Example sentences of "it [verb] many [adj] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was called mustard gas and was used at Ypres in 1917 , when it caused many thousands of casualties . |
| 2 | An organisation once the size of a Station now resided in one small corner of the airfield at Wyton but it maintained the excellent tradition that saw it produce many thousands of aircrew . |
| 3 | There is a haunting beauty about Caernarfon today , and it welcomes many thousands of visitors from many countries each year . |
| 4 | That sounds humane enough in theory , and no doubt it saved many hundreds of families from starvation during the years of the French wars ; but it positively encouraged employers to keep wages at rock-bottom levels , while anyone who wanted to do an honest day 's work for an honest day 's pay was subject , instead , to the ignominy of accepting supplementary alms in order to live . |
| 5 | WHILE your article about how little revenue from charity Christmas cards reached the charities concerned was accurate for certain card retailers , it tarred many hundreds of volunteers with the same brush , to the detriment of the wonderful charities they support . |