Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mother also went with me to hear the Archbishop of Canterbury 's wife , Mrs Fisher , talk to young wives and give them some advice on the repair of their families after the separations many of them had suffered . |
| 2 | The big question is how the interests of the lines many long-distance commuters , travelling to London from towns like Swindon and Didcot will be protected . |
| 3 | Rent-control policy in the inter-war period was the product in the main of three forces : pressure by property owners for complete control ; the Conservative Party belief that the Rent Acts were but a temporary measure to deal with a housing shortage ; and the social reality that without the protection of the Acts many working-class people would suffer considerably . |
| 4 | In the aftermath of the killings many Palestinians and Israeli Arabs observed a three-day general strike and a week-long boycott of their Israeli workplaces . |
| 5 | And in 1942 the first major bombings of German cities were carried out by allied air flotillas , and as the Luftwaffe lost control of the skies many Germans began to experience with dread the sort of terror-bombing which their own airforce had inflicted on numerous European cities since 1939 and which the allies were now returning with immeasurably greater force and concentration . |
| 6 | Depending upon the relative bargaining powers of the parties many commercial contracts either contain set-off clauses permitting set-off of cross claims between the parties , or clauses forbidding such set-off . |
| 7 | Behind the scenes many members of the Cathedral parish were actively involved in preparing the Cathedral , in welcoming the many visitors , as guides ; in arranging some of the exhibits and , perhaps most importantly of all , in providing an extensive buffet at the preview and in brewing countless cuppas and refreshments for all the visitors . |
| 8 | As the wort is boiled in the copper with the hops many brewers also add sugars , such as glucose or cereal syrup , to encourage a strong fermentation . |
| 9 | The excitement , suspense , and danger which seems the lot of the police on celluloid feeds into the definitions many of Easton 's section police give to their work experience , and the supposed similarity of this experience leads them to see police films and television programmes as an accurate portrayal , to be watched avidly because of this shared world . |
| 10 | In the towns many new churches were erected with the financial provision of the 1818 ‘ Million Act ’ and in the countryside squires and parishioners restored or substantially rebuilt thousands of medieval churches . |
| 11 | In the circumstances many teachers involved with the project had difficulties in organizing practical and oral tests , particularly on an individual basis , and so the number of pupils taking these assessments was much reduced from what had originally been envisaged . |
| 12 | He had been injured in the pits many years before and supplemented his income by hunting and fishing . |
| 13 | Violent rioting has broken out in the camps many times in recent weeks . |
| 14 | But in faith he founded his School , willing the means whereby others could emulate his success , and over the generations many have done so . |
| 15 | Over the centuries many tribes have fought over and occupied Black Crag , and the most powerful tribe has always taken the crag as its homeland . |
| 16 | This practice has continued to the present day and over the years many of the field geologists became recognised petrographers . |
| 17 | Over the years many men have come to my clinic because they have considered themselves failures in one vital respect . |
| 18 | Over the years many sailing ships were wrecked on the rocky shores of Madeira , driven there by foul weather . |
| 19 | Over the years many leading members of the BDA were involved in the running of the Board before it wound up following the emergence of Social Services Departments , which took over responsibility for the welfare of the deaf . |
| 20 | Although a complex and costly procedure , over the years many authorities have acquired powers by this means to perform particular functions in their localities : for example , to maintain the external decoration of listed buildings ( Kensington and Chelsea ) , and to operate a municipal bank ( Birmingham ) . |
| 21 | Over the years many obstacles have arisen to halt these dreams , yet still for many the ultimate objective remains . |
| 22 | I have over the years many times come to the rostrum but for the first time it gives me no pleasure at all in saying what has to be said . |
| 23 | Without the newcomers many more villages would be ghost villages and the social demoralization would be even more acute . |
| 24 | I have been talking to the whites many years about the lands in question , and it is strange they can not understand me ; the country they claim belonged to my father , and when he died it was given to me and my people , and I will not leave it until I am compelled to . |
| 25 | Television has , nevertheless , had a noticeable impact on the ways many Members use the procedures of the House . |
| 26 | Matters are complicated by Compeyson , an enemy of Magwitch ( he was the convict Magwitch was fighting with on the marshes many years ago ) , he was also the lover of Miss Havisham . |