Example sentences of "many [noun pl] [conj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , questionnaire design calls on many talents and the proposed format requires extensive testing in the pilot . |
| 2 | The length and content of the course has changed many times since the last war , and several high-ranking officers are updated each year . |
| 3 | Admittedly the former supplied twice as many houses as the latter but if the fatal cases of cholera during the entire epidemic are taken in proportion to the houses supplied , it will be seen that there were 610 deaths out of 10,000 houses supplied by the Southwark and Vauxhall company , whereas there were only 1 19 out of 10,000 supplied by the Lambeth Company . |
| 4 | Labour was increasingly scarce and individuals were able to bargain a better position in many cases than the complex previous agreements we have seen . |
| 5 | Both rapidly alienated many groups and the Liberal majority was extinguished by 1910 and Labour 's by 1951 . |
| 6 | It took a long time and many attempts before the standard route was worked out . |
| 7 | Within two years , the Popular Unity government had expropriated 3,278 farms , that is , over twice as many estates as the previous government had done in six years ( Castillo and Lehmann 1982 ) . |
| 8 | However , there is a strong feeling among many backbenchers that the select committee system should be used to enhance parliamentary supervision of public expenditure . |
| 9 | For instance one can readily see how insects adapt themselves to many environments but the larger the animal the less likely it is to survive if the environment drastically changes . |
| 10 | Fishnet varieties , worn by twice as many Scots as the national average , become plant ties in the garden , abstract wall hangings and — yes — fishing nets . |
| 11 | Many others have to be removed ( or have been bred out ) during preparation of food , e.g. the raphides of many Araceae and the cyanide-containing compounds in cassava ( Manihot esculenta , Euphorbiaceae ) . |
| 12 | On the other hand , they were more optimistic yesterday than for many months that the long legislative process to make the single market a reality by December 31 , 1992 would be finished on time . |
| 13 | On the other hand , they were more optimistic yesterday than for many months that the long legislative process to make the single market a reality by December 31 , 1992 would be finished on time . |
| 14 | Incidentally , it was many months before the whole truth was discovered and much proof was derived from the flight data recorder . |
| 15 | But it is not such a quantum leap to understand two cooking media as it is to grasp the principles of some multi-task ovens which appear to have nearly as many functions as the ubiquitous Swiss army knife . |
| 16 | Backup 7.2 supports QIC-40 and QIC-80 tape drives and it detects more than twice as many viruses as the previous version . |
| 17 | Thus it was n't for many years after the first inhibitor experiments were reported that I actually got around to test their effects myself . |
| 18 | It was not until many years after the whole Jean-Claude episode was behind me that I realized the extent to which my physical appearance had dictated the terms of my life in Paris . |
| 19 | Relations with China , which had been strained for many years since the 1962 war between the two countries , gradually improved after Rajiv Gandhi 's visit to Beijing on Dec. 19-23 , 1988 , the first to China by an Indian Prime Minister for 34 years . |
| 20 | It has been many years since the proud Fruithill Park outfit languished in the bottom half of the division after only three games , which is the case this season . |
| 21 | It 's many years since the last train ran from here to Gloucester . |
| 22 | Objectives and strategies can remain valid for many years but the long-term plans to achieve them need to be revised more frequently to reflect the up-to-date position of the organisation and its environment . |
| 23 | Some high achievers survive high alcohol consumption for many years but the damaging effects of drugs tend to be quicker in their tendency to cause memory impairment . |
| 24 | We have argued for many years that the present discrimination on the grounds of sex and state pensions and retirement age is unjustifiable . |
| 25 | Fax machines have been around for many years and the obvious benefit of being able to transmit documents and graphics by telephone is by no means newly perceived . |
| 26 | Of the three Mölln victims two had lived in Germany for many years and the youngest had been born in Mölln . |
| 27 | This is understandable , since it must make twice as many comparisons as the simple one . |
| 28 | He was held in a wretchedly depressing and isolating prison environment for many weeks while the legal process ground slowly on . |
| 29 | Closely allied to foxgloves they carry their spikes of tubular flowers for many weeks as the individual blooms open in succession from base to tip of the spikes . |
| 30 | It is too cautious a view , and the evidence is clear from many studies that the earlier the individual is seen the more likely he is to end up with a patent vessel following thrombolysis . |