Example sentences of "many [noun pl] were [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the following years many proposals were made for the construction of a railway between Welshpool and Llanfair Caereinion but it was not until 1898 that a company was formed to build the present line and the then Earl of Powis became its Chairman , an office which he held until the grouping in 1922 . |
| 2 | The observation was pursued and many compounds were examined for activity against viruses in culture , and in infected animals . |
| 3 | From 1992 – 93 the target was reduced to an 18-month maximum and many districts were aiming for a year or even less . |
| 4 | The clamour begun earlier by the Japanese union had echoed around the world and seafarers ' unions in many countries were pressing for material recognition for the dangerous , difficult conditions in the Gulf . |
| 5 | Mr Buxton would not say how many companies were bidding for the work but he hoped the successful tender would be accepted in March , allowing work to start . |
| 6 | They did n't work out the figures until later , of course , but that 's how many boats were fighting for space in the Solent that fine Saturday . |
| 7 | Now this is in his key messages , and towards the back , there are two pages , where he complains that many promises were made for the facilities management contract , and in particular , erm , he says it is still the case that work to take advantage of the development faci facility has not yet been identified , now I think this is the thing we spent a million pounds on it , and are not using it . |
| 8 | Fr Jin was first arrested in the late 1950s , when many Catholics were detained for proclaiming their loyalty to the Vatican . |
| 9 | To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms were registered for VAT in ( a ) 1979 and ( b ) 1991 . |
| 10 | In 1912 an official estimated that as many cattle were sold for meat as for transportation and agriculture combined . |
| 11 | In the past , many patients were accepted for bile acid treatment without specific , gall stone related symptoms . |
| 12 | The other 20 men and 10 women started antihypertensive medication at mean ages of 35.5 and 40.8 years respectively ; many patients were observed for long periods before starting medication , especially in the early 1970s . |
| 13 | In Southern Rhodesia so many Whites were withdrawn for war service , particularly in the Second World War , that Africans and mixed-race ‘ coloureds ’ had to be trained to do some of their jobs . |
| 14 | However , many departments were criticized for concentrating heavily on ‘ chalk and talk ’ and for providing little opportunity for pupil participation . |
| 15 | so how many men were working for your father did you say ? |
| 16 | While many children were hoping for a white Christmas more than 500,000 families were packing their suitcases and heading for the sun . |
| 17 | He had added that his new possession would need ‘ a bit of doing up ’ , but other engineers working at Nigel 's firm seemed almost as fascinated as he himself , and once it arrived on the premises Nigel remarked jokingly , ‘ Not too many lighthouses were made for a couple of years . ’ |
| 18 | This calculation was combined with a figure based on how many horses were advertised for sale each year in Horse and Hound . |
| 19 | Under that unfair system , many women were caught for bills payable by their husbands , and vice versa . |