Example sentences of "many [prep] [art] [noun pl] of " in BNC.

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1 A friend of Degas , who was probably the most potent influence on his art , he absorbed many of the doctrines of Impressionism — especially its concern with contemporary life , even at its most squalid .
2 Many of the tasks of soldiers of the UN battalion are of this humanitarian nature , rather than purely operational .
3 In a large organisation , many of the tasks of junior management are routine and boring .
4 A minicomputer can often carry out many of the tasks of a mainframe computer but is smaller and needs less staff .
5 But it is not adequate for many of the tasks of the modern capitalist state which has to intervene increasingly according to a ‘ substantive ’ rather than ‘ formal ’ rationality ( Therborn 1978 : 54 , 89 ) based on highly specialized forms of expertise ( e.g. Dunleavy 1982 : 196–205 ) — for example , in production itself .
6 These include the highly specialized nature of much of the technical analysis , the limited capacity for checking the accuracy of many of the findings of this kind of research and the consequent need for the development of knowledge-based inference machines for extracting useful information from secondary and often proxy data .
7 Investigators suspect that many of the cargoes of coal had a high sulphur content .
8 Territories here are seen as action-facilitating in the sense that many of the patterns of action we have observed rely for their appropriateness on the fully defined context in which they take place .
9 The important point , though , is that the discourse touches many of the lines of force active within the discipline at that moment , and — despite subsequent transformations of the relationships between English , education , culture , and democracy — still active in the 1980s .
10 He shares many of the interests of other ten-year-olds , enjoying cricket , soccer and rugby , and he is a supporter of Manchester United and Middlesbrough .
11 The Royal Victoria Hospital treats many of the casualties of Belfast violence .
12 Her own glass has many of the merits of the historic Arts and Crafts stained glass artists , such as Harry Clarke and Wilhelma Geddes , whom she greatly admires .
13 His data confirm many of the conclusions of Lal ( 1981 ) .
14 The essential unity of the stratigraphy and tectonics of the Palaeozoic on opposite sides of the North Atlantic was pointed out by Bailey ( 1929 ) , and developed in two important papers by Waterschoot van der Gracht in 1938 ( a and b ) which anticipated many of the conclusions of plate tectonics , and charted the course of the Variscan Front under southern Britain and Ireland .
15 How many such stories lie hidden from us we can not tell ; but we can be sure that he reflects many of the aspirations of his day : as a merchant on land and sea , in the Baltic , the North Sea and the Mediterranean ; as a pilgrim to the shrines of England and Scotland , to Saint-Gilles , to St Peter and to Jerusalem , he accomplished what many others were doing , and far more aspired to .
16 Invoice Discounting offers many of the advantages of Factoring , the main difference being that Barclays does not provide sales ledger administration , credit management , or debt collection , which remain your responsibility .
17 Filmstrips possess many of the advantages of the tape-slide presentations , but they have a number of disadvantages , one being that the pre-set sequence compels the pictures to be shown in a given order .
18 I see no reason whatsoever , to take the more organised Filane Emirates and Yoruba chieftainates as examples , why some of the more advanced communities should not enjoy many of the advantages of self-government
19 This can be a significant amount , which may offset many of the advantages of leasing .
20 Offer many of the advantages of a specialist shop , often with the added bonus of credit facilities or instalment schemes .
21 But many of the advantages of using brochures can be achieved only if two types are produced , a general brochure conveying basic information and general argument and specialist brochures targeted at particular groups , e.g. parents , parent-governors , governors , local employers and of course potential students .
22 But many of the layers of sediment are not at all uniform and may be relatively thin in places .
23 Soviet weapons reveal a greater degree of ‘ design heredity ’ than their Western counterparts , with each new generation incorporating many of the technologies of the preceding one .
24 Many of the consequences of our acts can be reversed or nullified by redefinition .
25 The Japanese were successfully entering into many of the most sensitive markets in the EC ( e.g. cars , consumer electronic equipment , computing equipment ) , and the NICs were becoming an increasing threat to many of the industries of the member states .
26 Many of the mystics of the fourteenth century came from countries which would later become Protestant .
27 Many of the leaders of the industry were already earning salaries of £4000 — £6000 per annum and in the larger companies they could earn more .
28 All too often it is this harsh environment which actually develops some of the best management , and it is noteworthy within our own company , how many of the leaders of the company have come from businesses which have had more than their fair share of struggle and adversity .
29 Many of the leaders of the campaigns of the 1880s were products of this Christian revival .
30 Its leader was Miloš Obrenović , a man who had played a part in the Karadjordje revolt , but who had remained in Serbia when many of the leaders of the first rising had fled across the river to Austrian territory .
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