Example sentences of "[vb -s] so many [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's hunger that drives so many ballet students there , not an innate artistic urge . |
| 2 | I think that is why it has so many cinema fans and why the best cinema creators in Spain come from there . |
| 3 | The dragonfly has so many ommatidia that it can see as well as some vertebrates . |
| 4 | A LITTLE boy is becoming withdrawn because he has so many ear infections he finds it difficult to hear , but his life could be revolutionised by one simple operation . |
| 5 | It takes so many man hours . |
| 6 | Clearly , no one explanation could cover why we eat cows but not cats ; why big game hunting is the traditional pursuit of the wealthy ; why furs are going out of fashion ; why sexual slang employs so many animal and eating metaphors ; why customary cannibalism is seldom if ever authenticated ; why we worry so much more about high fat meats than about eating cheese ; why so many religious sects espouse vegetarianism ; why burger bars have been redecorating with pastel colours ; why the Flintstones barbecue dinosaur steaks ; why we eat beef rather than cow ; why businessmen might eat steak tartare at a negotiating lunch ; and why meat is said to give men aggression , strength , or heterosexual virility . |
| 7 | The snow which brings so many winter sports enthusiasts to the area can lie all year round in some parts of the Cairngorms and plays an important role in protecting flowering plants . |