Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [prep] many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many Eastern religions have been using techniques such as yoga and meditation for many centuries and both of these techniques hold much common ground with modern clinical relaxation methods . |
| 2 | He gained applause and admiration at many grounds when 'keeping Palace , in matches which opposing forwards should have had well won , or when refusing to give and allow the score to reach humiliating proportions . |
| 3 | Bedale was then a busy Crown office with a full staff , a sorting office and responsibility for many sub-offices in Wensleydale villages stretching to Hawes and the Cumbrian border . |
| 4 | Proportionally , quite a lot of black teenagers become pregnant too , and they may well have to contend with racism and discrimination in many areas of their lives . |
| 5 | What especially pleases me is that we are extraordinarily popular and that Wolfgang is admired here even more than he has been in all the other towns of Italy ; the reason is that Bologna is the centre and dwelling-place of many masters , artists and scholars . |
| 6 | Remembrement — the government sponsored reorganisation of land to produce larger fields and rationalised farms — has had a major impact on agricultural productivity and intensification in many parts of the French lowlands over the last few decades . |
| 7 | Recently people have begun to criticize the violence , sexism and racism in many programs , the exploitation of children 's needs by commercials aimed at them , the biased politics of ‘ objective ’ news reporting , and by the threat to cultures in the developing world by the widespread broadcasting of TV programs created for a US audience . |
| 8 | Politician , historian and writer of many biographies , he was our immediate predecessor , yielding the Green Study to me . |
| 9 | The library itself is yet another of Carnegie 's donations and , like the Carnegie Library at New Mills , it has also lost its original collection of books on Brentford acquired at great cost and expense over many years . |
| 10 | These questions were utterly demoralising to the vassals of the late Emperor , and were to cause debate and confusion for many years to come . |
| 11 | [ what is ] apparent during this period is the bewilderment and confusion of many sections of the liberal intelligentsia in grappling with the immigration issue at the same time as they had difficulties in understanding the new elements of youth culture brought on by the emergence of what was in popular parlance being termed an ‘ affluent society ’ . |
| 12 | Phenomenal demand for Thunderbird toys led to shortages across the country and disappointment for many children last year . |
| 13 | However , these qualities enabled her to win the trust and friendship of many ex-convicts . |
| 14 | Common law rights are acquired as a result of custom and practice over many years . |
| 15 | The water trough can then be a peaceful place where children make social contact with other children and adults and talk of many things . |
| 16 | The scale of concern recently about the level of indiscipline and disruption in many schools resulting from pupil misbehaviour has to some extent been unwarranted , possibly inflamed by scare stories in the media and a greater willingness on the part of the profession , during a period of low morale and frustration , to report incidences of disruption and physical attacks on teachers . |
| 17 | With foodstuffs , for example , there has been a great deal of trial and error over many millennia to determine whether a given animal or plant provides desirable food . |
| 18 | The current organisation and management of many areas of scientific activity , and of institutions dependant on such activity , is generally based on two assumptions . |
| 19 | It 's been the cradle and help of many actors , directors and playwrights . |
| 20 | Not only did they bring stretches of water into country often lacking in them , as in many parts of the Midlands , with consequent changes in bird and plant life , but they also brought — mostly for the first time — aqueducts , cuttings and embankments , tunnels , locks , lifts and inclined planes , and many attractive bridges , and they greatly influenced the growth and appearance of many towns . |
| 21 | With the greater buying power and distribution for many items , the franchisor can often get a better price for supplies than an individual shopkeeper could manage . |
| 22 | They were sitting near a huge open fire in the lounge of a pub of that kind of indeterminate oldness which is the sign of constant use and development over many years . |
| 23 | Advice on equipment for the new factory , which will have an initial output of five million litres and scope for many times more , has been provided by Courtaulds Coatings staff at Silvertown in the UK . |
| 24 | The Commission is grateful for information and evidence from many communities and from a number of people whose names are listed in Appendix 2. 10 . |
| 25 | With plenty of helpful information and illustrated throughout in full colour , Wendy Jelbert 's delightful book will prove an inviting source of encouragement and inspiration to many watercolourists . |
| 26 | Course members have the opportunity to exchange experience and knowledge from many parts of the Company , and apply fresh ideas when they return to their jobs . |
| 27 | Rex Wolfe , Northern Regional Manager , knew Eddie perhaps better than anyone , having worked with him as a colleague and friend for many years . |
| 28 | This will emable 35mm film to be used together with video , sound and animation in many sorts of software.The Photo-CD technology has already been licensed to Fuji and Agfa . |
| 29 | OPERATING OUT OF DELIGHTFUL SHOREHAM AIRPORT , G-BKRA IS NOW SET TO EXPAND THE EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCE OF MANY PILOTS AND WOULD-BE OPERATORS . |
| 30 | A French scientist said ‘ Most of the work to be done in science and the useful arts is precisely that which needs the knowledge and co-operation of many scientists that is why it is necessary for scientists and technologists to meet — even in those branches of knowledge which seem to have least relation and connection with one another . ’ |