Example sentences of "many [noun pl] [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Commenting on the success of the fundamentalist candidates , the Independent of June 20 speculated that many merchants had cast anti-PLO votes in protest at the endless strikes and closures imposed by the intifada leadership . |
| 2 | The vote had the effect of removing from the top of the political agenda , if only temporarily , an issue which for many months had caused divisive debate in the country at large , and had threatened to overshadow Pope John Paul II 's visit to his homeland , due in June . |
| 3 | So many refugees had passed that way already , and the steamers were dirty with no accommodation , so that again we slept side by side on the decks , and ate cold and rather horrible curry and rice on filthy plates . |
| 4 | My advice extended to a number of important legal technicalities and in particular to the operation of any necessary changes in the prevailing system of rent control — which for many years served to support social stability in this country to an extent rarely recognised . |
| 5 | There is no doubt in my mind that the many years spent wrestling indifferent cars around the track , trying to make up for what Lauda calls the ‘ evil ’ that dwells in all of them , must take its toll . |
| 6 | Moreover , by the mid-1960s , many economists had identified central planning — the engine of economic construction in the 1950s — as the culprit which stood in the way of modernisation and efficiency in production . |
| 7 | While many workers continued to enjoy full pay , at least in the initial stages of illness , others were less fortunate , and gained only the statutory minimum . |
| 8 | In any event , improved faecal continence was unlikely to be related to changes in bowel habits because many patients continued to report loose bowel movements . |
| 9 | It was a curious mixture of determined work , for many undergraduates had lost five years or more , and of equally certain enjoyment , for the lost years had to be made up in other ways too . |
| 10 | But in February 1681 many witnesses began to see more advantage in making themselves acceptable to the government than to the Whigs , and in stating that attempts had been made to suborn them to give evidence . |
| 11 | Long before Plowden many teachers had rejected traditional approaches to learning because they seemed to deny the way children thought and reasoned , the way in which children could grasp complex ideas , the way in which children dealt with information ( not in the neatly boxed subject areas beloved by academics but in broad chunks ) . |
| 12 | Many teachers appeared to support this action because their complaints taken through the proper channels had gone unanswered . |
| 13 | In 1990 , the DES was forced to set aside an additional £287 million to pay for pensions as so many teachers wanted to take early retirement . |
| 14 | The industry 's many critics had made great demands and threatened many a crisis but they had not halted the growth of the movies as mass entertainment . |
| 15 | Many locals had had good reason to be grateful to him when times had been hard . |
| 16 | Many Liberals had favoured this approach long before the 1987 election . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , many bishops continued to possess legal expertise , and it is not surprising that they made use of their knowledge . |