Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Gothic style Manor House is set in the midst of 120 acres ( 50 hectares ) of gardens and parkland ; it was built in 1804 to replace a previous Jacobean residence , and is at the centre of the 3,300 acres ( 1,335 hectares ) Bradwell Grove Estate , where for many centuries farming and forestry have been practised in a way typical of life in the Cotswolds . |
| 2 | The two tram routes departed from opposite sides of the central loading island in the Square , where for many years there was an ornamental drinking fountain and later a stone shelter and underground toilets . |
| 3 | There were furious debates in respect of schemes for Oxford and Bath , but the biggest single reversal of policy concerned London , where for many years three ringways had been in mind . |
| 4 | ‘ There is a better atmosphere now than for many years — fewer stoppages , better relationships . |
| 5 | If you ask what is the worst that might foreseeably happen , the answer at the start of 1991 is bleaker than for many years past . |
| 6 | The journals were seen to be in better health , both scientifically and economically , than for many years , and plans to take advantage of this situation , in promoting the journals to both authors and subscribers , were approved . |
| 7 | So , at end-1984 , therefore , the nuclear industry is looking more bullish than for many years , despite the fact that the environmentally committed Greens are strongly represented in state and federal parliaments . |
| 8 | Enjoying better health than for many years , he was able to become an active preacher . |
| 9 | There seems at present , however , a better prospect of completing the line than for many years . |
| 10 | Members of the Labour Party were paying more attention to the Communist Party than for many years , largely as a result of the unique impact of foreign affairs . |
| 11 | ‘ Pedestrians will be able to walk and shop in this part of the town in greater comfort and safety than for many years , ’ he said . |
| 12 | For example , silicone oils are widely used in convection experiments : they can be obtained with different viscosities , but otherwise similar properties , which provides a convenient method of varying the Prandtl number ; and the viscosity varies with temperature much less than for many fluids . |
| 13 | On the other hand , they were more optimistic yesterday than for many months that the long legislative process to make the single market a reality by December 31 , 1992 would be finished on time . |
| 14 | On the other hand , they were more optimistic yesterday than for many months that the long legislative process to make the single market a reality by December 31 , 1992 would be finished on time . |
| 15 | In this book we shall use ASE nomenclature , although for many substances this will be the same as the IUPAC nomenclature . |
| 16 | Although for many years retributivism was regarded ( at least in academic circles ) as outmoded and even atavistic , it has enjoyed a major revival in recent years , notably in the forms of the ‘ Justice Model ’ and ‘ law and order ideology ’ discussed later in this chapter . |
| 17 | Although for many applications the costs are negligible , they raise their heads too often to be ignored . |
| 18 | Capital expenditure on these schools is partly met ( up to 85% ) by the DENI ; running costs are met from block grants direct from the DENI and from fees ( although for many pupils these are paid or assisted by the Education and Library Boards ) . |
| 19 | Although for many days the ship was becalmed and progress was slow , if at all , some days the vessel logged 12 knots and made good progress . |
| 20 | We could say we can divide the world into two , although with many shadings in between : those who marry to avoid their problems and those who marry to tangle with them . |
| 21 | The prestigious Antiquaires à Paris group of dealers who specialise in eighteenth-century French furniture albeit with many sidelines is back again this year for the first time since 1986 , although with nothing to compare with the extravagantly decorated and richly stocked collective stand which caused so much jealousy then . |
| 22 | The approach adopted by the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act is a utilitarian one but it does not reflect the reality of the situation by failing to recognize that all computer output is the result , albeit in many cases the indirect result , of human skill and effort . |
| 23 | Privatised utilities could suffer too although in many cases share prices are already reflecting this . |
| 24 | Although in many cases this will mean that a solution to a problem is found , it also takes account of the fact that some problems are insoluble . |
| 25 | There are few proposals to control other elements of a Type II ‘ internal market ’ , ie extra-contractual emergency referrals and the treatment of temporary residents , although in many cases the dividing line between emergency and non-emergency is very narrow . |
| 26 | Although in many cases modern technology had reduced the necessity for large staffs , households were conscious of the need to accommodate their remaining servants in well-appointed rooms , with better facilities and labour-saving devices . |
| 27 | My experience suggests that many lesions that are macular and blanch on direct pressure respond more favourably to pulsed dye lasers than to alternatives such as copper vapour lasers , although in many cases responses are similar . |
| 28 | At the other end of the scale , although in many cases it is open to private individuals to prosecute for breach of the criminal law , it is generally thought , for various reasons , that usually it is best for public prosecutors to take such action . |
| 29 | For never have the ever more numerous museums been so crowded , exhibitions so well attended , art books so glossy , the so-called specialist periodicals so erudite , and historic buildings so well ‘ protected ’ against decay and destruction of all kinds ( although in many cases one might well ask whether there is not some confusion and contradiction between protection and son ) . |
| 30 | In fact , it is fairly safe to assume that all proper names started their denotative careers as descriptions of one sort or another , although in many cases the link with the original descriptive content subsequently became severed or obscured . |