Example sentences of "[be] many [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , well , there are many things we have to do in this business that are distasteful . |
| 2 | As Brumfit observes , ‘ Being a good teacher is never exactly the same thing as understanding teaching ; there are many things we can do well that we can not fully understand . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ There are many things we can and will do . |
| 4 | I 'm sure there are many things we all dislike about other people , yet we would not dream of ostracising them . |
| 5 | Going out , especially at night , may seem particularly dangerous for people on their own , but there are many things you can do to promote your safety whether you are a man or a woman . |
| 6 | I have no doubt there are many things you wish they did n't do , or were not , but there must be some good points ! |
| 7 | ‘ There are many things I am sure I could say , Mr Thabane , ’ I said . |
| 8 | There are many things I want to do . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | There are many children I know who live around me as they are my neighbours . |
| 12 | If the Tiebout mechanism is relevant , then there should be some effect of the costs of moving on the pattern of preferences ; that is , when there are many localities it is easy for individuals to move to the one they most prefer , and hence there should be a greater homogeneity of preferences within those localities . |
| 13 | Because there is such a wide range of substances there are many ways they can be misused . |
| 14 | If you are a practical type of person , there are many careers you could follow . |
| 15 | There are many techniques you can use beforehand to help you relax . |
| 16 | There are many lessons we can learn from other animals , to our great and continuing advantage , and it is high time we took a little while to sit and stare at the other creatures with which we share the earth . |
| 17 | When there are many dislocations they do not have to move far before two or more dislocations meet . |
| 18 | He added : ‘ I am sure that if I had my time again there would be many things I would do differently ’ , but went on : ‘ Criticism is part of the price of leadership . ’ |
| 19 | There may be many things you would like to say in this report but there will only be room for important ones . |
| 20 | wo n't be many places I 'd have thought . |
| 21 | There were many openings they might have exploited , but it never occurred to them to do so . |
| 22 | The essentials of the existing programme , Brezhnev explained , were still valid , but twenty years had elapsed since its adoption and there were many developments it had failed to record , among them the fact that Soviet society was proceeding to communism through the stage of ‘ developed socialism ’ . |
| 23 | There were many questions he wanted to ask her but he needed ammunition . |
| 24 | ‘ You know , there were many things I wanted to do , but I never had the time for them . |
| 25 | By then Cameron 's mind was rousing itself from shock , there were many things he wanted to say to James , but the moment they stepped down under the massive archway of the prison they were hustled in opposite directions . |
| 26 | There were many things he would have liked to have done but he needed this man , who , with a combination of chance and logic , could reach the truths which might affect the realm . |
| 27 | There were many things it was not possible to discuss with her mother . |
| 28 | Erm , there 's many suggestions I 've got here , where I 've just taken the necessary action in view of the procedures and I do n't feel that it 's necessary for us to discuss it , if you 're happy with that . |