Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] that many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , unemployment and the recession mean that many firms can no longer afford the creches and bonuses , and are reluctantly having to curtail them . |
| 2 | An internal management machinery for the handling of individual grievances exists in RENFE ( the procedure of ‘ reclamación previa ’ , or prior claim , characteristic of the public administration ) , but time limits for application to the courts mean that many grievances are the subject of concurrent actions by employees in the labour courts . |
| 3 | When autotomy was first observed it was thought that the killer simply ripped off the tail by brute force , but closer study revealed that many lizards , especially geckos , have evolved special break-points in their tails — weak spots that fracture with great ease and make the sacrifice a simple matter . |
| 4 | Market research shows that many shoppers considered the image of the Co-op to be old-fashioned . |
| 5 | In the case of family planning , the inter-uterine contraceptive device ( IUCD ) was launched in India in the mid-1960s before adequate research showed that many women were physically unsuited to it , and it needed a high level of professional judgement on the part of the paramedical staff inserting it . |
| 6 | It was a dismal , disorganized weekend and a waste of valuable opportunity ; everything was left to ‘ flow ’ , which in practice meant that many events did not even get off the ground . |
| 7 | With many businesses waiting up to two-three months for payment , and research showing that many companies fail through poor cash flow , factoring is a very important service to industry . |
| 8 | Burrows and Hunter 's research indicates that many landlords are trying to force pre-1988 tenants out of their properties so that they can either move in new tenants , sell with vacant possession or sell on to other landlords . |
| 9 | Similarly , hiding discrimination against disabled people , population ’ quality control ’ thinking implies that many kinds of disability are inevitable and can only be eliminated by genetic control . |
| 10 | Ken said that many performers ought to pay managements for the privilege of working on the stage . |
| 11 | A spokesman for PPL said that many hoteliers and restaurateurs believe that they only need a licence from the PRS to be fully covered . |
| 12 | Although Libyans recognized that many members of tribes were ‘ written ’ , or attached in other ways , the central notion was that the loyalties and obligations which made the stateless system work were part of a person 's equipment at birth . |
| 13 | Similarly , Martin Oppenheimer claims that many professionals employed in the public sector find that their jobs are ‘ related to the oppressive functions of government — keeping welfare clients quiet , policing , regulating ’ . |
| 14 | Leaders of the COS argued that many charities were encouraging the ‘ demoralization ’ of the poor by handing out benefits in cash and kind too readily and with no attempt to ensure long-term improvement in the client 's condition . |
| 15 | Although Leapor accepts that many women are guilty of inconstancy and immoderate behaviour , she nonetheless holds out the prospect of transformation . |
| 16 | While a recent survey in England showed that many youngsters found books ‘ boring ’ compared with space-age games , films and TV programmes , there has been no decrease in public-library borrowing by children in Belfast over the last five years . |
| 17 | Significantly , and with a candour unusual in books celebrating a commercial firm 's history , Hall observes that many dealers were lagging behind the more advanced taste evidenced by museum curators : ‘ The choices made by the trustees illustrate advances in scholarship to which the ( private ) clients of Colnaghi , Agnew 's and Duveen were unresponsive … |
| 18 | And a glance at the supermarket shelves reveals that many manufacturers appear to be ignoring environmental concerns , especially about packaging . |
| 19 | ( Psychoanalysis shows that many legends and fairy stories owe their continued appeal to their ‘ artful representation ’ of common unconscious fantasies related to early stages of psychological development . ) |
| 20 | The Charity Commissioners understand that many charities are out of step in this matter but they do wish to see matters being regularised as soon as possible . |
| 21 | Notwithstanding Clinton 's protestations , the agonies suffered over the issue of draft evasion by Dan Quayle as vice-presidential candidate during the 1988 campaign meant that many Republicans seized upon the allegations against Clinton with undisguised delight . |
| 22 | Multinational chemical companies complained that many chemicals imported into Hong Kong were exported again ; manufacturers protested that they would be penalised , even if they disposed of their chemicals responsibly . |
| 23 | The third part shows that many problems encountered in police investigation turn up in scientific research and considers what lessons may be learnt from the experience of science . |
| 24 | Nichols and Armstrong claimed that many workers in that factory experienced a high level of alienation from their work . |
| 25 | Experience shows that many clients have difficulties in expressing their problems and may be anxious . |
| 26 | Investigation of town plans reveals that many cities were growing at this time ; the records reveal increasing long-distance trade ; in the Mediterranean there was a growth of the commerce of the Italian cities so striking that Professor Lopez has labelled it and its northern counterpart ‘ the commercial revolution ’ . |
| 27 | The restricted access of individuals to international arenas , and the uncertainties of State action on behalf of individuals mean that many individuals ' claims with respect to treaties are brought before national fora under domestic law . |
| 28 | Observers noted that many conservatives opposed to the political and economic reforms of Prime Minister Mouloud Hamrouche had failed to be reselected . |
| 29 | The diaries , memoirs , and letters that have survived from the post-Reformation period reveal that many Protestants found their trust in divine providence to be a source of great comfort and solace during times of public or private affliction . |
| 30 | The National Birthrate Commission during the First World War noted that many doctors were advising women to space their births but refusing to tell them how . |