lines there should be on each page ; the minimum is 2 if no headings or footings are required , and if headings and footings are required the minimum is 8 . |
| 3 | divide the Listing into a series of smaller , more manageable files by specifying how many pages there should be in a file . |
| 4 | Then Ayling 's housekeeper came to ask how many people there would be for lunch and Rain declined an invitation to stay . |
| 5 | But , however many ways there may be of being alive , it is certain that there are vastly more ways of being dead , or rather not alive . |
| 6 | You will know how many rows there should be to the inch ( centimetre ) , all you need to do is to work a number of rows less than given in the instructions before finishing the sleeve . |
| 7 | ‘ Have you , ’ he enquired , ‘ thought how many women there must be in this country who are giving birth this very minute who know nothing about babies , but will have to cope without any help whatsoever ? ’ |
| 8 | No matter how many cells there may be in the body of an elephant , the elephant began life as a single cell , a fertilized egg . |