Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [prep] many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My best memory when I was at Primary School was that I was a member of a Gymnastics club and for many weeks we rehearsed our routine to do in front of the school and parents . |
| 2 | ' ’ We might say that democracy , at this stage , is preferable to any current dictatorship and to many periods of absolutism in the past . |
| 3 | The decade ended with the railway hotels not merely privatised but in many cases under second and third owners , generally poorer in standard and distinctly without the nation having benefited ( since they ran at a profit anyway ) , with Travellers-Fare privatised and healthier ( both profitwise and in what they served ) , and with InterCity rethinking the role of the restaurant car and with many chefs still preparing meals on board . |
| 4 | Some of the bodies showed signs of torture and in many cases personal documents had been removed to prevent identification . |
| 5 | Foreigners , which pay less for labour and in many cases make components of equal quality , are winning business away from German firms . |
| 6 | of living and in many countries there are educational pamphlets and programmes from several sources to spread knowledge about fire hazards and to encourage self-discipline in carrying out precautions . |
| 7 | ( aged 35 ) was killed in action and in many senses this was both the low spot and turning point in the Club 's war . |
| 8 | Eventually the local authority associations agreed a self-denying ordinance and in many authorities councillors do not seek access to records on individuals . |
| 9 | Despite a disciplinary record that reflects his competitive nature , Trevor has a lot of skill and in many ways is a credit to the side . |
| 10 | Most young drivers have spent very little time behind the wheel before they pass their test and in many cases , they 're the ones at fault when accidents happen . |
| 11 | But , it is true , there was no help and in many places quite a lot of opposition . |
| 12 | Although the land tax assessment could at times be stretched to include houses , windows , servants , hair powder , non-working horses , carriages and playing cards , and although in times of war the 10 per cent peacetime limit was pushed twice as far , there was no fundamental revaluation and in many parts of the country assessment levels were nominal . |
| 13 | Cloud flying , particularly in shower clouds , can be quite a dangerous pastime and on many days it would be totally irresponsible to risk losing a club glider by attempting to climb a large cloud . |
| 14 | It does n't re re replace repression completely because of course repression is the prime and in many ways fundamental mechanism of defence . |
| 15 | He is also the favourite and in many ways he has more charisma . |
| 16 | Long after he left to become a flight engineer it continued to light them through the war and for many years after . |
| 17 | This reticence is all the more striking when contrasted with the plethora of Second World War movies made both during the war and for many years afterwards . |
| 18 | As a result of this potent combination of sentiment and self-interest , the war had assumed the character of something more than a military operation : in the minds of the military and of many civilians , left and right , it had quickly become a decisive test of France 's national will and international power . |
| 19 | The history of designs and their relationship with copyright is an interesting study in its own right and in many cases an original design was capable of dual protection under the 1949 Act as a registered design and , through any drawings of the design , under the Copyright Act 1956 ( as amended ) as an artistic work . |
| 20 | The Italian the other children spoke in school was not a dialect like my Triestino and in many subjects I was in any case behind the others , a thought which made me very unhappy . |
| 21 | Manorial courts continued to meet regularly throughout the early-modern period and in many places the quality of record-keeping remained high right through to the eighteenth century and sometimes beyond . |
| 22 | He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets . |
| 23 | I recall feeling an empty numbness on that day and for many months after . |
| 24 | Staggered working hours would spread travelling times over a longer period of the day and in many cases allow more efficient use of factories , offices , schools and the equipment therein . |
| 25 | It will need positive leadership and in many cases the provision of a skilled person to initiate and guide the home group evangelistic programme . |
| 26 | Snaith was a Peculiar , ie it had its own ecclesiastical court and in many ways it was exempt from the jurisdiction of the Bishop , which may explain the fact that the Bishop 's inspectors came to interview the brothers at Snaith for reported ‘ indiscretions ’ and were unable to carry out their inspection because the brothers had summoned the ferry to the Snaith bank so they could not cross the river ! |
| 27 | Coarse fishing which is done in fresh water and for many types of fish . |
| 28 | Although a skilled fisherman , George Trowark became renowned as a knitter and over many years and many voyages he accumulated detailed notes of designs and patterns . |
| 29 | Lord Stanley Clinton-Davis is a former European Commissioner and for many years he was in the House . |
| 30 | I keep Koi in the main pond and goldfish in the other and like many fishkeepers ( whom I suspect are in the same situation as I ) I felt that I would be happier with some sort of quarantine/treatment facility for use when I purchase new fish . |