Example sentences of "many [noun pl] they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were many openings they might have exploited , but it never occurred to them to do so . |
| 2 | In the past , her pupils would have been shown the way to work this out , given the formula to memorise , and in many cases they would have forgotten it . |
| 3 | Old age begins officially on retirement but the majority of people in their sixties and many in their seventies remain reasonably fit , independent , active and content and in many cases they will remain so until the end of their lives . |
| 4 | Trade union representatives should ensure they meet young people during their placements and in many cases they will take a pastoral responsibility , dealing with any problems they may face . |
| 5 | In some instances such data will suffice ; in many cases they will have to suffice as nothing better is available . |
| 6 | Education is not the whole of life and there is much information that men must acquire and many skills they must learn which are no part of education . |
| 7 | A motor manufacturer will only be in a position to estimate revenue because they do not know how many cars they will sell . |
| 8 | Club president David Burrows said : ‘ I believe we could squeeze in 2,000 people providing we erected temporary seating but we will have to talk to Northampton to estimate how many fans they will bring . ’ |
| 9 | In many respects they may appear somewhat crude and certainly there is much room for improvement , particularly in the areas of whole embryo culture and precise manipulations of the embryo , both in vitro and in vivo . |
| 10 | Their working contexts impose certain limits on what they are able to do ; for example , on how many journalists they can employ and on how much news space they have on the paper . |
| 11 | And then writing back to this contact i either in New York or in Virginia or wherever it was , saying that it th they would give him the dimensions of the roof , that they could tell him exactly how many slates they 'd need to cover it . |
| 12 | There are so many tunes they could play . |
| 13 | He told reporters that Mr Vance and Lord Owen were ‘ not throwing up their hands ’ but there was ‘ a question as to how many days they can keep going with a negotiating process which is not getting anywhere . ’ |
| 14 | Erm for example , on the on the er catapults , we were capable of making a catapult erm that was so efficient , that on one particular occasion the Americans and the British Navy had a competition to see how many planes they could put in the air er in a certain number of minutes . |
| 15 | For many things they can go to the Hochschule für Musik . |
| 16 | There were no masts , Jehan saw , and he wondered how many would be needed , and how many sails they would carry . |
| 17 | To many newcomers they can seem a celebration of village conviviality , but closer inspection often reveals that who actually speaks to whom depends very much on background and life-style . |
| 18 | Although drafting of the formal document is normally the responsibility of your lawyers , in many instances they will require our assistance on commercial matters as well as taxation and accounting . |
| 19 | But ask them why they interact in this way and they will eventually pass you on to a scientist who ( no matter how many equations they might try to confuse you with ) in the end can only say ‘ Well , that 's the way things are ’ . |
| 20 | Potential and confirmed breeders of tropical fish really should see this one if only for the many tips they 'll acquire . |
| 21 | Similarly , when in the late 1930s a leading obstetrician asked women in Aberdeen how many children they would like to have , he received the response : ‘ Aye Doctor , I shall have me number ’ . |
| 22 | In societies that place a high value upon children and childbearing ( and in many others as well ) , women may not be able to determine independently when they will marry , whether and when they will use non-traditional means of birth regulation or how many children they will have . |
| 23 | For example , some dart-playing pupils found how many stamps they could buy for £1 by using the fact that treble 17 is $1 . |
| 24 | For many tasks they will need no longer than two or three minutes , and frequently as little as 30 seconds . |
| 25 | In fact er on many occasions they would have to move out of town to get a job . |
| 26 | I give them lollipops , so they perform enthusiastically , showing us the speed of their boats as they skiff them through the water and how many stones they can carry before sinking . |
| 27 | For example , over half of the participants ( 56 per cent ) did not know how many beers they could drink before reaching the legal limit for driving and well over two-thirds of them knew neither how long it took for alcohol to be burned up by the body ( 71 per cent ) nor what , if anything , was an effective way of sobering up ( 71 per cent ) . |