Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [to-vb] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not even ‘ love of life ’ — that is more like it , but the phrase has come to mean many things that could ( happily ) not be predicated of her . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , this wide-ranging set of inquiries does illustrate that the level of concern has risen to incorporate many of the lawyers ' traditional users and allies . |
| 3 | Mr. Duggan has helped to nurture many of these activities . |
| 4 | All this is in striking contrast to the complacency and not-invented-here syndrome that has helped to bring many a big firm down ( think of the motor industry ) . |
| 5 | Working as a single woman artist in France , JACQUELINE BLACK has had to overcome many hurdles . |
| 6 | All at once the range of plants we can grow has extended to include many of the magically evocative creatures that we encounter on our annual run for the sun . |
| 7 | The LTA has had the support of many people and yet has managed to alienate many of those who wished to support British tennis . |
| 8 | Survey after survey , purporting to display a swing to Labour which would instal Mr Kinnock in Downing Street , must have helped to focus many uncertain minds . |
| 9 | And there , as they say , the matter rested , for there was now nothing further we could do ; and Meehan might have had to serve many more years in prison had not a further and quite unexpected twist come to this most tangled of cases . |
| 10 | Still , she thought , bracing her shoulders , if she had been a real mother she would have had to endure many such problems with a teenage daughter . |
| 11 | Alongside the new-fangled blast furnace the traditional bloom process must have continued to occupy many people for short periods every year . |
| 12 | In her years working with the Madam and then running her brothel she had come to know many , and she could usually spot their type . |
| 13 | The water-table at Hermopolis had risen to overtake many of the remains . |
| 14 | ‘ Four o'clock , ’ Luke murmured huskily , ‘ and it 's the damnedest time to say what I want to say — what I 've wanted to say many times … |
| 15 | For all the show of outward appearances of being a couple however , perhaps there was no deep abiding love and the one left behind hangs onto a myth of a union that had ceased to exist many years ago . |
| 16 | I had tried to diet many times before . |
| 17 | On the other hand , we had learnt to recognise many of the chimps as individuals , and felt they had become firm friends . |
| 18 | It had failed to cure many of society 's ills , and in matters such as the economy , public order and inter-ethnic relations had indeed made things worse . |
| 19 | I have now visited the clinics twice and have come to know many of the volunteer workers from Australia , France , Holland and Britain as well as many of the patients living in the Calcutta slums . |
| 20 | The war has torn the scales from our eyes , and forced us to see things as they really are , and by the light of this clearer vision we have come to regard many conditions as intolerable which before had only seemed inevitable … |
| 21 | The NCB have decided to close many of the mines , leaving only 8 large pits . |
| 22 | They have had to overcome many difficulties ; not least in trying to marry-up disparate computer systems . |
| 23 | The Urban Development Corporations and the wide range of central government grants have helped to regenerate many of our inner city areas . |
| 24 | Financial incentives , L 24 billion to the region and L 6 billion to the communes having the nuclear power stations , have helped to encourage many regions to request one . |
| 25 | We have endeavoured to include many of the subjects requested by qualified teachers and this year we are paying particular attention to music . |
| 26 | 4 operations later , doctors at the Radcliffe Infirmary have managed to conceal many of her scars . |