Example sentences of "many [prep] them [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We read , for instance , that Spalding ‘ has now a very neat and generally modern appearance , having more than doubled its population and buildings since 1811 , and most of its ancient houses and public buildings have been rebuilt ; many of them during the last twenty-five years ’ . |
| 2 | Although it is a newcomer to New York politics , the Coalition proved startlingly effective , distributing more than 100,000 voters ' guides , many of them through the Catholic church . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's remarkable that , in addition to playing 11 cities around the country , the educational programme played to over 5,000 kids and brought many of them to the main theatre in their local cities for the first time in their lives , on subsidised tickets . |
| 4 | They did not all give up there and then , but presumably went on to take the test again and eventually to pass — many of them at the second attempt . |
| 5 | Registration at an exchange was not to be compulsory for the unemployed ; their large numbers and the mismatch of many of them with the available jobs would have led the scheme into immediate crisis . |
| 6 | According to forecasts no less than 2 million people will visit Seville in the six months of Expo , many of them for the first time . |
| 7 | ‘ Millions of people travel to the region every year many of them for the first time and we want to make sure that the lasting impression they take with them is a good one . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Millions of people travel to the region every year , many of them for the first time , and we want to make sure the lasting impression they take with them is a good one . ’ |
| 9 | Between 1947 and 1952 he produced no less than 300 short films , many of them for the Canadian Government , and on these merits he was appointed Director of Outside Broadcasts , Features and Documentaries with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1952 . |
| 10 | Nearby is Villa Taranto , famous for having over 20,000 plants and trees on display , many of them on the endangered list . |
| 11 | Far-reaching organisational changes were being forced upon many of them by the sheer growth of business , the sharpening of international rivalries and the accelerating pace of events . |
| 12 | No fewer than 39,000 members of the Merchant Service lost their lives in the Second World War , many of them in the Western Approaches , yet they are invariably overshadowed by their more glamorous allies in the Royal Navy . |
| 13 | Faced , however , with the catastrophic increase in unemployment and the need to occupy large numbers of workless people without directly employing them ( which would have run counter to the economic doctrine which had led to the redundancy of many of them in the first place ) , the Government poured money into any ‘ voluntary ’ agency willing to put in a bid for government-funded cheap labour . |
| 14 | ‘ What we found initially was that individual mussel meats were small because there were so many of them in the one place . |
| 15 | But such enthusiasts were not numerous , and there were not many of them in the papal Curia . |
| 16 | Neath were blamed and given that there were so many of them in the Welsh team it is impossible to argue against Neath , in the sense that the Neath style and philosophy were also Wales ' bearing some of the blame for the national decline . |