Example sentences of "for many [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 At the same time , despite the popular support for many of the activities of the provisionals north of the border , there is almost no popular support for terrorist activities against the established government in the South .
2 Is it perhaps true that for many of the English , poetry has never been anything else but a superior parlour game ?
3 For many of the East Germans arriving in Prague , there is a unique emotional wrench when the time comes to make their way to the embassy doors .
4 ‘ An agreed takeover is the most sensible option for many of the medium-sized societies , ’ by which he means those ranked 4th to 35th .
5 He also can not cite the sources for many of the bits he is allowed to reveal , with the result that they can not be independently checked .
6 The same is true for many of the other Operators in the Company .
7 Now is about right for many of the 1981s , which are , however , not great wines , but very engaging and drinkable and at relatively affordable prices , even those with the well-known names .
8 David Brindle finds a cure for many of the ills dogging the NHS 's new contract culture The Welsh way to good national health .
9 Glasgow , already the host for many of the UK 's most innovative arts events , hopes to go one better in 1990 , combining commercial and publicly-funded activity in a year-long cultural feast .
10 Despite its undoubted success , IDG has lost parts of its core home market for many of the same reasons it has succeeded abroad .
11 Perhaps for many of the fans the best moment of all came at the end of the fifth Test , when Tony Greig went out and ‘ grovelled ’ before them .
12 Portraits of the famous Roman emperors are known from a large number of other sources , principally sculpture , but for many of the Hellenistic kings or Roman emperors of the third century AD , coins provide the only portrait evidence .
13 ‘ We 've always tried to keep the game open and in this respect for many of the younger players it has been a learning experience , ’ said Gray .
14 The food , the truckloads of champagne , accommodation , fees for the gala stars and 800 musicians , and air fares for many of the guests add up to a bill of millions for the weekend .
15 The plans , adopted by NatWest , and which will go on show to the public after Easter , have been designed by the Fitzroy Robinson Partnership , a firm of architects which was responsible for many of the high-quality buildings in the City .
16 His family company , which started in the 1870s , had over the years supplied bats for many of the leading cricketers .
17 The continuing popularity of the 6 hour course was encouraging because for many of the course subjects anything less than this time could leave trainees disappointed that all aspects of the programme were either not covered or covered too quickly .
18 Within a decade , Fothergill was able to give Marshall a descriptive account of the flourishing Upton garden acknowledged , he said , ‘ by the ablest botanists we have , that there is not a richer bit of ground in curious American plants in Great Britain ; and for many of the most curious I am obliged to thy diligence and care . ’
19 Equally , the management of motivation in education has been problematic — for many of the reasons identified at the start of this chapter .
20 It is evident from this that the contractors were responsible for many of the details and not a little of the basic design .
21 But for many of the reef species it could ( perhaps ) be a saviour .
22 The institutions which had previously been set up to aid small farmers had their lending capacity cut considerably , making it difficult for many of the beneficiaries to find sufficient capital .
23 The establishment of the dock mills effectively sounded the death knell for many of the smaller rural mills , such as those on the River Twyver and Horsebere Brook .
24 Lloyd 's Register , which carries out structural surveys of ships to enable them to be insured , believes that structural failure was to blame for many of the losses and is mounting an urgent investigation to establish whether this is the case .
25 For many of the most elderly , remaining independent will be determined by the level of support and practical help provided by relatives , friends and by organised services .
26 American railway architects in this period seem to have been fascinated by the notion of the integration of the station offices with the train-shed , for many of the stations which emerged from the grander developments of the 1850s and 1860s consisted of side buildings with the trains running into the interior through grand portals .
27 For many of the big names in British skating Farnborough holds an element of nostalgia and sentimental value that will never be forgotten .
28 In rural areas there is a tendency for many of the inhabitants to know one another ; strangers are highly visible and liable to cause suspicion .
29 However , many professional planners are also convinced that Green Belt restrictions are partly responsible for many of the problems facing the south east such as housing land shortages , rocketing house prices , loss of employment opportunities in rural areas , and labour immobility .
30 For many of the owl species the variation is less , for example the barn owl sample range is 95–100 per cent , with a mean of 99 per cent , and similar levels of difference hold for the other bones and parts of bones .
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