Example sentences of "[prep] many " in BNC.
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1 | His dreams had come back after many nights which had seemed as empty as death , dreams of walking between high hedges , it was daylight on the other side of them but gloaming where he was and thick earth rose up to his knees , to his waist , stopping him , he tried to open his mouth but his jaw-bones jammed , he was choking … |
2 | After many years of indecision , in December 1981 BR obtained approval for the electrification of the main line from Colchester to Ipswich and Norwich and also the Harwich branch . |
3 | The impression is of final polishing after many months of gradual rehearsal . |
4 | After many years and three gardens , the optimism is going well ; I still battle with my impatience , but I am finally coming to grips with giving the essentials of sustenance to the garden . |
5 | After many years of use by the local community , with regular services continuing into the early 1970s , the chapel was declared redundant in 1975 . |
6 | The analyst can not hope to understand the business as well in a few weeks as the user does after many years . |
7 | Caerphilly is now enjoying a revival in Wales after many years of being made only in England . |
8 | After many long hours of negotiations between the key delegations , however , and increasing support among South American and African countries for a total ban on drift-nets , a compromise text was agreed which involved substantial concessions by Japan . |
9 | Unemployed after many years in government service , he wrote his handbook of advice to new rulers in an attempt to win a job with the incoming Medici administration . |
10 | Then the Birmingham Small Arms Company revealed after many a summer that the car she sat in like a burnished throne , and even some of the furs she wore , were not provided by her Prince Charming , Sir Bernard , but by them , the nuts and bolts firm of which he was chairman , as a business expense which they were no longer happy to provide . |
11 | Well , perhaps this is a few too many , but he knows after many years ' experience that he can ask for this and that it is necessary . |
12 | After many hours of listening solely to CD , I was also surprised at the sound quality of records played on decent equipment . |
13 | In Jamaica , as well as tending the Governor 's household , he looked after many islanders who had great faith in him . |
14 | ( This was to honour , after many years of botanical friendship , Richard Warner of Woodford , but Hydrastis is now the accepted name . ) |
15 | After many hours of travelling they passed a sign that read ‘ WE 'LL SOON BE AT PRAIL ’ . |
16 | The rowan tree ( Sorbus aucuparia ) or in Gaelic , which stands in the corner of the kitchen garden or just beyond the house or byre , has protected the home , the family and the cattle from witches and fairies for centuries , and has endured after many a homestead has been deserted . |
17 | Kierkegaard 's relatively short life was largely confined to Copenhagen , where after many years as a student he wrote a series of unsystematic works on philosophy , theology and aesthetics . |
18 | After many years of continued experimentation , Hahnemann published new proceedures which solved some of the problems of dose and repetition . |
19 | Over the centuries the best Italian architects , Solari , Amadeo , Pelligrino Tibaldi ( known as Il Pellegrini ) and Richini , worked on the building , although the façade was actually finished by Carlo Amati , the final stage being completed after many years of inactivity , and only after Napoleon took an interest in the building . |
20 | Hence , after many warnings , the London company had contacted the Sheriff of Rye to collect the debt . |
21 | After many years of National Trust-going , I have found that visits to historic properties are made much easier if you take the right equipment with you , and now I would n't dream of going anywhere without at least the following : |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Furthermore , after many years of use , strains of resistant Plasmodium emerged , and , like nearly all antimicrobial agents , its power began to wane . |
24 | After many years of patient work , it has been possible not only to isolate the multipotential stem cells but provide conditions such that they will differentiate into the different kinds of blood cell in culture . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | He moved to Headley with his family last year from London , where he had won a reputation as a campaigner in his community , and set up practice as Jack Warshaw Conservation Architecture and Planning after many years as head of conservation at Wandsworth Council . |
27 | When external treatment with tea-tree no longer produced any improvement ( after many months ) , the oil was given by mouth which resulted in further elimination of toxins . |
28 | To be described as surplus to requirements , perhaps after many years of loyal and diligent service , can cripple the self-esteem of even the most resilient person . |
29 | 4. 1957 saw the return of trams to Squires Gate Lane after many years when the Circular Tour was revived . |
30 | 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 . |