Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] the many " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wrote to me about the many pressures on girls to worry constantly about their looks , and in particular their bodies . |
| 2 | There are stars galore in the operatic firmament , with , alongside to say nothing of the many famous names featured in the historical anthologies . |
| 3 | Studies by Atkinson and Kincaid in Britain , Harrington in the USA , and official government studies in both countries , reveal a persistent and significant section of the population living in poverty-stricken circumstances at any one time , to say nothing of the many others , who , at certain crucial periods of their life ( e.g. the old , families with young children ) , may temporarily lapse into poverty . |
| 4 | As was pointed out in the previous chapter , the plan of the Victorian house and the Victorian city have this in common : that both are so designed that the few who live on the privileged side of the divide need know nothing of the many who are crowded beyond it into a fraction of the space . |
| 5 | The women I spoke to who had been through the whole procedure told me of the many exhausting visits they had had to make to the British Embassies and High Commissions , of the atmosphere of contempt at these places , of the pettiness of the Entry Clearance Officers ( ECOs ) and interpreters , and the rude and unreasonable questions they had had to answer . |
| 6 | Yet another Messiah on ‘ early ’ instruments , conspiring no doubt to send retailers completely mad in their attempts to decide which of the many available readings they should plump for . |
| 7 | Describing himself as ‘ a retired fiddler ’ , he was reluctant to say which of the many festival events would be highlights for him , but could hardly deny , that one will certainly be a performance by his former pupil , Claire Roff , now 18 , who began playing the violin when she was only four . |
| 8 | Which of the many candidates would he finally marry ? |
| 9 | All non-productive wood must be cut out , and the skill lies in deciding which of the many buds are wood buds and which are fruit buds , and then in deciding which of the wood buds are likely to produce the most fruit buds . |
| 10 | If I want to count how many chairs there are in my college , I have little problem about deciding which of the many objects in college I am going to include in my count . |
| 11 | A more open mind was required to discover which of the many possible patterns God had actually chosen to instantiate . |
| 12 | How do human beings distinguish which of the many elements of the context are relevant ? |
| 13 | But she did not know which of the many doors of the hall-way was that of their bedroom . |
| 14 | According to ‘ positioning theory ’ this understanding of behaviour is a mutual creation through the interaction of the parties depending upon which of the many possible selves has been confirmed in the ‘ storyline ’ that is accepted . |
| 15 | Last night , Amaranth Wilikins had told Grunte that she had yet to make up her mind in which of the many debates she would try to speak . |
| 16 | The main aim of this Prospectus is to help you choose which of the many courses is most suitable for your needs . |
| 17 | Which of the many recent changes played the major part in the university disturbances of the early 1860s is unclear . |
| 18 | Clearly , there are other possibilities , and it is far from obvious , at this stage of the development of the subject , just which of the many possible formulations is the best . |
| 19 | Evidence is all around us , and the first step in any research is for the scientist to decide which of the many facts are of concern to him . |
| 20 | Carers are often confused because they do n't know which of the many agencies to go to . |
| 21 | Cheers ( Channel 4 ) CHEERS and thank you for the many memories . |
| 22 | Your occupational therapist or physiotherapist will advise you about the many ingenious gadgets available which might be useful . |
| 23 | I need hardly remind you of the many emergencies that Save The Children has responded to in recent years . |
| 24 | On the west side , Ingleborough is a shadowy giant revealing none of the many wonders that attract its legions of pilgrims ; and to the east , green slopes rise with little incident to dark moors forming a distant skyline . |
| 25 | For none of the many examples does Taylor give us any account of the appropriate Darwinian thinking . |
| 26 | None of the many experimental techniques are foolproof , but the Ericsson method for separating girl-producing sperm from boy-producing sperm is for sale in a string of clinics in the US . |
| 27 | Our Discovery Tour of Sri Lanka will introduce you to the many wonders of this harmonious land . |
| 28 | ‘ You have made me great with your love , though I am but one among the many , drifting in the common tide , rocking in the fluctuant favour of the world . |
| 29 | ‘ Do n't judge the one by the many , Ellie , ’ he warned softly , ‘ because you 're likely to come seriously unstuck . ’ |
| 30 | Well I , I I , I do n't mind how it 's done but erm I hear nothing on the many people on , you know , who talk about erm giving aid erm a dread from this problem is this vast erm amount of the G M P and going on armaments and going on one way and another . |