Example sentences of "[conj] many [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And from June to early September we sail to the barbecue on Anti-Paxos , where many stay the night , sleeping under the starts on the fine white sand beach . |
| 2 | It is possible Minton also knew that the house was built on the site of former warehouses where some of the first slaves brought to Britain were unloaded and where many died . |
| 3 | During the summer months hordes of visitors regularly congregate there to eat and drink at their leisure on the paved terrace between the mellow sandstone walls of the inn itself and the river 's edge , where many sit on the low stone parapet and look below them through the clear , greenish water at the mottled dark-brown and silvery backs of the carp that rise to the surface to snap up the crisps and the crusts thrown down to them . |
| 4 | Much of Sir Charles Irving 's personal vote came from these areas , where many know of his extraordinary personal kindness . |
| 5 | Where many import requests were combined in one project , CACEX negotiated a ‘ national content ’ proportion for the project as a whole , leaving the enterprise to decide which imports were vital and which replaceable , CACEX licences have been much more effective in controlling imports than the high tariffs , which in practice affected only about 6 per cent by value of total imports . |
| 6 | Inhabitants of the stricken city taking refuge in adjacent parts of Lower Franconia , where many had relatives , asked ‘ how it was possible for the Führer to allow a systematic destruction of our German Fatherland ’ . |
| 7 | For example , musical and philosophical skill — as opposed to the external rewards of reaching the ‘ top ’ in a musical or academic career , a kind of achievement which , if given central importance in our lives , will yield no abiding satisfaction , beset as we will be by worry as to what others are or are not thinking of us — can only be developed by an individual in a propitious environment where many co-operate in working at them . |
| 8 | In the West , where many people have lost the will to create a faith for themselves and where many have fallen into despair , Julian 's imaginative approach to religion shows a possible way forward . |
| 9 | Dirk 's response reflects why he has succeeded where many have failed . |
| 10 | We 've been to one town where many have closed down , and others are struggling to keep their heads above water … |
| 11 | In so doing , it may also win new respect in other areas of physics , where many see it as a fascinating but over-costly irrelevance . |
| 12 | These derelict landscapes can take the punishment , they are the places that youth can work off its frustrations without causing too much damage , and where many experience their first taste of love . |
| 13 | It seemed terribly wrong that her family were still struggling even now to keep their heads above water , that many like them were close to starvation , when the clothes she , Alice , was wearing would have kept them in food for at least half a year . |
| 14 | These may be provoked by the lowered self esteem that many suffer as a result of teasing and criticism by peers , parents , and teachers . |
| 15 | Such a large sanding area and variable speed are luxuries that many hone improvers may find unnecessary . |
| 16 | The Select Committee on Employment recently produced a very good report on home workers , which revealed that many earn as little as 20p or 30p an hour for making up Christmas crackers . |
| 17 | Micro Focus Plc makes a very good living out of a programming language that many believed would be long dead by now yet still shows no signs of fading away — but if object-oriented programming fulfils its promise and sweeps away the paraphernalia of the first 35 years of the computer industry , Micro Focus is going to have to be ready and waiting if it is not going to be swept away too . |
| 18 | Having taught many generations of Evangelical students , I am aware that many come to theological colleges with inchoate views concerning the nature of the Eucharist . |
| 19 | An important finding was that many relied on their own transport and went to stay with friends and relatives some distance away , rather than relying on the 19 official evacuation reception centres . |
| 20 | The Spastics Society survey shows that many dislike this form of voting , especially if they have to get their form signed by a doctor . |
| 21 | Pop stars get a hundred times that many fan letters — every day . ’ |
| 22 | This ignored the fact that many had been created out of poor arable land or even poorer scrub . |
| 23 | The meeting at 8.00 pm was so crowded that many had to leave . |
| 24 | The location of cemeteries alone near the boundaries might be easily explained , but the accumulating evidence from excavated settlements strongly suggests that many had an adjacent cemetery ( Figure 2.8 ) and the excavation of a number of cemeteries in recent years has indicated the presence of a nearby settlement up to 0.5 km away . |
| 25 | It is evident that many had come to feel like them . |
| 26 | One reported that many had read Drysdale 's work : |
| 27 | It is unlikely that many had progressive chronic renal failure , as at two year follow up only one patient had subsequently deteriorated and needed long term dialysis . |
| 28 | There was a lot of enjoyment to be had , but this was tempered by the anxieties and fears that many had felt during earlier stages , when girls were worrying about parents ' reactions , or trying to conceal the pregnancy . |
| 29 | ‘ 63 teams from all over the UK took part , and it was clear that many had been training for months . |
| 30 | Amnesty claimed that many children had died of torture , carried out to extract confessions from opposition detainees , and that many had " disappeared " . |