Example sentences of "[be] that [adv] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The biggest reason for Asia 's sceptical eye on the Gulf , though , is that not many Asians are convinced the fight makes any difference . |
| 2 | What is perhaps most startling is that so many agents of educational change — local education officers and education committees — remained so untouched by the principles . |
| 3 | But what is more remarkable is that so many farmers were sentimental ( and some impecunious ) enough to keep their hedgerows in for so long . |
| 4 | IT is seldom remarked how curious it is that so many people need to find a meaning to life . |
| 5 | One good result so far , though , is that so many people were mystified by acronyms being bandied about ( SNUPPS , NII , AGR and the like ) that the secretariat for the inquiry had to produce a list of them . |
| 6 | But the worst aspect of this whole affair is that so many people do not care about the quality of life for old people . |
| 7 | The other is that so many jobs are likely to need a great deal of capital equipment behind them that there will be a shortage of capital equipment and jobs will therefore not be created quickly enough to maintain full employment . |
| 8 | The great thing about tea drinking is that so many varieties are available that you can always find a brew that is appropriate to the occasion . |
| 9 | This can be useful ; the only thing to bear in mind is that too many icons in here will increase the time taken for Windows to get going , so it 's best to keep Start Up for the real essentials . |
| 10 | The legendary American publisher Bill Targ got it right : ‘ The trouble with the publishing business is that too many people who have half a mind to write a book do so . ’ |
| 11 | The trouble is that too many people in the Labour party are more concerned with scaring than with caring . |