Example sentences of "be [adj] [that] many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The impact of the restrictive practices legislation has been such that many agreements were abandoned as firms were unwilling to incur the costs of defending an agreement within the Court , and also as firms gradually came to recognise the difficulties of overturning the presumption that an agreement operated against the public interest . |
| 2 | I am convinced that many students often do not understand what is being said in teaching situations , though they become adept at pretending to , as they do not wish to lose face . |
| 3 | In the northern hemisphere , summer temperatures are such that many eggs become infective at a time when a population of susceptible foals is present . |
| 4 | Capital values at least have the benefit of being related to a market , although I am sure that many owners will seek to convince their bank managers that their property should be in band H while they seek to convince the rating authorities that their property should really be in band F. |
| 5 | I am sure that many cases will be able to keep to that timetable , but I see difficulties in many others . |
| 6 | ‘ I am sure that many men are more generous than that , ’ Surtees observed . |
| 7 | But medical diving experts are concerned that many newcomers to the sport are diving too deep , especially in the UK , exposing themselves to life-threatening injury from ‘ the bends ’ or decompression sickness . |
| 8 | ‘ Ca n't be all that many Englishmen qualified for work of that sort , do n't grow on trees . |
| 9 | It is interesting that the Bank of Ireland spokesman who gave that figure should have been specific , as members will be aware that many figures have been rumoured over the past couple of months . |
| 10 | Drife should not be surprised that many women respond to a strange man with a conditioned response that arises from a long learning experience in a male dominated society . |
| 11 | Yet although it may be true that many types and styles of kung fu began here , it can not be realistically argued that all the varieties of kung fu that were and are still practised in China have their roots in Shaolin . |
| 12 | Now I 'm aware that many parents bring their children for baptism from reasons of superstition or custom or anything you like I 'm reminded of a certain tax gatherer who , inspired by sheer idle curiosity , climbed a tree curiosity maybe took him up the tree but it was the grace of God that brought him down . |
| 13 | I am worried that many students may convert to being part time rather than full time , simply because they can not afford to be full-time students . |
| 14 | It is possible that many cases of petty assault were instituted as retaliation for verbal abuse . |
| 15 | Total membership fluctuated widely around 5,000 and it is clear that many members only stayed with the Party for a short time . |
| 16 | It is clear that many others — perhaps Lanfranc too — saw this . |
| 17 | In the meantime , it is clear that many judges consider that the Lord Chancellor 's Department has ceased to act as an intermediary or ‘ hinge ’ between themselves and the executive Government and has become as much a part of the governmental machinery as any other Department of State . |
| 18 | Constituency party activists were certainly mostly pro-Thatcher , but it is clear that many MPs used the secrecy of the ballot to oppose her . |
| 19 | Also , it has proved very difficult to reproduce the events which led to Fleming 's famous observation , and it is clear that many versions of the story which were published 15 or more years later , after penicillin became famous , drew on faded but vivacious memories and are more or less imaginary . |
| 20 | His career was not without its less attractive moments , and it is sad that many fans will remember the famous picture in the 1981 Wisden of him kicking down the stumps after having an appeal refused in New Zealand almost as readily as they will recall his wonderful bowling ; yet even in dissent he was physically graceful , and the picture is positively balletic . |
| 21 | Since pigeons ' ears are not exceptional , it is likely that many birds can pick up infrasound . |
| 22 | It is likely that many changes will take place in the near future . |
| 23 | With such a variety of floral devices it is inevitable that many comparisons with other second century mosaics are possible . |
| 24 | ‘ Meal-time is all that many patients have to look forward to — it is the highlight of the day , and good food contributes greatly to both their well-being and recovery as much for psychological as nutritional reasons , ’ says Roden . |
| 25 | Ownership is all that many Believers understand . |
| 26 | It is unlikely that many Europeans would have had access to Aristotle 's writings , but the cuckoo 's habits were certainly well enough known during the Middle Ages for them to be mentioned by Chaucer ( in The Parlement of Foules , 1382 ) , and for the term ‘ cuckold ’ — describing a man deceived by his wife — to have passed into the English language . |
| 27 | It is unlikely that many visitors will peer too closely into the workings of Spain after a decade of socialist rule . |
| 28 | It is notorious that many scientists do not love words : scientific language has already had a disastrous effect on the use of language throughout society . |
| 29 | So we can conclude this section by arguing that , for one reason or another , dividends are important and that a dividend of the kind indicated by ( 6.19 ) is one that many firms are likely to pursue . |
| 30 | It is probable that many factors are involved in the incidence , and that these vary among populations . |