Example sentences of "[adv prt] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already , though , such a study of a community involving , perhaps , only a few thousand people brings in many elements , variables and causal links . |
| 2 | A modern drainage system means that the village rarely floods these days , but the village green , known locally as ‘ The Pond ’ though it was filled in many years ago , shows signs of its former glory whenever there is a heavy rainstorm , and a decent fall of snow , combined with the winds so common to the Wolds , can still cut the village off from the outside world . |
| 3 | Eventually , after walking along many avenues flanked by big houses and grand , white , marble wayside shrines , keeping her direction heading uphill , Cleo came to another wide bridge which was decorated with gilded wrought-iron curlicues . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , it 's a pot I 've been down many times — not the easiest ; apart from a fifty-foot pitch we 'll have to haul him up , there 's a long sump we 'll have to bring the injured man back through which could be tricky if he 's unconscious or uncooperative . |
| 5 | When the mist comes down many areas like the Somerset Levels take on a sinister and unreal appearance |
| 6 | Tears were rolling down many faces . |
| 7 | ‘ Uncertainty has brought down many monarchies throughout history . |
| 8 | He and the policeman took me to a lift and we went down many floors . |
| 9 | The flood had caused tremendous havoc , breaking down many buildings . |
| 10 | The rewards of office flowed in the sixteenth century down many tributary channels , not , as today , in the single river of salaries . |
| 11 | Whatever the reason , once the journey on that path is commenced , the martial artist can travel down many avenues . |
| 12 | We talked continuously , ranging over many topics , and laughed a lot and I was mentally hugging myself merely for having the good luck to be with such a friendly , amusing and vital girl . |
| 13 | in their book , discussion ranges over many methodologies in many countries and readers are offered choices . |
| 14 | The resulting shallow pits and pools , often extending over many hectares , accumulate salts and nutrients from year to year . |
| 15 | However , you may see that I worked over many lines before the ink had been allowed to dry , so in some places the black ink has become fused with the watercolour . |
| 16 | Commercial forestry operations have taken over many coppice woodlands and planted conifers extensively . |
| 17 | In the eighth century , as the Franks had imposed their domination over those they called " subject peoples " , Frankish kings had come to rule over many regna , not only far west as well as east of the Rhine , but beyond the Alps and beyond the Pyrenees . |
| 18 | A regional tier of government in the English regions will take over many powers now exercised nationally , such as regional economic planning and transport . |
| 19 | This must of course be partly because inflation has made even £100 too small a sum to need spreading over many instalment repayments . |
| 20 | She read it over many times , letting her tears fall unchecked on the page . |
| 21 | It is water-soluble so you can smudge lines together ( often with a finger ) and I find I can go over and over many times before the painting becomes ‘ muddy ’ . |
| 22 | Others who have not this privilege would be well advised to listen carefully to recordings with the score , and to go over many times passages which seem to them obscure or unfamiliar in sound at a first hearing . |
| 23 | In addition , the various special purpose authorities and joint boards that took over many services in the metropolitan area added another dimension to the complexity of local government arrangements . |
| 24 | At the very least , the discipline of being involved in some form of training will help counteract the feeling of lethargy that creeps over many people who have been unemployed for a long while — a characteristic which is very counterproductive in an interview . |
| 25 | An experience of women that would extend over many nations … |
| 26 | They can be reliably dug out again only by averaging over many presentations so that the random background fluctuations cancel each other out , leaving just the potential shifts that are linked in time to the triggering event . |
| 27 | One might be surprised to find a series of long letters extending over many weeks on Ossian and the Clyde . |
| 28 | The idea of tiny changes cumulated over many steps is an immensely powerful idea , capable of explaining an enormous range of things that would be otherwise inexplicable . |
| 29 | During his career at Chapman & Hall he became one of the few close friends of Evelyn Waugh , and in the Second World War took over many jobs in the firm , including that of production manager of the general list . |
| 30 | Moreover , fraud trials generally take longer than other criminal trials , due to the sophisticated and complex nature of many frauds , and they often stretch over many months . |