Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adj] that [adv] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , it is surprising that as many as 19% of the top 100 companies provided no notes whatsoever . |
| 2 | It is sad that so many have been lost or allowed to deteriorate , but it is hoped that those survivors which remain will be cherished and preserved as reminders of other days . |
| 3 | Above all , it is sad that so many educated people have hardened themselves against science , because if they had not , and if instead of floundering historians who have never heard of Joseph Priestley and Erasmus Darwin , and effete scholars of English who have never heard of history , we had Renaissance men , then science might be more controllable , more easily and naturally directed to the fulfilment of human aims : an agent of democracy rather than ( as it so often has been ) of rule by military or commercial despotism . |
| 4 | A screen of coding regions for mutations still presents a considerable challenge even with the much improved technology made available by the polymerase chain reaction , and it is possible that very many different mutations remain to be discovered . |
| 5 | Extrapolating from the known dates of birth , it is possible that as many as 75 per cent of the women employed in 1910 were then aged between 14 and 23 , the remaining 25 per cent being between 24 and 43 or older . |
| 6 | It is obvious that too many levels of management are expensive , slow down decision making and reduce responsiveness . |
| 7 | When two eigenvalues have nearly-equal moduli , it is obvious that very many iterations will be required for a direct solution . |
| 8 | Although it is frightening that so many people take Ecstasy to guarantee a ‘ good time ’ , what is more frightening is that it takes a Class A drug for them to feel they can lose their inhibitions . |
| 9 | It is desirable that as many parties to a conflict as possible apply the humanitarian provisions of the Conventions , and Article 2 facilitates this goal . |
| 10 | It is clear that very many pupils find great difficulties with the concept of percentage . |