Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] [adv] many [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It would not have been possible to tackle so many issues so successfully without the dedication of hundreds of volunteers working at both a local and national level .
2 Few candidates , though , are prepared to run too many risks for fear of having their elections challenged and declared void : expenses have to be declared and opponents keep a wary eye open for any infringement of election law .
3 Nevertheless , the fact that Saatchi has been prepared to offend so many dealers and artists does seem to have seriously damaged his credibility in the art world .
4 ‘ Clubs are free to enter as many runners as they wish , ’ said organiser Paul Whitten .
5 We know that you are sad to see so many disputes between different parts of your family and we cry to you for unity and harmony between brothers and sisters .
6 However , in practice , computer procedures are likely to produce as many links which are potentially misleading as links which are helpful .
7 It is important that you are able to ask as many questions as you want , and to get as much information and support as you need .
8 Researchers are not constrained to what they can observe or experience directly , but are able to cover as many facets of as many people as resources allow .
9 If you 've snapped up one our handsome binders you 'll find , towards the end of the year , that because we 've been able to pack so many pages into Britain 's newest , brightest gardening magazine , things are getting , well , rather full .
10 ‘ I 'm sorry to ask so many questions , ’ Sabine said , after another pause .
11 ‘ Customers seem to be willing to buy as many flavours of Windows as Microsoft wants to sell , but are balking at buying more than one flavour of network . ’
12 That has never been seen as a constituent of self regulation , and I doubt whether any government would be willing to divert so many responsibilities already assigned to other existing bodies ( for example , the Medical Research Council and the Committee on Safety of Medicines ) — better qualified to carry them out — and concentrate them in the GMC alone under the sole control of the profession .
13 It would be unfair to make too many demands of the statements I have quoted .
14 ‘ I 'm glad to see so many clowns here instead of where they should be — in Westminster or back in their constituencies , ’ quips Ron Moody , president of Clowns International , at the official opening of the European Clowns ' Convention on 21 March .
15 InfoWorld 's hit-or-miss gossip column claims Next is considering designing its expected twin-processor workstation with a PowerPC instead of 88110 out of concern Motorola wo n't be able to keep as many balls in the air as it 's got .
16 Selective assistance may not be able to attract as many developments .
17 In view of this considerable outlay it will be essential to attract as many members as possible .
18 In view of this considerable outlay it will be essential to attract as many members as possible .
19 Those of us who are able-bodied have so many choices about where to go , what views we 'd like to enjoy , how hard we want to make our bodies work .
20 Taking everything into account it is remarkable that the Coniston Mines , tucked away as they were amongst these remote mountains in the north-west of England ( and with the smelters so far away ) , were able to sustain so many years of almost unbroken continuity .
21 ‘ We are anxious to have as many entrants as possible , ’ said a member of the organising committee .
22 He 'd been obliged to commit too many crimes in this joyless world .
23 From the wide range of modules available it is possible to put together many combinations to suit individual programmes .
24 But the battleground is still being marked out , and Unix is likely to find as many problems and hurdles reaching the lower-end of the market as Microsoft with NT will encounter moving up .
25 Please be sure to offer as many alternatives ( performance , prices , dates or times ) as possible , as our booking office staff will make every effort to accommodate you should your first preference be sold out .
26 If you are still not sure , just remember that it is better to have too many books than too few .
27 The situation is unlikely to improve as many areas of Britain prepare to enter what may well be a third consecutive year of drought with groundwater levels remaining low .
28 As a result it is important to create as many wage-earners and taxpayers as possible .
29 With his great experience of Scotland and his wide reading , Hamish is able to bring together many disciplines for a detailed and interlinked account of the districts he passes through .
30 In addition to all this , Professor Learner has been involved at various times in university adult education , and he takes English Literature courses regularly for the Centre for Continuing Education students , usually , but not invariably , at Friends Centre in Brighton , and I am sure that like myself he is happy to see so many adults from outside the university with us tonight .
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