Example sentences of "many [noun pl] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many times has it happened ? |
| 2 | Yeah but how many , how many times has it been a shop ? |
| 3 | How many necks did it have ? |
| 4 | So how many switches to switch it on ? |
| 5 | how many hours does it take to go from Lulworth to Bournemouth ? |
| 6 | How long does it take , how many hours does it take to go from Swanage to Ventnor ? |
| 7 | How many hours does it take to go seven hundred and five miles at forty seven miles per hour ? |
| 8 | It takes me many minutes to sort it out , as each released dog shows marked enthusiasm for getting tangled up again . |
| 9 | Yes , it would n't take him many minutes to chop it down . |
| 10 | When the storm broke they were literally in the front line , but they continued to stock The Satanic Verses and in many cases display it prominently . |
| 11 | But many biologists took it for granted that the main purpose of evolutionism was to elucidate the precise course of life 's development from its earliest origins . |
| 12 | This may not be obvious if there has been a major problem and a solution has evaded many attempts to reach it . |
| 13 | We are suggesting here that normalisation , over and above these many attempts to define it coherently and carefully , is open to different interpretations in practice . |
| 14 | But many experts think it is only a matter of time before Chancellor Norman Lamont is forced to raise them . |
| 15 | Many beginners find it difficult , at first , to remember the Japanese phrases , but within the first few months of practice the language barrier begins to fade at a rapid rate . |
| 16 | And how many bedrooms did it have ? |
| 17 | In practice , many clergy found it as difficult to collect the full tithes as the Inland Revenue and Excise do their latter-day exactions ; increasingly the payments were commuted for cash rather than kind . |
| 18 | ‘ I have worked for many centuries to lift it , Nuadu , but it is a long hard task , for the punishment was to be eternal . ’ |
| 19 | How many valves has it got ? |
| 20 | Although data and voice transmission lines are moving gradually towards the 144Kbits per second Integrated Services Digital Networks specification , the report believes that ISDN has not been as successful as many pundits believed it would be . |
| 21 | Although data and voice transmission lines are moving gradually towards the 144Kbits per second Integrated Services Digital Networks specification , the report believes ISDN has not been as successful as many pundits believed it would be . |
| 22 | Better that it 's used to revamp the old chestnut about ‘ how many electricians does it take to change a lightbulb ? ’ in the form of ‘ how many reissues does it take to relaunch a band 's career ? ’ |
| 23 | In how many shapes does it make people shew themselves ! |
| 24 | What Qaddafi means here is that people should not make alliances outside the nation ( just as many Libyans said it is preferable to marry close — for example , to a father 's brother 's child ) . |
| 25 | We have 20 copies for the best replies to the following question : How many DJs does it take to change a lightbulb ? |
| 26 | Moreover , the complex nature of many frauds makes it difficult for the police to prepare a sound case . |
| 27 | This does not explain , however , why many countries think it necessary to give the Constitution a higher status in law than other rules of law . |
| 28 | However , one of my many visitors saw it and told Barry Cockcroft , the gentleman who produced and directed my film for Yorkshire Television . |
| 29 | Many sites find it useful to have an ‘ R&D ’ LIFESPAN , where ideas on configuration control structures , user hierarchies etc. , can be tested out before implementation in the live LIFESPAN Process . |
| 30 | Though many bankers forget it , control of non-interest expenses is the most vital of the quartet — cost-savings are after all one of the prime motives for mergers . |