Example sentences of "many [noun sg] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may have seen many Garter Snakes on sale which I took to be pattern variations on the species most commonly available . |
| 2 | In the immediate post-war period , this discourse entered into the practical consciousness of many university teachers of English , eventually to such an extent that it significantly transformed the conditions of the discipline 's reproduction . |
| 3 | These new methods of recording and scoring sleep stages in human beings were based on the use of a piece of equipment available in most hospitals and many university departments of psychology — the clinical EEG machine , or electro-encephalograph , a device for detecting and recording the electrical activity of the brain . |
| 4 | High concentrations of the protein kinase inhibitor staurosporine will induce many cell types in culture to undergo apoptosis , perhaps because it blocks the intracellular signalling pathways activated by the extracellular survival factors that many cells require to live . |
| 5 | It is neither quite verisimilitudinous , nor unnecessarily poetic : it accommodates all the many Borough characters without strain . |
| 6 | But diplomats say that with many opposition politicians in jail and the continuing arrests , few Burmese expect the elections to affect the military 's control of the country . |
| 7 | The RSPCA 's policy has been to recommend changes in many fishing practices in order to reduce the possibility of pain . |
| 8 | I organized a daily reminder in the press , on the ‘ So Many Shopping Days to Christmas ’ idea with a slow count-down until Radio Station 1OAB would be no more . |
| 9 | Wonderful sermon although even our pastor mentioned how many shopping days till Christmas . |
| 10 | If you want to change the graphics image that Windows uses for the icon , click on the CHANGE ICON option button and select one of the many icon designs on offer . |
| 11 | It is difficult to hire many household items for instance , furniture , dishwashers , washing machines and tumble-dryers although some items such as televisions and videos can be hired easily . |
| 12 | There is water-skiing , wind-surfing , sailing and many excursion options by day , and a myriad of lively cafés and restaurants for the evenings . |
| 13 | She had acquired , with the ready assistance of Alison and Franca , some charming cotton dresses , and also , for the cooler weather , some rather smart dresses of light wool in mistily dark shades of blue and brown , together with a great many silk scarves from Liberty 's . |
| 14 | Moreover , whereas America has a substantial history of the employment of professionals trained for their role ( most states lay down a minimum requirement of so many credit hours in education and library science at undergraduate and postgraduate levels ) , by far the majority of secondary school libraries in Britain are run in a few supposedly " free " periods during a week , by classroom teachers with little or no librarianship training . |
| 15 | The essential point , then , is that one person 's ‘ common sense ’ is somebody else 's nonsense , and there are numerous examples of sociological and anthropological investigation questioning and exploding many common-sense notions about behaviour . |
| 16 | I was a pathologist in Zimbabwe from 1983 to 1985 , and saw many tissue specimens of lung cancer . |
| 17 | Mercer came to Emil and worried that the wine was n't cold enough , but Emil assured him he had lodged all twelve bottles among the many plastic bags of ice cubes : by the time the train left the station , all would be well . |
| 18 | The Boards ' own impression , strengthened by many consumer complaints about power cuts , was that people wanted faster expansion . |
| 19 | This was in part a response to an upsurge in militant opposition to food shortages and profiteering which was simultaneously driving many trade unionists into cooperation . |
| 20 | Many , perhaps most City employment agencies , rate employees of Harvard and of other licensed dealers cheaply , on the grounds that they are not sought after by many recruitment managers of Stock Exchange member firms . |
| 21 | Tittle ( 1986 ) sees adolescent girls ' increasingly negative attitudes and lowered expectations of success in maths as an outcome of experiences in and outside education , and a filter for many performance differences in adolescence . |
| 22 | But it was the truth , and I spent many summer hours of study under the beeches growing above where the Portland Building now stands . |
| 23 | Many application forms for membership were handed out and it is hoped that our numbers will grow as a result . |
| 24 | In the UK the FT-SE 100 index fell 500 points on ‘ Black Monday ’ and Tuesday 20 October ( the fall being delayed by severe gales which had kept many City traders at home on Friday ) . |
| 25 | Many plumbing fittings for use in the home are approved by the Water Research Centre under its voluntary scheme — look for this approval ( or a British Standard Kitemark or an approval mark to a relevant EC Directive ) when buying . |
| 26 | Marie had watched many hospital dramas on television . |
| 27 | Moreover , by the time of World War I a widening in the geographical scope of product markets themselves , and a desire to eliminate competition from low wage districts — together with government-setting of many wage awards during war-time — all these influences tended to extend the area of collective bargaining still further to the industry level . |
| 28 | Iron Many animal sources of protein are also good sources of iron . |
| 29 | The restaurant has a choice of one hot main meal every day , and also serves a range of sandwiches , rolls , fruit and yoghurts , as well as many buffet trays for business meetings . |
| 30 | The survey also showed 71 per cent of the 3,000 questioned disagreed that there were too many detective programmes on TV , and 79 per cent said that 7.45pm on a Sunday was a good time to screen A Touch of Frost . |