Example sentences of "in many [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In many cities traffic speeds are now slower than they were in the age of the horse , and in California the average speed is expected to drop for 53 kilometres per hour now to 24 by 2000 .
2 In many hotels letter and key racks are located in the hall porter 's enquiry office .
3 Indeed in many authorities permanence may be characteristic more of councillors and committee chairmen than the nominally ‘ permanent ’ officials who advise them .
4 Although in some circumstances it would appear that steroid use was very sophisticated , in many instances knowledge about drugs and injection technique was very poor ’ .
5 This Act also included the notorious Clause 28 , which prevented councils from supporting the activities of gay rights ( including in many instances AIDS hotlines and counselling services ) by outlawing any financial support for activities that were defined by the Act as promoting homosexuality .
6 In many instances death on the farm comes through carelessness on the part of those who work and walk the land .
7 However , in many instances hospital beds are being lost whilst the corresponding level of support outside the hospital is not being provided .
8 In many countries charcoal production is threatening rainforests and mangrove swamps — the revived British version causes no environmental damage .
9 In many countries stabilization may be possible but not to the relatively warm 20°C .
10 In many countries gonorrhoea is the most commonly notified communicable disease , even allowing for the under-reporting , which usually far exceeds the notification rate .
11 Of deep concern , also , is the fact that in many countries machinery and criteria for final assessment of primary school children ( with all the feedback that this brings into the school curriculum ) are still dominated by the requirements of selection for Secondary School despite the obvious truth of Nyerere 's statement that those capable of further education will readily identify themselves .
12 While he did not dispute that in many cases money had been levied that was twice what was necessary for satisfactory repair , and even then that the work carried out had been slovenly or even not done at all , the great laissez-faire economist had been convinced by the turnpikes that so far as public works " for facilitating commerce in general " were concerned , " the greater part may easily be so managed as to afford a particular revenue sufficient for defraying their own expense , without bringing any burden upon the general revenue of society " .
13 A plan to stop news broadcasting by Lebanon 's 42 private ( and in many cases militia-controlled ) television stations was outlined by Information Minister Albert Mansur and Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Michel al-Murr on Jan. 9 .
14 In many cases morale had collapsed through underfunding .
15 In many cases git consists of no more than a few managers/supervisors .
16 Doctors may feel that in many cases surgery is not clinically indicated .
17 In many cases panel members had little or no previous experience of validation but they showed a high level of commitment and were in general well prepared .
18 In many cases enclosure maps later Ordnance Survey maps and air photographs taken before 1950 are now the only record of a relatively short-lived type of the English landscape .
19 In many cases treatment is enhanced , as well as accelerated , when such memories are recalled .
20 The problem may be solved just by a solicitor 's letter , though in many cases court action is needed .
21 In many cases deputy heads of schools will stand in for heads who are absent or where there is a vacancy .
22 By the twelfth century he valued it as much as the source of money ; and in many cases knight service was commuted in practice for a money payment — for what in England was called scutage .
23 In many cases success for one of our runners has meant a breakthrough in a problem with which he has been struggling in the classroom .
24 The mechanisation of agriculture and industry is cutting work opportunities , so in many cases living standards are declining .
25 In many cases information can be gained from sources other than interviews .
26 Even humble parish churches possess in many cases silver treasures in the paten and chalice used in the rite of communion .
27 In many cases temptation goes no further than desire or possibly trying but failing to seize the Ring .
28 Undoubtedly , the WFS data are affected by both sampling and response errors , and in many cases infant mortality rates for maternal ages under 20 and over 40 are based on too few cases ( less than 500 births ) .
29 It is quite obvious that in many cases health and safety can not be bolted on , as an afterthought , to the basic design .
30 The McKinsey-GE matrix also recognizes that in many businesses investment decisions can not be made simply upon information about market growth and the current share held .
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