Example sentences of "many [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 How many t I mean er how many times has have you have you had have you had have you had problems with people you know when you told me about w that incident when someone came to the door and took your r took your rent off you ?
2 Nevertheless , over time many authorities ' spending patterns do tend to be perpetuated ; the high spenders on education remain high spenders , the low spenders on services for the elderly remain laggards .
3 Well of course erm the basis used to be that many courts erm had written above them ‘ Police Court ’ and I think some of the older courts where this was sort of carved in stone may still have this above them , but Magistrates have gone to great lengths erm in recent times to emphasise this is not a police court , this is a magistrates ' court .
4 Many researchers ' accounts bear witness to these skills , but they are only mentioned in passing and seem to have been taken for granted .
5 Er yes Mr Chairman , I mean I assume this thing gives us a fairly embryonic stage , I hope it 's not intended in any way as a finished article , it seems to me in many cases er a state into the obvious er I 'd hope that our employees would be polite people , erm you know this is a great step forward to putting down on a paper , I do n't know , but I mean
6 Many solicitors ' firms participate in the TransAction scheme , set up by the Law Society [ the solicitors ' professional body ] to reduce the delays which can lead to breaks in property chains , and make the conveyancing process run more smoothly .
7 In addition to the commercially available collections of precedents , many solicitors ' offices have their own in-house standard precedent , and the terms of other businesses in the same line as the client may also serve as a source of ideas .
8 We have , to many experts ' surprise , had an excellent harvest , especially in Scotland .
9 They are regarded by many employers ' associations ( although lacking official recognition ) as a means of encouraging greater stability in shopfloor relations .
10 Previously there were many beginners ' boards available but most were supplied with a massive 6.5m 2 sail which stretched and distorted to make it unmanageable in more than a few knots of wind .
11 The examiner is not looking for technical perfection and certainly would not find it in many candidates ' answers to this question .
12 But these overall success rates are much higher than the pass rates at individual examination sessions , because many candidates ' progress through the examinations is impeded because they have to resit .
13 There is , of course , nothing in this paragraph which might not appear in many schools ' booklets .
14 erm its but I think to say that it is n't happening in schools is a bit unfair , because I do think it does happen in many schools erm and but there 's a great deal of work to be done .
15 Oh , this , this is a very important book of course and one of the , one of the astonishing things is the way totally ignored and if you look through even people who write about psychoanalyses and the social sciences and there 's a lot of them , this book is hardly ever mentioned and I , I normally nowadays routinely look for it in the , in the references and index an and many books th that purport to talk about groups and sociology is never mentioned I think , and those that do do n't ever seem to understand what it says .
16 Bobby Charlton , many foreigners ' first two words of English , is the other .
17 This confirms many readers ' views and , since woodworkers keep tool and machinery suppliers in business , it seems to me that somebody on the supply side should justify what appears to be gross profiteering .
18 Helen Bullock 's article on dads who are unable to cope has attracted many readers ' letters .
19 More importantly , their work still has considerable validity as a theoretical alternative to Formalism and structuralism , an alternative which may seem a great deal closer to many readers ' and critics ' feelings about literature and life .
20 That 's how many gangs erm that 's two twelfths of the time , so it 's one sixth .
21 CANCER — THIS could be one of the most important years in many Cancerians ' lives .
22 DIG a small hole in the ground , fill it with sand and you have fulfilled many designers ' criteria for a child 's garden .
23 In many respects H5 is more similar to histone H1° , which is found in terminally differentiated cells , than it is to H1 .
24 AS THE political parties ' election campaigns grind into their final week , many peoples ' thoughts are turning to Easter holidays and plans to get away from it all-assuming they can still afford it , that is .
25 and they er as in many countries erm there is a very high incidence of er of death through death driving erm amongst young people and in America each state has a different er age in which you 're allowed to consume alcohol .
26 Also responsible are retailers ' own-label products , which are eating into many brands ' market shares .
27 Britain 's manufacturing base is declining not just because the Conservative party seems to care so little about it but because of so many companies ' wilful refusal to respond to changing market signals .
28 With many companies ' insurance arrangements due for renewal from December 31 , financial institutions had faced starting the New Year exposed to ruin should other City buildings become the terrorist targets .
29 Mr Wright 's experience underscores many companies ' concerns about empowerment , which is rapidly becoming a buzz-word in enlightened management circles .
30 Many companies er were making fabulous profits and what reason was there to prevent a good shop stewards ' committee from going in to try and enhance their members conditions ?
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