Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A closer look revealed many discrepancies , the most serious being that the selection procedures had obscured certain factors of the disease itself , and its progress . |
| 2 | The sentence disappointed many people whose prejudice had wanted him hanged , including those pamphleteers who had established his guilt long before any trial . |
| 3 | While the young Millers lived in Swan Walk , eighteenth-century Chelsea provided many diversions for their amusement . |
| 4 | Watkins found many mounds in this position on Radnor Forest . |
| 5 | Over the centuries , trade in whale products helped many nations prosper ; no country now generates wealth and food by taking this awful toll . |
| 6 | They flung each other off and stared for an instant , each of them aware that he was known , each conscious that this recognition made many things plain . |
| 7 | But a closer look at the data revealed many examples of different kinds of combinations strategy which were constructed jointly within the pair . |
| 8 | Fossey made many enemies among both her colleagues and the local Africans . |
| 9 | The criteria for deciding whether the banks would support an application for funds led many banks to the conclusion that , if a case warranted support , the government 's guarantee was superfluous , as a good business proposition was worth considering anyway — some have effectively withdrawn from the scheme . |
| 10 | Rembrandt made many drawings using bistre with both brush and pen . |
| 11 | The sleeve sensor recordings of basal UOS pressure in the present study produced many hours of UOS pressure recording and allowed us to undertake a searching and carefully controlled evaluation of the possibility that UOS hypotonia is related to any particular symptom pattern in children . |
| 12 | A person bereft by permanent loss or separation feels this range of emotion multiplied many times . |
| 13 | She was never short of admirers because the invitation in her pale blue eyes drew many men to her . |
| 14 | The Review proposed many changes to particular aspects of standard procedure which will speed up and streamline that procedure . |
| 15 | However the ‘ new ’ paradroppers weighed many times that of their predecessors . |
| 16 | The practice stopped many years ago but in many farm kitchens in the county , the hooks can still be seen . |
| 17 | Lapworth received many honours , including the Bigsby ( 1887 ) and Wollaston ( 1899 ) medals of the Geological Society of London . |
| 18 | It is also found at the base of the neo-classical economic theory of capitalism , with its basic tenet of man as a maximizing individual with limitless needs and desires — a notion Sahlins deconstructed many years ago ( 1974 ) , but one that still persists in Western economic and political thought , and which underlies much of the anthropology of conflict . |
| 19 | This expense roused many residents from their apathy , and following negotiations with the bullards , the town itself succeeded in preventing the custom which appears to have died away with little opposition — an indication of the actual decline in real interest . |
| 20 | As I have already mentioned Lee 's works formed part of the B.P.C.M. in the 1912 amalgamation , and Manor cement works had become part of the A.P.C.M. Even so the Medway industry faced many difficulties . |
| 21 | These were arranged to allow the morning feeding to be carried out and a one-and-a-half hour break for tea allowed many farmers to return for the second feed and to check the stock . |
| 22 | The aircraft spent many years at Kaman helicopters as a wind making machine until it was recovered by the Marine Corps Museum in 1971 . |
| 23 | The Koreans adapted many karate techniques and incorporated them into their training curriculum . |
| 24 | But beneath that successful entry last spring lay many months of feasibility studies and fund-raising , planning and persuasion . |
| 25 | The march took many years , perhaps more than a century . |
| 26 | Besides their attendances at fires and competitions the Halling Brigade gave many exhibitions of their fire fighting skills , and were always prominent in local functions . |
| 27 | The mill building still stands in the shadow of the dam wall , well maintained and now used for storage , its machinery and water wheel removed many years ago . |
| 28 | The United Kingdom Egg Producers ' Association said many poultry owners would have been saved from going out of business if the compensation was paid when it was due . |
| 29 | David had many children . |
| 30 | With him and Donald , David Beaton , Father Patrick , his aunt Bridhe and the other lasses , Hector had many folk to fill his day . |