Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People typically watched a bit of many things instead of sticking rigidly to films or sport or news . |
| 2 | The Suez event was a parting of many ways ; but justice is not done to their complexity by perceiving it as merely the last spasm of an Empire-orientated Britain , a Britain conditioned to regard ‘ losing out in the Middle East ’ as immediate destruction . |
| 3 | , Evan James ( 1903–1945 ) , physicist , was born 8 June 1903 in Cwmsychpant , near Llanybyther , Cardiganshire , the youngest of the three sons of James Williams , stonemason , a zealous Congregationalist , and a winner of many prizes for Welsh lyrics at local eisteddfods , and his wife Elizabeth Lloyd , a local girl . |
| 4 | There is a sameness about many managers . |
| 5 | ‘ The fact that we failed to reach the second round is a blow in many ways and I am so disappointed for everybody . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ The fact that we failed to reach the second round is a blow in many ways and I am so disappointed for everybody . ’ |
| 7 | It 's causing a blight in many areas acrss the region , where the soil is mainly clay . |
| 8 | The industry has done much to publicise its fees and the way it calculates charges but cost still remains a hurdle for many companies . |
| 9 | The visit to Seaworld was a favourite with many children who shrieked with delight as they got a soaking from Shamu the killer whale . |
| 10 | Images have always crowded Bevan Davies ' mind and in an effort to capture them he has been a photographer for many years . |
| 11 | Costa Rica presents a contrast in many ways both to its neighbours in Central America and to the southern African countries discussed above . |
| 12 | There is a murmur of many voices about it , but the one that comes through is not that of Stephen Daedalus , a little older now , but still recognisably kin to the Stephen of The Portrait , not his voice , but that of Leopold Bloom . |
| 13 | The right hon. Member for Sparkbrook is happy to describe himself as a socialist on many occasions , although the advice from Mr. Mandelson is to drop the word . |
| 14 | He holds a number of directorships , is a member of learned institutes , an author , is a recipient of many awards and honours and hold many offices , including some as chairman in a wide range of organisations , including some in the voluntary sector and many concerned with education and training . |
| 15 | ’ Not till much later did I learn mother had been a diabetic for many years . |
| 16 | The dinner itself , a ritual of many courses , begins to emerge in relays from the swing doors of the kitchen , the food bland and unexceptionable , but plentiful and somehow sanctified by being served by the immaculate waiters in sashes and gloves . |
| 17 | Soon there is a splash of many oars and the ghastly sight of a Viking ship filled with strong men armed for war and pillaging . |
| 18 | This had been a practice for many years , as the label from Day 's circulating library illustrated overleaf shows . |
| 19 | You could have had a gap of many years since you worked . |
| 20 | Gnosticism was ( and still is ) a theosophy with many ingredients . |
| 21 | Many of the fancier varieties ( eg Bubble Eyes , Ranchus and Orandas ) are a result of many generations of selective breeding and require the constant conditions which can be provided with care in an indoor aquarium . |
| 22 | The first ornamental ware to be developed by Josiah Wedgwood in 1768 was Black Basalt , a result of many experiments to improve the rather crude ‘ Egyptian Black ’ wares already made by some Staffordshire potters . |
| 23 | Subject membership is a hard-won achievement — a result of many years of studying and exploring that subject through school , through university and through teacher training . |
| 24 | As a result for many years their messages were read with ease . |
| 25 | The index is insufficient , but this is a fault of many textbooks . |
| 26 | In this light , a novel is not a single discourse , but a complex of many discourses . |
| 27 | Is it a straightforwardly positive thing or is it — as Lakoff might suggest — a disadvantage in many situations ? |
| 28 | The county 's recruitment has been a disappointment in many ways . |
| 29 | My mother , a witness to many acts of motiveless violence over the years , was already holding the door open . |
| 30 | The problem is , when you have conducted a piece for many years you have a knowledge of the interior musical structures that are closed to most theatre directors . |