Example sentences of "many [noun] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many times did wee Norrie tell us that the only thing standing in the way of recovery was the uncertainty caused by the election when in truth the economy was wrecked after years of mismanagement , the pound weak because our manufacturing base had been destroyed ? |
| 2 | Although wood is not easy to obtain and certainly not cheap , many schools do find ways of obtaining quantities of off-cuts of softwood suitable for the children to use . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's exactly the time many gentlemen do go astray , ’ said Bill . |
| 4 | Many countries do spend a lot of money on military arsenals so that they can invade and terrorise other countries . |
| 5 | Many Elves did return but others , such as those in Athel Loren , refused to abandon their adopted homeland and stayed on in the Old World . |
| 6 | It will certainly be interesting to see how many youngsters do take advantage of the new concessions . |
| 7 | Their refusal to face the fact that many parents do want to have more say in how schools are run . |
| 8 | Many Christians do stand ‘ shoulder-to-shoulder with the oppressed ’ ( Letters NI 174 ) and have taken the preferential option for the poor . |
| 9 | How many days do have to tape them for ? |
| 10 | Many organisations do have a corporate mission statement which is a declaration of the company 's ‘ reason for being ’ . |
| 11 | Many textbooks do show awareness of the need to deal with different discourse types , but few confront the issue of identification . |
| 12 | Spilling the knots from one 's entrails out onto paper is n't likely to make a poem or story that others will want to read , but many writers do have to go through the ‘ spilling ’ process in order to know just what it is they have to hammer into shape . |
| 13 | Many permutations do exist but as a general rule , the matching of items clause should apply where the remaining undamaged parts of a set or suite can still fulfill the role for which they were purchased . |
| 14 | Although many firms do continue to diversify , there has been a growing mood against conglomerates and away from the notion that diversification was an automatic virtue and an inescapable trend , views which were accepted by most people in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 15 | Many people make do with a cup of coffee which , although it may taste good , does little to support you until lunchtime . |
| 16 | Not many people did know . |
| 17 | What we do need is the co-operation of the residents , and I must say that we are beginning to get the co-operation now and in fact many people did phone in after the last incident when the officers were assaulted , first of all asking for the condition of the officers and showing concern , and secondly giving us information . |
| 18 | But not many people did see it and he was left with a clutch of good notices , a prospect of the West End which would say no , most times , to the sort of plays he was right for and a generous offer from Anthony Quayle to come back to Shakespeare in Stratford and tackle the next range of roles . |
| 19 | What is particularly noteworthy is the fact that , despite the relative paucity of religious output compared to , say , news or drama , many people do choose to encounter religious programming . |
| 20 | It perhaps will never be realised as it is questionable as to how many people do want to be active in politics . |
| 21 | In Belgium many people do take three weeks at a time |
| 22 | However a great many people do read it to find out what second hand cars are on the market . |
| 23 | Here , the significance is simply the bare fact that so very many people do get into serious debt trouble . |
| 24 | Many people do get bitten , some even fatally , by dogs which have not been taught to behave properly . |
| 25 | I wonder how many teachers do give consideration to ‘ what the boys will like ’ when choosing a class text , and expect the girls to be more tolerant of the choice made . |
| 26 | There are indeed significant differences in the achievements of boys and girls , but nonetheless , many girls do succeed . |
| 27 | Many girls do manage to survive and come out able to build up a life for themselves , but the odds are stacked against them . |
| 28 | It is worth noting that many rapes do involve weapons and many take place in the context of another offence . |
| 29 | However , as a result of the Doll/Bradford-Hill report , many doctors did give up smoking and since 1960 , the rate of death due to lung cancer has declined among doctors . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , many doctors did recognise the sexual connections of hysteria and the emotional conflicts behind it ; the problem remained one of treatment . |