Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] that many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How far unions are binding , how far they are exclusive , how long they last , whether they bind men and women equally , whether sexual unions are public or merely private matters , whether the recognition of unions is inevitably linked with the legitimation of children — all these questions and many more are so variable that many anthropologists would argue that is not possible to give a valid universal definition of marriage [ Leach , 1961 ] . |
| 2 | The response has been so good that many shops , and garden centres in particular , may stock the items all year round . |
| 3 | The personal elation and achievement experienced when a deaf child learns to speak recognisable words is great indeed , and has been so persuasive that many educators have perceived this experience as the only one which could possibly satisfy the deaf child as well as his teacher . |
| 4 | I am not sure that many authorities appreciate this . ’ |
| 5 | Although there are not all that many trees in North Cornwall , those that are there , are usually found in large groups , which the tawny owl loves . |
| 6 | These trends were supposed to be so powerful that many groups were driven to extinction as once-useful organs became overdeveloped to the extent that they interfered with the animals ' ability to cope with the environment . |
| 7 | On the other hand the material which Eliot had put into Pound 's hands turned out to be so inchoate that many readers were led to wonder how far the poem as they had it all these years was in any authentic sense Eliot 's at all . |
| 8 | However , and it is a view of the C E C that although the current level of contributions , contributions is high , it is not the only barrier to mass membership , I do n't intend to go into a list of other reasons why some people choose not to join the Labour Party but I 'm quite sure that many delegates here can give some examples at a local level . |
| 9 | The rights assigned to the empire by these jurists were so great that many cities refused to acknowledge them . |
| 10 | The limits on cash withdrawals were so strict that many companies found themselves without cash even to pay wages . |
| 11 | Had no such provision been made , and had it merely been left to the initiative of backbenchers to keep an eye on instruments tabled , it is highly probable that many instruments would become or remain law with never a critical eye being cast over them . |
| 12 | It is highly probable that many men will claim a belief that the girl was over 16 since , if sexual intercourse has taken place , this is the only defence available to the charge . |
| 13 | Whatever the reasons for their change from their nautiloid ancestors , the ammonoids were an enormously successful group : thousands of different species have been described , and their variety is so bewildering that many specialists devote their lives to studying only the ammonoids of a particular , short time period . |
| 14 | PFA spokesman Brendan Batson surveyed the ever-increasing number of imports and said : ‘ The cost of ground developments after the Taylor Report is so steep that many managers ca n't afford to shop in our domestic transfer market . |
| 15 | Reception from conventional ground-based transmission equipment is so bad that many families can watch television only if they receive signals piped in by cable . |
| 16 | When , for instance in Solenopsis , the food source is so large that many ants are needed , mass-acting pheromones are released . |
| 17 | It is not surprising that many citizens ‘ banned and cursed her ’ , nor is it wholly surprising that there were some among them prepared to give her money to go on a pilgrimage to the shrine of St James of Compostella in Spain . |
| 18 | It is not surprising that many beginners find such text bewildering . |
| 19 | Considering the additional confusion caused by much industrial nomenclature , with many trivial and trade names , it is not surprising that many formulators prefer to stick with what they know and trust . |
| 20 | It is not surprising that many professionals involved in education are rather dispirited and disillusioned at this time . |
| 21 | A recent report of the Institute of Directors on the professional development of directors ( 1990 ) led a spokesman to say that ‘ it is not surprising that many boards do an adequate rather than an excellent job ’ ( quoted in The Independent , 1990 ) . |
| 22 | Moreover , given the fact that classes have always been much larger in primary schools than elsewhere , and that primary teachers have persistently urged the need to improve pupil-teacher ratios , it is not surprising that many heads saw the opportunities afforded by PNP only in terms of smaller classes . |
| 23 | It is not surprising that many inmates want to give up their appeals . |
| 24 | Overall , headhunting did create its own demand , and it is still arguable that many companies can do without it ; indeed , many do . |
| 25 | Their origins , their tectonic and metamorphic history , and their structural relations , present geologists with some of the most complex problems to be solved within the science as a whole , and so it is hardly surprising that many universities have research interests here . |
| 26 | Given these difficulties , it is hardly surprising that many patients with IBS show signs of neurotic depression and anxiety neurosis . |
| 27 | Given the influences that shaped their work , it is hardly surprising that many painters , sculptors and architects turned to jewellery design as a natural and legitimate outlet for their creativity . |
| 28 | It is hardly surprising that many children eventually acquire a similar attitude towards the relevance of mathematics . |
| 29 | It is probably true that many decisions go away if you refuse to make them . |
| 30 | It is also noticeable that many incidents of prison disorder — especially the popular form of demonstration on the prison rooftop — are clearly motivated by the very desire to make prisoners ' grievances and allegations visible in a way that would never normally happen . |