Example sentences of "many [noun pl] [be] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Many plants are left to self-sow and thinned with a hoe , while others are grown from saved seed , but there are always some varieties for which seed must be bought . |
| 3 | How many brides were left to sleep alone on the first night of their honeymoon ? |
| 4 | How many Liberals were elected to Parliament in the 1970 General Election ? |
| 5 | In this society of ours , many children are led to confusion by the complexity of the life in which they 're placed . |
| 6 | DNA-bending proteins may , by changing the orientation and direction of the bend , be able to select among different protein-protein interactions in regions where many factors are bound to DNA ( 68 ) . |
| 7 | Commons are scattered throughout the county , and although rights of common are fiercely defended they are rarely exercised , and many commons are returning to woodland . |
| 8 | Thus , it is evident that , in developing countries , first of all in the Indian Ocean , Africa and Arab World regions , many women are exposed to pregnancy risks while still very young , perhaps even physiologically immature for mating and childbearing . |
| 9 | Although the monastic reformers of the twelfth century frowned on the practice of placing children in monasteries , and the Cistercians forbade it , we may be sure that throughout the Middle Ages many nuns were dedicated to religion by the same procedure as they would have been dedicated to husbands — by parental fiat . |