Example sentences of "but [prep] many [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | WHY : Bad living conditions and lack of space are facts of British prison life ; but for many prisoners the greatest hardship is isolation . |
| 2 | Urgent medical supplies were flown out from Lyneham yesterday , but for many victims the only hope of a full recovery requires the full faclities which only countries like Britain can provide . |
| 3 | But for many workers the move did n't come as a surprise . |
| 4 | Prokarvotic and eukaryotic systems have approximately equal emphasis and there is a useful chapter on recombinant-DNA techniques : but for many courses the treatment of bacteriophages and F plasmids will be inadequate . |
| 5 | ‘ Attempts were made to conciliate between Diameter and their clients but in many cases the bureau suffered the same frustrations experienced by the complainant , ’ he said . |
| 6 | But in many cases the castle is quite unrelated to other castles . |
| 7 | But in many cases the threat of legal action has been enough to stop those few shopkeepers who attempt to profit from glue and solvent sales to solvent misusers . |
| 8 | Some of these are quite interesting to try out , but in many cases the cost of registering is not very competitive with commercial software . |
| 9 | There is so much strong work around but in many cases the young artists will come up eventually . |
| 10 | You should be able to re-connect the speaker , keyboard lock , reset and power on LED but in many cases the Turbo LED and Turbo switch cables will have to be left unconnected . |
| 11 | The tax treatment of discounted debentures is very complex but in many cases the " discount " may be treated as a deduction when computing the profits of a company which reduces the cost of the discount to a company . |
| 12 | The client should be advised that terms can not be watertight — the need to satisfy the statutory test of reasonableness allows terms to be challenged , but in many cases the drafter should be able to provide assurance that the terms will probably satisfy the test . |
| 13 | Linkage can happen informally in that high salaries are easier to justify where the company is profitable , but in many companies the connection between profitability and remuneration is now made explicit , through the use of bonus payments or share options . |
| 14 | Initially the stress was on land tenure arrangements with the agrarian reform programs , but in many areas the focus then moved to the production of food and some governments are now concerned with distribution and access to food . |
| 15 | In crickets , the ability to sing can develop without the experience of song , but in many birds the story is not the same . |
| 16 | These are the Fieldnames but in many spreadsheets the cells in which the first row of data is entered are just as important , if not more so than the names themselves . |
| 17 | Traditionally , markets are held in the open air , often on a certain day , or days , of the week , but in many towns the market has become a more permanent set-up , incorporated into a modern shopping precinct . |
| 18 | But in many booths the presiding officer is in cahoots with the capturers , or may be too terrified of local toughs to protest . |
| 19 | We are a long way from Egypt , but in many ways the secular world is as merciless as Islam . |
| 20 | Now a Glasgow inner city area migh may seem light years away from all this but in many ways the need is just as acute . |
| 21 | But in many societies the position is exactly reversed ; homicide invites private reprisal , while many types of sexual offence lead to public punishment because they are regarded as sins which generate a condition of ritual pollution and thus endanger the whole community . |