Example sentences of "[been] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been many books written about improvisation and if I were asked to choose just one it would be Keith Johnston 's Impro which is straightforward , understandable , and theatrically aware . |
| 2 | There must have been many an occasion when agents , in particular , must have wished to see the back of him . |
| 3 | Attempts to change the system — and there have been many — have always foundered on an unwillingness to abandon the gold standard of British education . |
| 4 | When I finally got through to Taff to enquire about what sort of night he had had , and if there had been many casualties during the barrage , his reply was rather matter of fact . |
| 5 | There have been many Western and Soviet studies of religious belief per se , and of the interaction in Soviet history between an atheist regime and a highly religious peasantry , but scant reference is made to socio-economic views and actions derived from religion that had ultimate political repercussions . |
| 6 | There have been many examples of long , classic singles , like ‘ Eloise ’ , ‘ McCarthur Park ’ and ‘ American pie ’ . |
| 7 | There have been many claims that Mrs Thatcher has shifted the agenda of British politics . |
| 8 | In the fifty years since the TA was last called up for war there have been many changes . |
| 9 | There have been many meetings and there are many programmes under discussion . |
| 10 | Clive Lloyd is one of the best-loved cricketers ever to walk on to a field , but after the relentless domination of his four-man pace attack there must have been many people who permitted themselves a smile at the news . |
| 11 | Umpire Alley eventually warned Holding , but there must have been many Lancastrians who were sad to see Lloyd , on his home ground , do nothing about it . |
| 12 | When Willis came out , England were 197 ahead with 151 minutes and twenty overs left and there can not have been many who doubted West Indies would win , but with Willis lunging his left leg forward and Willey protecting him from the strike as much as possible , they began to put together a remarkable stand . |
| 13 | There had been many amalgamations , the Transport and General Workers and many other large unions had absorbed small unions to form a formidable barrier to employers , there was less interunion rivalry and the authority of the General Council of the TUC was accepted and practically unchallenged . |
| 14 | There have been many attempts to explain Baldwin 's 1929 election programme . |
| 15 | There were many then and there have been many since who believed the Rosenbergs were victims of an FBI frame-up but the American people were baying for scapegoats , not least for the grave reverses in Korea . |
| 16 | There have been many wars here . |
| 17 | There have n't been many films that show Dublin as it really is . |
| 18 | Although there have been many marvellous performances that have meant a great deal to me , the most important to me , without doubt , was the only time I heard my first teacher sing . |
| 19 | Surely there must have been many others equally clinching . |
| 20 | Since he became leader , there have been many other occasions when his reluctance or inability to get through his homework have let him down and embarrassed his party . |
| 21 | Dr Margaret O'Brien , a chartered psychologist at East London Polytechnic and author of The New Man , told the conference : ‘ Though there have been many changes in family life over the century , it is surprising to discover that children seem to have such a traditional view . ’ |
| 22 | Captain Pugwash is probably his best-known character but there have been many others : Harris Tweed , Lettice Leefe , Mary , Mungo and Midge , Sir Prancelot , and Cardinal Grotti in the Catholic Herald . |
| 23 | The Preface further explains that there had recently been many books published by amateurs , ‘ mere plagiarists , , who had confused names and caused trouble , not only to customers , but also to the growers . |
| 24 | Over the past few years there have been many reports in the national press advocating that all dwellings should be fitted with smoke detectors . |
| 25 | There have of course been many other visits which were either not documented or else which were presented in an ephemeral form . |
| 26 | There must have been many different ways for brachiopods to exploit their simple mode of life . |
| 27 | There had been many inclined plane lifts before this one , but none having such complex features , and capable of hauling fully loaded barges still afloat in full tanks . |
| 28 | Few people find Anselm a serious contender for proving the existence of God , although there have been many philosophers who have rightly observed , as we have tried to do , that the logic of existence requires careful consideration . |
| 29 | There have of course been many other television programmes which have touched on the subject of mental handicap , including series such as ‘ Let's Go ’ , a weekly series for the mentally handicapped launched in 1981 , and followed by a second series in 1983 , and ‘ Accident of Birth ’ , a series mainly for parents and people working with the mentally handicapped broadcast in early 1982 . |
| 30 | There have been many volumes written on the Cotswold wool trade but comparatively little ever said about the silk industry . |