Example sentences of "[adv] many [noun pl] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was consumed by indignation that there had been so many attempts to swindle his country in its attempts to gain arms to protect itself from the aggression of Iraq . |
| 2 | The Statute of Treason , passed in 1352 , set out a limited definition of the crime , and implicitly excluded from its scope political offences of the kind that had brought so many families to destruction between 1322 and 1330 . |
| 3 | Unlike so many beginners to Koi-keeping , Ken 's first pond was right on the button in terms of size , practicality and ease of maintenance . |
| 4 | The pity is that Mr Eysenck leaves so many hostages to fortune . |
| 5 | ‘ That was a reverse of the journey we made so many times to council planning meetings , ’ said Steve Clarke , chairman of the Supporters ' Club and standing for election to the board . |
| 6 | With so many weapons to hand , some cancel out others in a tangled web of incentives and disincentives . |
| 7 | There are as many ways to freedom as there are people , because each heart has its own journey , and each awareness has its own experience . |
| 8 | But there remained too many blocks to opportunity after schooling , and prejudice about the age at which people could begin a new career . |
| 9 | His flirtatious manner was a cause of great concern to John ; he had lost too many dancers to marriage with his own relations , but had reckoned without his secretary , Amy Bradley . |
| 10 | But London offered too many hostages to fortune at a time when all foreigners were suspect , and the police were inclined to arrest first and ask questions afterwards . |
| 11 | Perhaps Lucas gave one too many hostages to fortune when he jocularly confessed in an interview , ‘ In economics , you can get a book out written in English like Harberler 's Prosperity and Depression without being able to read it . |
| 12 | He was taking no chances on having too many deaths to muck up his statistics . |
| 13 | This had necessitated a large number of meetings , particularly for the Socialisation of Industries Committee and the Social Services Committee : ministers had tended to bring too many items to committee ; senior ministers had wanted to keep an eye on their more junior colleagues , and as a result a heavy burden fell on a handful . |