Example sentences of "many [noun pl] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There are many reasons to oppose this Bill .
2 Should many cyclists ignore this law or are hurt as a result , it 's always possible for lights to be removed if necessary .
3 Partly for that reason , too many projects yield poor returns .
4 Many projects contain some elements of such financial arrangements , e.g. during the period of project construction loan recourse exists for the bank ; on production of the end product ( or output ) the loan becomes non-recourse for the bank .
5 Even though many hoteliers admit that hotel guests are not always the principal users of leisure facilities , it has been shown that their existence does influence many people in their choice of a place to stay .
6 How many times have hard-working men arrived home from work only to find that the house is upside down , furniture completely re-arranged and their favourite chair completely out of kilter with the best view of the TV ?
7 How many times have these affairs been genuine ?
8 RNAS non-rigid airships , able to stay aloft for many hours and send down reports by wireless , did important work on patrol and convoy escort , many times directing British destroyers into contact with the enemy 's U-boats .
9 I do n't think there is an overall meaning to be got by the symbolism of hands , though they are used many times to mean different things with many characters though in some cases what makes them symbolic is because it is hands that are being referred to and not another part of the anatomy .
10 However , many authorities lack separate provision for the younger disabled , who have to join old people in residential homes .
11 More separate provision is being provided and many authorities make good use of the facilities made available by voluntary organizations .
12 Many authorities offer high quality articles .
13 The range of quality from very good to squalid is of significance , because at one end of the range many authorities view mobile homes as being more or less equivalent to permanent dwellings , while some of the poorer , less well serviced , caravans can not be regarded as permanent homes .
14 Many authorities have equal opportunities policies and offer attractive and flexible arrangements for women wishing to return to work after starting a family .
15 ( 2 ) Many courts have standard forms of orders for directions with which practitioners must make themselves familiar ( See references to the necessity for solicitors to obey codes in the Introduction . )
16 Too many racecourses offer stale sausage rolls and queues for the Portaloo .
17 In a Survey of Significant Accounting Policies on Football Clubs , Touche Ross says that this is a reason why many clubs show big losses or severely depressed profit levels .
18 Over the past twelve months it has been my great privilege to become more closely involved with those with disabilities , I have seen the enormous efforts being made to encourage participation at a very high competitive level as well as tremendous strides being made at many clubs to bring disabled people into sailing at all levels .
19 Many Clubs have some twin rooms into which three or four beds can be fitted and in the majority of cases , a price reduction is offered for the third and/or fourth person sharing .
20 My colleagues and I spent many hours discussing this issue , when we first sat down to decide how we were going to approach the running of our company .
21 He also spent many hours playing stringed instruments of all kinds , persevering from morning to night until he became marvellously adept at them .
22 Primary colleagues will have spent many hours compiling this information and it is incumbent on secondary teachers to use these to inform pupil progression .
23 The Bishop quotes , with approval , G. Bennett on spider webs : It is impossible for one who has watched the work for many hours to have any doubt that neither the present spiders of this species nor their ancestors were ever the architects of the web or that it could conceivably have been produced step by step through random variation ; it would be as absurd to suppose that the intricate and exact proportions of the Parthenon were produced by piling together bits of marble .
24 These are collocational ties which in many cases defy literal interpretation , and have to be understood metaphorically .
25 with one exception , all [ scholars ] contacted have expressed strongly that the service did not appear to see the practical relevance of university training , did not know how to exploit the benefits gained by the individual and in many cases showed noticeable coolness to those who were part of it .
26 But Robson tells the stories sparingly and in many cases adds modern twists as a sort of verification that age old phantoms might still exist .
27 Secondly , many religions have several tiers of membership that represent varying levels of commitment to the beliefs and/or dedication to a religious life of devotion .
28 Although many solicitors offer fixed fee interviews they are given little publicity beyond referral lists and notices in some solicitors ' offices .
29 But if many Anglicans thought passive resistance to James II both proper and necessary , they certainly had no intention of seeking to dethrone a legitimate , hereditary monarch .
30 The secondary market provides investors with liquidity , the ability to turn securities into cash if required , which makes it reasonable for many savers to hold long-term assets .
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