Example sentences of "be [adj] that many [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the northern hemisphere , summer temperatures are such that many eggs become infective at a time when a population of susceptible foals is present . |
| 2 | ‘ Ca n't be all that many Englishmen qualified for work of that sort , do n't grow on trees . |
| 3 | It is interesting that the Bank of Ireland spokesman who gave that figure should have been specific , as members will be aware that many figures have been rumoured over the past couple of months . |
| 4 | Drife should not be surprised that many women respond to a strange man with a conditioned response that arises from a long learning experience in a male dominated society . |
| 5 | Now I 'm aware that many parents bring their children for baptism from reasons of superstition or custom or anything you like I 'm reminded of a certain tax gatherer who , inspired by sheer idle curiosity , climbed a tree curiosity maybe took him up the tree but it was the grace of God that brought him down . |
| 6 | In the meantime , it is clear that many judges consider that the Lord Chancellor 's Department has ceased to act as an intermediary or ‘ hinge ’ between themselves and the executive Government and has become as much a part of the governmental machinery as any other Department of State . |
| 7 | Constituency party activists were certainly mostly pro-Thatcher , but it is clear that many MPs used the secrecy of the ballot to oppose her . |
| 8 | ‘ Meal-time is all that many patients have to look forward to — it is the highlight of the day , and good food contributes greatly to both their well-being and recovery as much for psychological as nutritional reasons , ’ says Roden . |
| 9 | Ownership is all that many Believers understand . |
| 10 | It is notorious that many scientists do not love words : scientific language has already had a disastrous effect on the use of language throughout society . |
| 11 | While the woman has no natural way of eliminating the infection , it is probable that many men carry the infection in the urethra for a matter of a few days only , after which the flushing action of passing urine may eliminate the organisms . |
| 12 | Indeed , it is notable that many contemporaries saw the Revolution as being mainly a Tory achievement . |
| 13 | But for some time teachers have been aware that many pupils do not appear to benefit from private-study time nor do they acquire the associated study skills , and there is uncertainty as to what kind of study skills training should be given . |
| 14 | ‘ I would not advise lone female staff to carry money like this , although I am aware that many shops employ only females and have very little option , ’ said Det Insp Phoenix . |
| 15 | NB In spite of our attempt to seek information relating only to time spent on specific work on the nature of language and its role in the world , it was clear that many respondents considered that any course on ( e.g. ) language teaching methods or reading methods was entirely ‘ about ’ language . |
| 16 | Keith Evans ' charge that some American school media centres actually undermined the morale of teachers ( a charge he did not , incidentally , document ) was not one which could be levelled at centres on the Madeley and Codsall model , and their influence was such that many examples existed , at least for periods of time . |
| 17 | In a century of imperial expansion it was inevitable that many sons died far from home and not , as they might have wished , in the bosom of the family . |
| 18 | The familiar fraction " ½ " " is a much more common answer for lower attainers than 0.5 , and in the section on number it was evident that many pupils find it difficult to go from the fraction to the decimal even in this the most familiar case . |