Example sentences of "is [conj] many " in BNC.
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| 31 | The tragedy of the publishing overkill in this field , of course , is that many authors are persuaded into grinding away for years to produce something that is perfectly competent but totally unnecessary . |
| 32 | Related to this dependence is that many of the metals are imported from countries which either have a near-monopoly , are politically unstable or which are ideologically opposed to the capitalist West . |
| 33 | The main trouble with ‘ doing it yourself ’ is that many of us do not have a clue where to start . |
| 34 | What is not in doubt is that many members failed to follow the professional path of Section 2f in the dispute , and were thus in breach of the Code of Professional Conduct . |
| 35 | The plain fact of Christian experience is that many people have held a strong theology of assurance but have known no assurance themselves . |
| 36 | One reason for this is that many people have a fear which they can not conceal of anything or anybody who reminds them of death ; knowing that contact with a grieving widow will exacerbate these fears they tend , after expressing their sympathy by word or letter , and sending flowers to the funeral , to withdraw to a safe distance ‘ to give her time to get over it ’ just when she needs them most . |
| 37 | The problem is that many of the PCs currently on offer have not been thoroughly tested prior to despatch , and come complete with one or more faults . |
| 38 | The reason is that many everyday sounds — such as keys being dropped on the floor — contain ultrasonic frequencies and these can cause spurious operation . |
| 39 | The evidence , then , from reconstructions of many paleontologists , is that many dinosaurs were far from being sluggish . |
| 40 | My guess is that many of you have had enough of life before modernity . |
| 41 | A feature of suburbia is that many people do not even know their own neighbours ; certainly not those across the way . |
| 42 | What is not so generally realised is that many deaths and serious illnesses also result from the poisonous substances produced by a range of other animals . |
| 43 | One reason for the widespread torture today is that many victims are killed , while others are afraid to speak out . |
| 44 | One consequence of the rise in private asset ownership among elderly people is that many of them do not suffer any drastic reduction of their ability to consume on retirement : indeed , tax changes in the 1970s that encouraged pension schemes to pay out some of their assets as a lump sum mean that many retirees experience an increase in their consumption propensity in the first few years of retirement . |
| 45 | One difficulty with the term is that many contemporaries would never have been prepared to apply the word ‘ culture ’ to the new preoccupations of the masses . |
| 46 | What is not so readily understood is that many of these people are paid extensively on commission . |
| 47 | Another point worth remembering is that many insurance companies give substantial discounts to mature drivers . |
| 48 | As well as allowing married women privacy over their own financial affairs , another major gain is that many couples — especially retired people — are better off financially . |
| 49 | One spin-off is that many feminist psychologists still identify themselves as lesbians ; half of the members of the Association of Women in Psychology , for example , are lesbians ( Basow 1986 ) . |
| 50 | The first problem is that many young doctors do not get an adequate training . |
| 51 | ‘ One of the things that we have noted with Frame Relay is that many customers preferred a fixed rate — when you are talking about ATM , I would imagine that some would be interested in flat rate too , but more will be interested in usage based billing ’ , Ms Fitzgerald notes . |
| 52 | Making matters worse is that many companies have not hedged themselves against a rising yen this year , expecting the currency not to trade any higher than around the ¥120 level . |
| 53 | One reason is that many suspect this is just the first of several unwelcome shifts in the government 's funding pattern , despite official promises to the contrary . |
| 54 | The snag is that many local managers are refusing to agree to this concession . |
| 55 | Their dream is that many business PC users — as opposed to the scientists and engineers who usually buy workstations — will ‘ trade up ’ when they realise just how speedily such machines can crunch numbers . |
| 56 | The sad fact is that many of these ‘ irruptive ’ birds spend their last days in the islands , because if they do not move on immediately while they still have the strength , the more time they spend searching for what is n't there , the less chance there is of their being able to make another long sea crossing . |
| 57 | ‘ The problem is that many of them have now passed on . ’ |
| 58 | A further consideration is that many have young families who depend on them . |
| 59 | The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals ' report suggested that part of the explanation for paying little attention to teaching skills in appointing university staff is that many people believe that it is hard to measure teaching ability . |
| 60 | Although an increased susceptibility to hepatotoxicity may be contributory , the main reason for the continuing high mortality from paracetamol overdose is that many patients still present to medical care too late after ingestion for an antidote to be given according to standard guidelines . |