Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] that many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Councillors were told that many businesses looked upon the refuse collection service as one of the few tangible benefits they got for payment of business rates . |
| 2 | Here it was stressed that many streets and squares will in the future look very different from today , with each being treated individually , selecting an approach from a multitude of possibilities ( Figure 5.4 ) . |
| 3 | Legal proceeding were started against Barak , Stepan and Colotka , and it was expected that many others would be charged in due course . |
| 4 | It was argued that many disputes which were previously resolved by headmen would be taken to the new courts . |
| 5 | In her case it was accepted that many women in their 20s are involved in child birth and looking after children with the consequences that they are out of the employment market . |
| 6 | Did the inclusion of 'subsidiary " invalidate the restrictive covenant as it was accepted that many subsidiaries did not deal in the mail order business ( one was a restaurant in Alice Springs ) . |
| 7 | Last year it was revealed that many collectives had managed to run up enormous debts . |
| 8 | In keeping with this principle , systems and procedures were deliberately kept old-fashioned , especially since it was found that many guests favoured this . |
| 9 | Western journalists were taken by the Iraqi authorities to the site , where more than 300 bodies — including those of at least 91 children — were recovered , many burnt beyond recognition , and it was feared that many others remained buried in the wreckage . |
| 10 | This theory was threatened when it was discovered that many substances gain weight after combustion . |
| 11 | In the middle ages , it was discovered that many regiments were not getting their fair share . |