Example sentences of "[is] [adj] that many " in BNC.

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1 Indeed it is possible that many people recognise subconsciously that the hypothesis is not merely unprovable , but false ; certainly many drift away from an active interest in the subject .
2 It is possible that many cases of petty assault were instituted as retaliation for verbal abuse .
3 While some landforms may have been so produced , it is possible that many of them may be relict forms subject to little later modification .
4 It is possible that many with irritable bowel syndrome patients have a pan-intestinal motor disorder , and that extra-alimentary sites innvervated by the autonomic nervous system , such as the bladder , are involved .
5 It is possible that many of the anti-microbial antibodies described in inflammatory bowel disease and other inflammatory disease states , may in fact be reflections of immunisation against microbial heat-shock proteins , which has been implied in the pathogenesis of several autoimmune disease states and which may induce anti-lactoferrin antibodies ( see below ) .
6 Events which have been implicated in schizophrenia are of a more everyday nature ( although it is possible that many also have a private meaning ) , and a very wide range of emotionally arousing events may trigger a relapse .
7 The 22-year-old , who is based in West Germany , is upset that many of his overseas results count for nothing .
8 Most of its 380,000 population is economically dependent on the Black Sea Fleet , but it is clear that many have run out of patience with the arguments .
9 Constituency party activists were certainly mostly pro-Thatcher , but it is clear that many MPs used the secrecy of the ballot to oppose her .
10 Also , it has proved very difficult to reproduce the events which led to Fleming 's famous observation , and it is clear that many versions of the story which were published 15 or more years later , after penicillin became famous , drew on faded but vivacious memories and are more or less imaginary .
11 However , it is clear that many of his police constables and sergeants did not agree with this approach .
12 Reading the report , it is clear that many of the ideas in it about people 's perception of risks are his .
13 But however we label this stage , it is clear that many , if not most , women experience a quite severe sense of loss when their children leave home .
14 Although we respect the pastoral motives for this , it is clear that many of these divisions are arbitrary and unhelpful and unworkable .
15 It is clear that many media underlie the revelation we have in the Scriptures .
16 It is clear that many of these kinds of views were based on the evidence that in some areas of employment , and in particular on production lines involving speed and pacing , problems began as early as the mid to late forties .
17 It is clear that many others — perhaps Lanfranc too — saw this .
18 Even with the comparatively slight knowledge we have of Mithraism and its liturgy , it is clear that many of Paul 's phrases [ in his letters ] savour much more of the terminology of the Persian cult than that of the Gospels .
19 From what we know of Canaanite and Egyptian religions it is clear that many of these laws are directed against the specific practices of Israel 's neighbours .
20 Since May was seventy-two when his book was published , it is clear that many of his recipes must date back to the days of Queen Elizabeth 1st .
21 By plotting the findspots of the axes on a map , it is clear that many of them travelled long distances from where they were made , sometimes being found in areas where a different type of stone was also being quarried for axe manufacture .
22 In the meantime , it is clear that many judges consider that the Lord Chancellor 's Department has ceased to act as an intermediary or ‘ hinge ’ between themselves and the executive Government and has become as much a part of the governmental machinery as any other Department of State .
23 In the US , for example , where the socialist party failed to establish itself as a major party after a fairly rapid growth in the first decade of this century , it has long been argued that the presidential system is a major obstacle to the development of third parties , and undoubtedly these constitutional factors have been important ; but it is clear that many other social and economic characteristics of the US have had a preponderant influence in determining the absence of a large-scale independent socialist movement or party there ( Sombart , 1906 ; Laslett and Lipset , 1974 ) .
24 It is clear that many people are now using asylum claims as a means of evading immigration control .
25 It is clear that many Opposition Members , and possibly some Conservative Members , have received letters telling us that claims could not be paid because a bill board had been placed in the social security office .
26 This analysis was not universally accepted , and it is clear that many preferred to tackle the problem of dishonesty through preventative action than to vacate the ‘ moral high ground ’ by abandoning or altering too radically the present basis of claim settlement .
27 Total membership fluctuated widely around 5,000 and it is clear that many members only stayed with the Party for a short time .
28 Richard Reid , Superdrive 's chief executive , said : ‘ Despite publicity for the new tyre tread laws it is clear that many local drivers are delaying tyre replacements far too long . ’
29 Many experiments have been carried out on the perception of stress , and it is clear that many different sound characteristics are important in making a syllable recognisably stressed .
30 In this connection , it is interesting that many of the restrictions on economic life in the Pentateuch were to ensure that each family always had access to part of the society 's capital — namely a plot of land and some animals .
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