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

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1 She constantly needed to caution him about the many dangers he was either too young or too stupid to recognize for himself .
2 This was a rather simplistic interpretation of the many disagreements which affected political life , but it contained some truth and helped to explain why France was unable to create a British or American-style two-party system : the question of authoritarianism and democracy in the constitution , which had divided Frenchmen since the Revolution , had again served to divide the country in the constitutional debates of 1946 ; the role of the Roman Catholic Church in national life divided the Christian Democrats from the other leading parties ; and questions of class conflict were particularly apparent in early 1947 in differences over wage levels .
3 Professions are sometimes referred to as institutions , but the interesting point is that compared to many institutions they function less on the basis of formal , explicit regulations and codes than on informal , tacit norms and expectations .
4 In many institutions which train primary and first school teachers , the teachers themselves have an option as to whether they can do a science course or not and then even if they do it it 's usually very biologically biased erm towards the natural sciences .
5 In many institutions which train primary and first school teachers , the teachers themselves have an option as to whether they can do a science course or not and then even if they do it it 's usually very biologically biased erm towards the natural sciences .
6 This is today very common in many varieties of English ( Guy , 1980 ; Romaine , 1984a ) , but not common in careful styles of RP ( hence its exclusion from many accounts which claim to be accounts of ‘ English ’ ) .
7 It is in fact the first of the great many spas you meet with in the Pyrenees , when coming from the Atlantic coast , good , so one aged guidebook has it , for ‘ nervous people , the neurasthenic , the scrofulous , the lymphatic , the dyspeptic , the rheumatic , the enfeebled , the asthmatic …
8 There are not many herbs which prefer acid soil , so if your soil is acid use chalk ( calcium carbonate ) or ground limestone ( the same substance but less quick-acting ) to alter it to a depth suitable for adequate root growth .
9 It isolates and ratifies the reason among so many reasons which Stavrogin himself gives : ‘ the disease of indifference ’ .
10 For many reasons they often lack the superficial selfconfidence of men , especially if they have been tied up by domesticity for years .
11 Although these qualities may appear as a formidable list , they are mostly present in people , even though for many reasons they often remain undeveloped .
12 There are many reasons one could argue for this descent into retirement .
13 For many reasons I feel that hypnosis is by far the best method of inducing past-life regression :
14 Sadly he died shortly afterwards and for many reasons it was some months before I used the disc .
15 There were so many reasons he could think of that stood in the way of his emulating Sebastian Smith of Greycoats that he could not start to list them .
16 ‘ But they have no idea how many products they actually sell .
17 There are many products which will help take the hassle out of getting from A to B
18 The owner was rung up minutes later by the Derbyshire police asking how many pickets he was bringing .
19 I ca nt remember how many headers we had throughout the night which just did nt have the power , and hence slid harmlessly past either post .
20 Many riders we hear about seem unjustifiably timid about taking themselves and their horses off across the countryside .
21 Doubtless you have many projects you wish to return to some works of high magic , no doubt … ’
22 Today there are many ballets which are created in the generally accepted styles from which choreographers can borrow : classical , demi-caractère , romantic , character and/or national , and modern ( see pages 75–138 ) .
23 He asked how many eggcups she had and what colour they was
24 And she told me how many shifts you work , the different groups in this home and what type of clients , how to treat them . ’
25 Donations were appealed for and Arthur Caldecott ( now the Town Clerk ) spoke at a Committee meeting about many bondholders who were ‘ anxious to get rid of their bonds ’ .
26 It did n't happen many times him asking me to club him .
27 This book would be many times its current length had I explained everything in detail .
28 Because of the internal pressure of these reactions , the star swells up to many times its former size to become a ‘ red giant ’ .
29 For the Transport Accident Commission , one year 's savings from reduced injury claims was many times its outlay of £2.3 million for the campaign .
30 Li Yuan 's face , many times its natural size , filled the screen .
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