Example sentences of "in many [noun pl] [pers pn] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Found in many forms it was de oral tradition |
| 2 | In many instances it was the influence of all of these taken together . |
| 3 | We have to remember that in many cases it was , ironically , only accidental hardening by destructive fires that preserved caches of clay tablets as samples of the Minoan scripts . |
| 4 | First , they used variable and often vague definitions of abuse , so that in many cases it was not clear that they were dealing with established cases of abuse . |
| 5 | But much more serious to Mr Frohnmayer 's cause was his reluctance publicly to discredit his opponents by pointing out inaccuracies and misrepresentations in their charges ; to defend the endowment 's choices when defence was appropriate ( as in many cases it was ) ; and to mount a solid campaign on the agency 's behalf before the American people . |
| 6 | However , the Oxford Study showed that in many cases it was not a factor , since very little use was made of this procedure , despite its obvious advantages to the defendant . |
| 7 | Incontinence , however , was poorly defined ( for solid or liquid stools ) , but we may reasonably suppose that in many cases it was for liquid stools only . |
| 8 | In many cases it was the first time anyone had explained to the man in the trench that there is more to his job than laying pipes ! |
| 9 | In many cases he was even able at the first consultation to diagnose the probable organism which the patient was harbouring on the basis of the patient 's temperament , and was able to confirm these later by bacteriological studies . |
| 10 | So Dawn Run came to Cheltenham on Gold Cup day with only four races over fences behind her , and in many quarters it was felt that inexperience would prove her downfall against her much more seasoned rivals . |
| 11 | Hence it was that in many subjects he was behind the knowledge of the day . |
| 12 | The Italian the other children spoke in school was not a dialect like my Triestino and in many subjects I was in any case behind the others , a thought which made me very unhappy . |
| 13 | In many ways I was greatly relieved as it had become obvious to me that he was n't well . |
| 14 | My perennial thoughts of transsexualism and suicide never left me , but in many ways I was happier than I had ever been in my life . |
| 15 | In many ways it was a sad ending for a tutor who had given some twenty years to the cause of workers ' education in the county and perhaps the most sincere and apposite appreciation of her many qualities came most appropriately from a member of the Kettering branch : |
| 16 | In many ways it was a vicious circle — everything cost so much more if one could n't produce in bulk , but to produce in bulk one needed capital — and plenty of outlets . |
| 17 | In many ways it was the currency reform and the severance of trade with Germany the following year that had paved the way for the military coup in Poland that installed Marshal Piłsudski as head of government in May 1926 . |
| 18 | Snaith was a Peculiar , ie it had its own ecclesiastical court and in many ways it was exempt from the jurisdiction of the Bishop , which may explain the fact that the Bishop 's inspectors came to interview the brothers at Snaith for reported ‘ indiscretions ’ and were unable to carry out their inspection because the brothers had summoned the ferry to the Snaith bank so they could not cross the river ! |
| 19 | In many ways it was the same as the PJC-2 , using the same wing and control surfaces , but the fuselage was narrower and four inches longer . |
| 20 | Although the amount NoS had to raise at this point was small compared with what was to come later , those involved say that in many ways it was harder work . |
| 21 | In many ways it was an advantage to work broadly with such a mass of detail — cranes , windows , cars and a myraid of tower blocks . |
| 22 | In many ways it was like the staff common room in a school where institutionalization of this nature always seems to be very strong . |
| 23 | In the early stages we started off with perhaps Minor schools which could almost have been Major ones , because you were just trying to find any school that had got some kind of life , or interest , or things happening … really in many ways it was rather a matter of chance because of the way it happened at the time . |
| 24 | The Shah announced the divorce on the radio in many ways it was reminiscent of King Edward VII 's speech to the British people when he announced he had decided to marry Mrs Simpson . |
| 25 | In many ways it was an astonishing reception for a club occupying its highest ever League position and with an unbeaten record in 11 home games . |
| 26 | Connolly 's observation is often taken to confirm him as a better judge of literature than of politics , but in many ways he was remarkably prescient : Home was indeed ‘ honourably ineligible ’ for the new age which was dawning in the Tory party . |
| 27 | In many ways he was an unassuming man , and always likeable . |
| 28 | In many ways she was less marked by age than her daughter and she was certainly a better looking woman . |
| 29 | Although Valiant was of identical design to Vigilant with the same dimensions and general layout , we soon found out that in many ways she was a different ship . |
| 30 | In many ways she was her father 's daughter , and she knew he had only loved one woman — her mother . |