Example sentences of "is [adv] [adj] that many [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 When , for instance in Solenopsis , the food source is so large that many ants are needed , mass-acting pheromones are released .
7 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 .
8 It is not surprising that many beginners find such text bewildering .
9 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 .
10 It is not surprising that many professionals involved in education are rather dispirited and disillusioned at this time .
11 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 ) .
12 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 .
13 It is not surprising that many inmates want to give up their appeals .
14 Overall , headhunting did create its own demand , and it is still arguable that many companies can do without it ; indeed , many do .
15 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 .
16 Given these difficulties , it is hardly surprising that many patients with IBS show signs of neurotic depression and anxiety neurosis .
17 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 .
18 It is hardly surprising that many children eventually acquire a similar attitude towards the relevance of mathematics .
19 It is probably true that many decisions go away if you refuse to make them .
20 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 .
21 It is also possible that many advertisers were put off by the political tone .
22 It is absolutely true that many forms of modern , intensive livestock production are extremely inefficient .
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