Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [conj] many [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 However , given current UK time costs , it is unrealistic to believe that many listeners will hear a given commercial many times .
2 Pencilfish are less easy to breed than many tropicals and the fry can be difficult to rear .
3 Then there were great men , the king 's trusted advisers : men with much to teach and many ways of helping William .
4 It would therefore not be too unfair to conclude that many teachers , whether in primary or secondary schools , are , by tradition , unfamiliar with discussions that involve the whole curriculum of a school .
5 The consumer , being used to smooth thick conventional yoghurt , may reject Busses yoghurt because of those unfamiliar characteristics but Busses yoghurt continues to sell well despite this and it is encouraging to know that many consumers do recognise the quality of the product .
6 When one in three marriages end in divorce , it is safe to assume that many couples have n't got the balance right .
7 It is certainly important to recognize that many politicians want to be seen as supporters of ‘ good causes ’ .
8 The advice can be difficult to follow because many women do n't know they 're pregnant until the third month .
9 In fact I am sorry to say that many aspects of the book are disappointing .
10 Yet the numbers of women choosing not to marry receded in times of rising real wages , and the same conditions lowered the average age at marriage Hence , it is wise to remember that many women remained unmarried only because they did not have the means to start a new household with a husband .
11 Although much work has been done in the decades since those words were written , it is still true to say that many texts in printed form do not reflect the contents of the original manuscripts with complete accuracy , although more recent printed transcriptions tend to be reliable , not least because they have usually been scanned by a number of scholars before publication .
12 While I 'm on the subject of secrecy , it is true to say that many politicians , sometimes justifiably , are paranoid about the subject .
13 It was pleasing to note that many recommendations made by our Agriculture Working Party were taken up in the scheme .
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