Example sentences of "many [noun pl] have been [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fletcher said : ‘ In the past it has often been an unfair battle between batsmen and spinners in indoor nets , many surfaces have been straight up and down and the ball has n't turned . |
| 2 | Even in incessant rain it still seemed lovely and , at least within its walls , remarkably unspoilt , though behind the medieval faades many houses have been relentlessly modernised . |
| 3 | The Jordanians are doing a magnificent job , keeping , keeping the show going erm people in those camps in many cases have been there for 4,5 or 7 days . |
| 4 | The location of the earliest episcopal churches — in the inhabited suburbs , within the walls , near the edge of the walled town , or near the centre ? — is often doubtful and in many cases has been much debated . |
| 5 | erm and what makes me suspect not is that Chine Chinese record keeping for many many centuries had been very thorough of course because it 's the basis of the imperial taxation system , so my guess is that the figures are probably fairly reliable . |
| 6 | However , the medical profession in many countries has been very reluctant to recognise them . |
| 7 | Many viruses have been innocently spread by engineers using the some disks on their daily rounds . |
| 8 | Too many parents have been too afraid ever to acknowledge the real state of our affairs to their children . |
| 9 | For instance , many firms have been perpetually on the brink of buying up a broker but brokers are often quick to deny it . |
| 10 | The economic welfare of many families has been directly affected , too , by changes in the social security system . |
| 11 | Though many mills have been either demolished or converted to other uses , the great buildings still dominate the town . |
| 12 | Many items have been satisfactorily negotiated and settled but some items are still outstanding . |
| 13 | In the fuel crisis of February 1947 , an already overstretched system had been brought to breaking point : electricity supplies to many users had been periodically interrupted for weeks on end and other supplies had been restricted , in the severest winter for more than a hundred years . |
| 14 | They began to realise that many procedures had been wrongly carried out in the management of the case , in particular that the Social Work Department were not implementing the decisions of the Children 's Panel . |
| 15 | He had stayed on during the war only because so many doctors had been away , engaged in service to the country . |
| 16 | ‘ Police and many volunteers had been up all night looking for them . |
| 17 | For him this was as much a part of everyday routine as surgery and many children had been greatly helped by him when afraid or emotionally disturbed . |
| 18 | ‘ There was no discipline , and too many niches had been conveniently created for too many friends , lovers and other attachments . |
| 19 | In the same way , many weeds have been virtually eliminated from crops but the reservoir of seed still in the ground is enormous for species such as poppies and charlock . |
| 20 | Remember that many women have been sexually active with men before realising that they were lesbians . |
| 21 | If even one of the many impurities had been highly toxic , as it might well have been , the non-toxicity of penicillin might have been completely masked , with unpredictable effects on subsequent work . |
| 22 | It will be some time before I have the figures to show how serious the second recession has been — how many firms have closed , how many jobs have been irrevocably lost , and how the finances of the survivors have suffered . |
| 23 | Party leaders in many republics have been openly demanding one : it seems only a matter of time before the president offers them what they are asking for . |