Example sentences of "to many [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For working-class girls ( unlike middle-class girls , for whom comprehensives potentially offered them the academic education denied to many under the systems of 11 + weighting ) comprehensives probably made little difference . |
| 2 | Labour politicians , even those with a training in economics , were muddled about the issues , and generally seemed to favour the historic average cost principles , which also seemed to many at the time to be enshrined in the wording of the Act , which merely required the industry to break even ‘ taking one year with another ’ . |
| 3 | By then , not merely was much more known about light , heat , electricity and magnetism , but the knowledge was unified with a powerful theoretical structure , so that while chemistry had seemed the fundamental science to many at the beginning of the century , by the end of it there was little doubt that this position belonged to physics . |
| 4 | This is the remote area of Appenzell , known to many for the unique flavour of its celebrated cheese , but for many tourists , not much more than that . |
| 5 | Hong Kong Special Report : Portugal takes a stand and Macao celebrates a passport to security : Unlike Britain , Portugal offers a guaranteed home to many of the citizens of its enclave in the Pearl River delta when China takes over in 1999 . |
| 6 | Most people think of serving this delicacy with slices of ripe melon as a starter , but it also makes an excellent accompaniment to many of the exotic fruits that are widely available in greengrocers and supermarkets . |
| 7 | The ¥7.5m ( $55,000 ) that he received was peanuts alongside the sums that Recruit doled out to many of the ruling party 's bigger names . |
| 8 | Mention the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Director-General of the BBC to many of the new Tories , and there is an instantaneous , Pavlovian , hostility . |
| 9 | Sir Anthony Meyer 's self-destructive challenge to the leadership of Margaret Thatcher cost him the support of his constituency party early in 1990 , but , like Sir Ian Gilmour , he was merely symptomatic of a cast of mind common to many of the baronetcy . |
| 10 | Another subject that matters deeply to many of the British , and which most of our politicians refuse to discuss , is race . |
| 11 | The name wallaby is given to many of the smaller kangaroos , all of which are unique to Australia . |
| 12 | During her maiden voyage to Belfast , the Rhein Trader was host to many of the customers that support TR Shipping on this ever popular route . |
| 13 | It was during the Mesozoic that the forms ancestral to many of the living gastropods evolved . |
| 14 | The BMC 2 2 and 2 5 unit was fitted to many of the Austin FX4 ‘ Black Cab ’ — workshop manuals and part lists for these are available from many of the cab specialists who advertise in Exchange and of |
| 15 | The Earl of Argyll , Archibald Campbell , introduced him to many of the Scottish nobles , and he found some of them less objectionable than he 'd expected . |
| 16 | This almost utopian-sounding conclusion — that niceness and forgivingness pay — came as a surprise to many of the experts , who had tried to be too cunning by submitting subtly nasty strategies ; while even those who had submitted nice strategies had not dared anything so forgiving as Tit for Two Tats . |
| 17 | It is no accident that many slums were built on marshes : Mosside in Manchester , the Bogside in Londonderry , and much of the East End of London , where the suffix ‘ ey ’ to many of the place-names tell us that they were islands in Saxon times : Hackney , Stepney , and , most notorious of all , Bermondsey , where , in the 1850s , the river Neckinger , ‘ the colour of strong green tea ’ , flowed round Jacob 's Island , which was used by Dickens as a setting for Oliver Twist , and was described by him as ‘ the filthiest , the strangest , the most extraordinary of the many localities that are hidden in London ’ . |
| 18 | Because their bodies are still growing , children react more quickly to many of the things they eat . |
| 19 | The LFA is now zoned into two areas ( ‘ severely disadvantaged ’ and ‘ disadvantaged ’ ) though there is doubt over whether the latter is really applicable to many of the areas of land included . |
| 20 | Once fish become totally preoccupied , to the extent that they will ignore all other baits , including natural food , they become so intent on feeding they also become almost oblivious to many of the danger signals , i.e. noise and the disturbance of hooked shoal-mates , that would normally have them scuttling to the four corners of the pool . |
| 21 | These words , ‘ allegiance ’ and ‘ committed users ’ are used deliberately because they are appropriate to many of the programmes for adults . |
| 22 | An educational pack explaining the background to many of the issues raised in BLUE PLANET has been prepared by educationalists , environmentalists and others in association with Du Pont and its subsidiary Conoco . |
| 23 | But , such is the pace of development , that an idiot 's guide to many of the most recent and fast-moving technological marvels , which often bristle with abbreviations , is not to be despised . |
| 24 | But Smith 's name is unfamiliar even to many of the professional mathematicians who make regular use of the ideas he introduced . |
| 25 | IT COMES AS A SHOCK to some people to learn that we still do not have definite answers to many of the most obvious questions about animals . |
| 26 | Unknown to many of the trapped men , but suspected by the more experienced , poisonous gases had started to gather in the few roadways available to them . |
| 27 | Because of the scarcity of ministers , young conforming curates were appointed to many of the kirks but they were disliked , ignored and often abused by the congregations . |
| 28 | Golfers , with bags of clubs over shoulders , boarded tramcars which would take them to many of the numerous golf-clubs in and around the city . |
| 29 | Don Carleton 's work on the lost Prince 's Theatre brought happy memories to many of the older generation who remembered it as a magical place of childhood . |
| 30 | The new ‘ Nimbus ’ from Suttons is resistant to many of the troublesome tomato diseases ( right ) |