Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb past] that many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of family planning , the inter-uterine contraceptive device ( IUCD ) was launched in India in the mid-1960s before adequate research showed that many women were physically unsuited to it , and it needed a high level of professional judgement on the part of the paramedical staff inserting it . |
| 2 | Another survey found that many employers regard staff over the age of 45 as ‘ over the hill ’ . |
| 3 | When autotomy was first observed it was thought that the killer simply ripped off the tail by brute force , but closer study revealed that many lizards , especially geckos , have evolved special break-points in their tails — weak spots that fracture with great ease and make the sacrifice a simple matter . |
| 4 | The financial means at Lorenzo 's disposal did not , however , equal those of his father , and his early death and the subsequent convulsions of the Florentine State meant that many commissions did not progress beyond the planning stage . |
| 5 | Notwithstanding Clinton 's protestations , the agonies suffered over the issue of draft evasion by Dan Quayle as vice-presidential candidate during the 1988 campaign meant that many Republicans seized upon the allegations against Clinton with undisguised delight . |
| 6 | Relief workers at Ebenat camp ( New Scientist , 17 March , p 727 ) last week reported that many children have the disease , and that supplies of vaccine were short . |