Example sentences of "[pron] be many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am many things , señor . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been told I was many things in my life , but too hasty … |
| 3 | He looked at the bottles , which were many colours , red and green and blue and smoky topaz , and contained wisps and rinsings of nothing much , a sigh of smoke in one , a rocking of spirituous liquid in another . |
| 4 | Rather , it is the share of temporary workers who work via and are paid by an agency which is many times higher than average . |
| 5 | When the winding is to be excited both transistors ( are switched on , so the voltage applied to the phase winding is equal to the sun , of the two supply voltages ( VL + VH ) , the diode D2 being reverse-biased by VH.There is no series resistance to limit the current , which therefore starts to rise towards a value which is many times the rated winding current . |
| 6 | But all the local ambulances were busy and we had to wait for one to come from Richmond , which is many miles away . |
| 7 | Kelly would understand , of course , but she was many miles away , working on location , and Shae did n't even have a contact number . |
| 8 | We know we 're many steps down the social scale from the Santis family . |
| 9 | ‘ Have there been many women , Leo ? ’ |
| 10 | There are many initiatives to address this need , but one organisation in particular has the advantage of ten years of experience working in health care in some 12 Latin American countries . |
| 11 | There are many initiatives which it is more sensible for the Course as a whole to pick up than for individual fields and departments to plough a lone furrow . |
| 12 | THERE are many dates Liverpool fans remember and Everton fans would rather forget , and vice versa , and one of those is November 6 , 1982 . |
| 13 | There are many writers I know , especially after they have made their name , who might not think this important , unless they got an important academic job to do it . |
| 14 | There are many choices of arrangement and treatment available to a monographer . |
| 15 | There are many choices of frame that might fit in with this theme . |
| 16 | Beyond this start to the day , there are many activities to plan . |
| 17 | We remarked in Chapter 1 that research is about " finding things out " , and there are many activities consistent with this description . |
| 18 | It is a time when there are many fatalities on the roads as the inexperienced young try to dash across in the face of oncoming traffic . |
| 19 | And there are many blanks left in the weeks of courtship which a loving faith fills with happy assurance . |
| 20 | And yesterday Coun ThorneWallis said : ‘ There are many holes in the fencing and it could be dangerous for children playing . ’ |
| 21 | There are many critics of psychoanalysis . |
| 22 | There are many stages of a personal injury case that can not be standardised . |
| 23 | While it is undoubtedly true that Hindus say there are many gods they also declare that there is but one God , Iśwara , Devādhideva , who is God of gods . |
| 24 | Brisk afternoon winds do blow , exciting passages are possible , and there are many coves where you can anchor alone just to relax in perfect peace . |
| 25 | There are many strands to this secret tradition , and one of the most direct and striking is that of witchcraft . |
| 26 | Our work so far has obviously only been of a preliminary nature , but even so it is clear that there are many strands in the concept of participation and public involvement in decision-making related to novel energy systems . |
| 27 | And indeed , there are many lineages in nature that seem to show this steady improvement in adaptation ; modern horses are more beautifully fitted to running on the open plain than ancient ones ; modern monkeys more agile than their predecessors . |
| 28 | There are many clubs and societies within the University which afford students and staff opportunities to perform in every kind of vocal and instrumental music . |
| 29 | There are many options open to the tourist — from car hire , coach tours and steamer trips to flights over the glaciers in a seaplane . |
| 30 | It takes all the work out of scanning and cleaning virus on hard disks or floppy , there are many options to choose from and it allows you to scan just certain files or directories and makes use of all the Scan options . |