Example sentences of "is [adj] [verb] [prep] many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Professions are sometimes referred to as institutions , but the interesting point is that compared to many institutions they function less on the basis of formal , explicit regulations and codes than on informal , tacit norms and expectations . |
| 2 | It is possible to search through many relations , indeed the whole database , and the RANGE command can be used to restrict such access by only allowing users to refer to relations defined in a RANGE statement . |
| 3 | The rise in sea level caused by global warming , for instance , is likely to lead to many deaths and to large changes in population , as a result of flooding . |
| 4 | It is hard to think of many instances where Russia has been able to outsmart the West politically as the result of its intelligence operations . |
| 5 | Speech recognition , on the other hand , as featured in science fiction and typified by the HAL computer in 2001 — A Space Odyssey is unlikely to appear for many years yet , if ever . |
| 6 | Good thatch is difficult to obtain in many parts of the world , and in the Indian State of Kamataka peasants now have to buy bamboo at 1200 rupees a tonne on the free market ( about £80 a tonne ) whereas the paper industry is still able to get it at 15 rupees a tonne ( £1 ) from the government 's reserved forests . |
| 7 | Unfortunately one is obliged to wade through many pages of extraneous material in order to discover and savour these sidelights on the management of a Midland shooting estate , and in this reviewer 's opinion the book can not take the place of J. Miller 's Practical Gamekeeping . |