Example sentences of "is [adj] that many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible that many cases of petty assault were instituted as retaliation for verbal abuse . |
| 2 | Indeed it is possible that many people recognise subconsciously that the hypothesis is not merely unprovable , but false ; certainly many drift away from an active interest in the subject . |
| 3 | Total membership fluctuated widely around 5,000 and it is clear that many members only stayed with the Party for a short time . |
| 4 | It is clear that many others — perhaps Lanfranc too — saw this . |
| 5 | In the meantime , it is clear that many judges consider that the Lord Chancellor 's Department has ceased to act as an intermediary or ‘ hinge ’ between themselves and the executive Government and has become as much a part of the governmental machinery as any other Department of State . |
| 6 | It is clear that many Opposition Members , and possibly some Conservative Members , have received letters telling us that claims could not be paid because a bill board had been placed in the social security office . |
| 7 | It is clear that many people are now using asylum claims as a means of evading immigration control . |
| 8 | Constituency party activists were certainly mostly pro-Thatcher , but it is clear that many MPs used the secrecy of the ballot to oppose her . |
| 9 | It is clear that many media underlie the revelation we have in the Scriptures . |
| 10 | Also , it has proved very difficult to reproduce the events which led to Fleming 's famous observation , and it is clear that many versions of the story which were published 15 or more years later , after penicillin became famous , drew on faded but vivacious memories and are more or less imaginary . |
| 11 | When shared occupation is such that many people have front-door keys and some are not as careful as others about locking the front door , obvious risks occur . |
| 12 | His career was not without its less attractive moments , and it is sad that many fans will remember the famous picture in the 1981 Wisden of him kicking down the stumps after having an appeal refused in New Zealand almost as readily as they will recall his wonderful bowling ; yet even in dissent he was physically graceful , and the picture is positively balletic . |
| 13 | Since pigeons ' ears are not exceptional , it is likely that many birds can pick up infrasound . |
| 14 | It is likely that many changes will take place in the near future . |
| 15 | With such a variety of floral devices it is inevitable that many comparisons with other second century mosaics are possible . |
| 16 | ‘ Meal-time is all that many patients have to look forward to — it is the highlight of the day , and good food contributes greatly to both their well-being and recovery as much for psychological as nutritional reasons , ’ says Roden . |
| 17 | Ownership is all that many Believers understand . |
| 18 | It is unlikely that many Europeans would have had access to Aristotle 's writings , but the cuckoo 's habits were certainly well enough known during the Middle Ages for them to be mentioned by Chaucer ( in The Parlement of Foules , 1382 ) , and for the term ‘ cuckold ’ — describing a man deceived by his wife — to have passed into the English language . |
| 19 | It is unlikely that many visitors will peer too closely into the workings of Spain after a decade of socialist rule . |
| 20 | The second part of the exception would apply to spare parts such as replacement body panels for cars where the design is dictated by the appearance of the car but it is unlikely that many computer spare parts will fall into this category . |
| 21 | For it is unlikely that many Koi on the market today are without some Doitsu genes . |
| 22 | It is notorious that many scientists do not love words : scientific language has already had a disastrous effect on the use of language throughout society . |
| 23 | So we can conclude this section by arguing that , for one reason or another , dividends are important and that a dividend of the kind indicated by ( 6.19 ) is one that many firms are likely to pursue . |
| 24 | It is probable that many factors are involved in the incidence , and that these vary among populations . |
| 25 | While the woman has no natural way of eliminating the infection , it is probable that many men carry the infection in the urethra for a matter of a few days only , after which the flushing action of passing urine may eliminate the organisms . |
| 26 | If , conversely , one used educational and type-of-occupation criteria to classify individuals ( and these are highly relevant to the question of how standard a speaker 's language is ) , it is probable that many wives , especially those of working-class men , would come out above their husbands . |
| 27 | It is probable that many patients are treated privately and so these cases are not notified and also that some patients may come to England for diagnosis and treatment . |
| 28 | Indeed , it is notable that many contemporaries saw the Revolution as being mainly a Tory achievement . |
| 29 | CPRW is worried that many areas of beautiful countryside , some protected as special landscapes , could be badly damaged . |
| 30 | The stone which the East Germans have lifted , however , has revealed so much that is nasty that many East Germans will never again live in comfort with neighbours , workmates , even close relatives . |