Example sentences of "[prep] so many [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the loss of the West Bank reduced the demographic preponderance of the Palestinians in the state , the flight of so many eastwards and the drift of many to the economically more prosperous East Bank in previous years , left Jordan with at least 40 per cent of its population Palestinian . |
| 2 | I am not sure that on record it makes all that much difference to have 24 baroque oboes , as here , instead of 12 or so , but the sound of so many along with 12 bassoons , nine trumpets , nine trumpets and four sets of timpani is mightily impressive , and the more attractive for a rhythmic bounce . |
| 3 | But even this admiration can be a form of ageism if , by singling out the truly remarkable , we minimise the more mundane but no less significant achievements of so many very old people . |
| 4 | Trevor Nunn 's production , full of so many finely turned words , ends up saying nothing . |
| 5 | Boulestin had found , like so many before and since , that in England the price of perfection is too high . |
| 6 | Your sermon was inspiring , and thank you for sharing this moving service with so many all round the country , so that we felt as one with your own congregation … |
| 7 | Against San Marino at Hampden in November 1991 , Scotland scored three times in the first half but then finished up with so many forwards that order went out the window and only one more goal was scored amid the scramble created by having Mo Johnston and Kevin Gallacher supplement John Robertson , McCoist and Gordon Durie . |
| 8 | I do n't think I 've ever led by so many before and it 's a nice position to be in . ’ |