Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [verb] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plays have been a focus not only of critical activity employing new models for interpretive inquiry but also of scholarly activity which has contested many previous assumptions about how plays were performed , codified into texts , and circulated within society . |
| 2 | Beyond the basics of walking and climbing , lessons are now also available on how to use an ice axe to halt a slide on ice and snow — a skill which has saved many lives in the past . |
| 3 | I congratulate Yarrow on its good fortune in securing a contract for three ships at once , but I must express some dismay on behalf of Vosper Thornycroft , Southampton , which has built many naval ships in the past . |
| 4 | That maxim , one could say , is the core of The Lord of the Rings , and it is reinforced from the start by all that Gandalf says about the way Ring-bearers fade , regardless of all their ‘ strength ’ or ‘ good purpose ’ , and further by his violent refusal to take the Ring himself : His renunciation makes sense in an age which has seen many pigs become farmers ; no reviewer has ever balked at this basic opening move of Tolkien 's . |
| 5 | The school was very pleased to take part in a programme which has visited many local churches and schools in Radio Merseyside 's 25 years of broadcasting . |
| 6 | And so it is possible in these few words to dismiss a controversy which has absorbed many pages . |
| 7 | It is not just that the tax offices are the home of a great deal of corruption , which has survived many previous attempted clean-ups and , so far , even the arrival of computerisation . |
| 8 | It is the replacement of this differentiation of state and society by a more complex web of interrelated systems which has led many lawyers to seek alternatives to positivist approaches which in many cases rely on the liberal model of parliamentary democracy as their underlying assumption . |
| 9 | The third was the unfortunate linking of the work of tribunals and enquiries in the Report of the Franks Committee , which has led many writers to feel obliged to discuss tribunals and enquiries together . |
| 10 | NEW YORK researchers are near to pinpointing the root cause of toxic-shock syndrome — a feverish , and often fatal condition which has struck many women using particular types of tampon . |
| 11 | But doctors did n't anticipate another strain of the virus which has affected many children . |
| 12 | However , the decline in the Tokyo stock market , which has rendered many warrants worthless , may seriously damage the market . |
| 13 | He did however attempt in his Sermons Chiefly on the Theory of Religious Belief ( 1843 ) and The Grammar of Assent ( 1870 ) an analysis of the nature of religious belief which shows some affinity with Coleridge , and includes Newman 's own original idea of the ‘ illative sense ’ by which we find it possible to proceed through probabilities to certitude ; and in his celebrated Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine ( 1878 ) struggled with the problem of change and continuity in the expression of Christian faith down through the centuries in a fashion which has helped many others to grasp something of the questions , if not in most cases to accept his answers . |
| 14 | It is , to be sure , the element of sensibility which has attracted many of Hornblower 's readers but many more will remember with greater satisfaction the account of Hornblower 's stand against four French ships-of-war , in A Ship of the Line , in which professional skill , emotional introspection and moment-to-moment physical behaviour are unerringly matched . |
| 15 | It is the lure of the TT which has attracted many of the cross-channel visitors . |
| 16 | The Empire foot soldiers have developed a very effective method of fighting which has won many a battle : the detachment system . |
| 17 | His Vin de Pays des Cotes de Gascogne , which has won many awards over recent years , is dry and fragrant , with plenty of fruit and well-balanced acidity . |
| 18 | Bernard Fergusson was descended from one of Ayrshire 's oldest and most distinguished families which has produced many eminent men . |
| 19 | Some of them , however , maintain the fine choral tradition which has produced many church musicians and the recent admission of girls into those which were formerly all-male establishments could well encourage the development of careers for women in church music . |
| 20 | An important new factor which has upset many people 's sums over the past couple of years has been the state of the property market . |
| 21 | It is perhaps surprising that Mr Lamont did not do something to stop the iniquitous practice of large firms delaying due payments to small firms , which has put many of the latter into serious difficulty . |
| 22 | A position which has angered many unionists at grass roots level . |
| 23 | It is primarily this area of work which has prompted many supporting agencies to identify with WACC and give it financial resources . |
| 24 | In short , the basic instinct which seemed to tell many people that they needed a good ‘ clean out ’ , and that nasty things could happen while waste matter lingered around in the body , seems to have been largely correct . |
| 25 | Furthermore , although it is smaller , there is an area that corresponds to Broca 's area in the right hemisphere that does n't seem to have anything to do with speech but which seems to have many of the same connections . |
| 26 | Miller frequently mentions Sherard 's contributions to Chelsea , among them Phlomis orientalis , Jerusalem sage , completely destroyed by the great frost of 1740 and P. flavescens , which managed to survive many years in a warm border . |
| 27 | In the UK the FT-SE 100 index fell 500 points on ‘ Black Monday ’ and Tuesday 20 October ( the fall being delayed by severe gales which had kept many City traders at home on Friday ) . |
| 28 | The workers ' faith has not been repaid this week — in a region which had escaped many of the severe job cuts which had hit other cities . |
| 29 | Prior to the rioting the Dinkins administration had been widely congratulated on successfully avoiding the disturbances which had affected many US cities in the aftermath of the Los Angeles riots of April-May 1992 . |
| 30 | It was a verdict which had fired many a nationalistically minded but hitherto passive young Irishman to join the IRA , and it had prodded Denis into convincing himself that the time had come for him to stop wavering and take an active role in his country 's struggle . |