Example sentences of "and [adj] [prep] many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , as the majority of consumer " buyers " are women , a woman 's point of view is most valuable and a woman 's capacity for detail , at least in my opinion and that of many employers , is an eminently valuable asset in work where detail and exactness are essential . |
| 2 | And how enervating , how disappointing , how absolutely … crushing to realise that nothing has changed — over the last few decades at least — and that for many women , their primary response is still to be beautiful rather than brainy . |
| 3 | They pointed out that large numbers of patients , especially among the old , were unlikely ever to be really fit to enter normal community life , and that for many others the community care services were still woefully inadequate . |
| 4 | It noted , however , that the increase in new lending was confined to a relatively small group of countries , and that for many others , notably in Africa , there had been no improvement . |
| 5 | That this unit is relatively ‘ shallow ’ genealogically speaking , i.e. that it tends to consist of two generations only and that for many couples the main tie of commitment and responsibility is the conjugal one . |
| 6 | They speak with other tongues , which is embarrassing and distasteful to many non-members of the Pentecostal scene . |
| 7 | So why does it feel deep and steep to many businessmen and consumers ? |
| 8 | Yet we all of us swim between the outside world and the internal , trying to look at ourselves from the outside and also looking from the inside at the world , having a sense of ourselves and how we look that may be variable and dependent on many things — mood , confirmation from others , self-esteem , changing trends in what is considered attractive . |
| 9 | Whatever it is called , the course of illness in people infected with HIV is variable , unpredictable and dependent on many factors , including the psychological state and previous health of the individual . |
| 10 | It is so exciting and skilful with many characters . |
| 11 | As it is so undemanding and adaptable to many conditions , it should be the first choice of any aquarist . |
| 12 | It is currently considered that a House consisting of some 650 members is appropriate ; the figure has been between 600 and 650 for many decades although there is nothing magic about this particular size . |
| 13 | In particular , an organization that is given a task that is controversial and unpopular in many quarters , such as an organization charged to promote racial and sexual equality or one providing help to a stigmatized group such as vagrant alcoholics , may find that it is given an unclear mandate and is placed in a position in which it finds it hard to acquire ‘ legitimacy ’ for its activities . |
| 14 | Goody traces the development of written forms in early Greece until the point when alphabetic literacy enabled ‘ groups of writers and teachers … to take as their point of departure the belief that much of what Homer had apparently said was inconsistent and unsatisfactory in many respects ’ ( 1968 , p. 46 ) . |
| 15 | This is , of course , also true of English grammar ( taken as an abstract system ) , but unlike French , English employs themeless sentences as a fairly common stylistic device which is both acceptable and effective in many contexts . |
| 16 | If anyone can be said to have had a ‘ finest hour ’ — although in this instance it was more a matter of finest days and weeks — it was the people of Fontanellato , and those for many miles around , who had showed such courage in helping the escaped prisoners without any hope or thought of recompense . |
| 17 | And parents are really not alone in in bringing up their children , their children are exposed to all sorts of outside influences , through the media , in their peer groups , and those in many ways , I think , are getting worse rather than better . |
| 18 | Despite its ease of access this remains a wild place , and one of many moods . |
| 19 | I read to him sentences from the Report such as : ‘ Schools have the clear responsibility to ensure that all children have full access to Standard English , given its role as an international language used throughout the world and essential for many purposes . ’ |
| 20 | This could be because risks at dangerous junctions tend to be multiple and often specific to individual films while risks at safer junctions are often single and common to many exemplars . |
| 21 | What is more , the Edwardian Era is recognised and recognisable in many parts of the world where the " zone fossil " never set foot . |
| 22 | Robbins ( 1963 ) — comprehensive and thorough in many respects — had relatively little to say about the undergraduate curriculum , beyond some general statements about the aims of higher education , and recommendations about the balance of arts and science and single and combined honours courses . |
| 23 | Their long soft bodies are covered on the upper side with waving tentacles of the most delicate colours , banded , striped and patterned in many shades . |
| 24 | This was no hardship , for he was marvellously outspoken and indiscreet about many things . |