Example sentences of "many [prep] [det] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same can be said of the junior ministers who finally wrecked the government in 1922 ; many of these would have been cabinet ministers in a party government . |
| 2 | On the Mexican Central Railway , the higher officials , engine-drivers , and conductors were all American at the turn of the century ( on the British-financed lines , many of these would have been British ) ; the brakesmen and station-masters were Mexican ; while all catering was in the hands of Chinese . |
| 3 | Many of these could have been prevented if the right measures were available and used correctly . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Many of these will have export potential , ’ he said . |
| 5 | But we can not estimate so reliably how many of these will seek university places in 17 or 18 years ' time since this will be affected so much by changeable social and economic factors . |
| 6 | Many of these will include one or more of the intended words . |
| 7 | It would not be the number of establishments , since many of these will account for only a relatively small proportion of the total output . |
| 8 | electrical equipment generates positive ions and too many of these can result in irritability and depression . |
| 9 | I needed to remember that sea water is corrosive to a wide range of metals and the effects of corrosion on many of these can prove very toxic in a marine aquarium . |
| 10 | I said , so how many of those would grade three , level three child have to get to be at a level three ? |