Example sentences of "to see [adv] many " in BNC.

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1 It was marvellous to see so many young people paying their tribute to this extraordinary man .
2 The option relating to present ATB courses was deliberately put last in this section to try to make the question as objective as possible and it was good to see so many confirming that they thought this was , or would be , the best way of learning .
3 Many people said that they had an enjoyable afternoon and made a significant dent in their Christmas shopping list ; it was really nice to see so many members there .
4 I was pleased to see so many hearty workers thus earnestly labouring early in the day .
5 ‘ It 's good to see so many new faces here , ’ he said .
6 It was good to see so many familiar faces , some older , some heavier , some lighter ( well done , Father Roger Clarke ) , Father McNamara had interrupted his pilgrimage to the shrines of Blackpool to be with us .
7 When they returned to Elizabeth 's parlour after the service , Jonadab and Annie looked round with satisfaction to see so many of their family gathered together under one roof .
8 ‘ I 'm glad to see so many clowns here instead of where they should be — in Westminster or back in their constituencies , ’ quips Ron Moody , president of Clowns International , at the official opening of the European Clowns ' Convention on 21 March .
9 ALTHOUGH it was pleasing to see so many people out shopping last Saturday , I did not approve of the Oxford Street poster which urged people to ‘ Shop until you drop ’ .
10 Nice and warm in here and I like to see so many people .
11 NOW that Lennox Lewis has earned a world-title shot it 's interesting to see so many people who previously dubbed him a Canadian imposter jumping on the Brit-for-Champ bandwagon .
12 Not that their newly re-upholstered troubled-funk rhythms would n't make converts of you all on the spot , but it 's heartening to see so many so attached to , well , so little .
13 He glanced at the assembled company as though surprised to see so many people .
14 One of the great pleasures of the exhibition is to see so many works of high quality brought into close proximity .
15 It was great to see so many climbers just having a go and obviously enjoying themselves .
16 ‘ I understand that over 500 students altogether took part in the Guild 's first course and it is good to see so many here today to collect their certificates .
17 I just wish now to say I declare the Exhibition open and to say how pleased I am to see so many old friends here today .
18 The trade in all his restaurants had been slack over the past couple of weeks , and he was glad to see so many lunchtime diners .
19 We know that you are sad to see so many disputes between different parts of your family and we cry to you for unity and harmony between brothers and sisters .
20 Thank you very much for supporting the evening , nice to see so many faces , as I said especially on a summer evening like today .
21 and of course , as I say , being at Cambridge there was a little theatre there and er we used to see so many of the actors and actresses that used to come into our lives you see because there were five places on the station , for instance , there was the tea room adjoining the , there was a large kiosk , large kiosk one girl in there , you see , and er there was , then there was this large which is the biggest and then the dining room that , you see and er so and , and one year I , I wrote it down but erm , one year I remember we took forty four thousand pounds which was a lot of money and er , you see , well er I got on very well with the girls
22 The meeting was opened by the chairman , who welcomed those present and was pleased to see so many attend .
23 I am pleased to see so many of my colleagues here , including my hon. Friends the Members for Amber Valley ( Mr. Oppenheim ) , for Derby , North ( Mr. Knight ) and for Derbyshire , West ( Mr. McLoughlin ) and several other colleagues .
24 I must admit I was surprised to see so many of the players finding the water on the 18th hole but that just shows how much pressure there is even for players who have won Major Championships and who have earned millions of dollars and pounds from their ability .
25 Both days were a great success and it was good to see so many people looking round the plant and seeing for themselves where our effort is going and what is being achieved . ’
26 It is great to see so many people turn up and we hope this level of support continues during the cold winter evenings ahead .
27 I was a constituency delegate till last year 's Labour Party conference and I was absolutely astonished to see so many people from Head Office floating around the conference floor .
28 I was just saying to Malcolm how surprised I 'd been to see so many your men at Doreen 's funeral , but I shut up when the police arrived .
29 Erm , it is particularly impressive to see so many plus signs on the budget , particularly and I think there 's to be I assume this is a standard thing
30 Well I 'm delighted to see so many of you have taken the trouble to come and join us today for yet another annual public meeting and in welcoming you can I give a particular welcome to our new chairman Mike Betts , thank him very much indeed for joining us .
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