Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] that many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both the official and non-official élites believed that many charges were not true , but there was no agreement about the proportion of false cases , or about the number of crimes which were never reported . |
| 2 | The freedom of much animal behaviour from physically specifiable constraints implies that many animals must have inner representations and symbolic language . |
| 3 | Blocked roads meant that many motorists could not get home for several hours . |
| 4 | The growth of anti-avoidance measures means that many tax havens have had to change their legislation to allow companies to have a genuine presence in the territory . |
| 5 | Current trends suggest that many organisations expect to store increasing percentages of their records in improved versions of such systems . |
| 6 | Furthermore , the extensive number of safe seats meant that many electors cast " wasted " votes . |
| 7 | Despite granting " autonomy " to many state-owned factories and restoring 69 factories to the private sector , shortages of electricity , raw materials and spare parts meant that many factories could produce only at half their potential capacity . |
| 8 | Multinational chemical companies complained that many chemicals imported into Hong Kong were exported again ; manufacturers protested that they would be penalised , even if they disposed of their chemicals responsibly . |
| 9 | Firstly , changing external factors meant that many plans became rapidly out of date and so they could never be implemented properly . |
| 10 | To add to these impressions of an electorate in a constant state of flux there were other polls showing that many voters only decided at the last minute how to vote . |