Example sentences of "many [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly , the following have resigned from the subsidiaries which they have assisted , many for a considerable period : . |
| 2 | ( one rower too many for the quinquereme ) , |
| 3 | Employers and their advisers reacted , many for the first time , by taking a good look at contracts , and they in turn became experts . |
| 4 | The conversion into owner-farmers of those who had hitherto been tenants or agricultural labourers provided many for the first time with genuine prospects of making a decent living , unburdened by debts , high rents or heavy taxes . |
| 5 | I wondered what on earth John would think if he saw all this ; his friends in church , many for the first time in years , strangers saying prayers for him , me weeping over his photograph . |
| 6 | But with 6ft 4ins Stich firing on all cylinders , and Chang looking jaded it was one Goliath too many for the brave American . |
| 7 | This year saw more fortunate veterans return to England — many for the last time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Opium farmers ' income is tiny compared with Pakistan 's drug barons and owners of heroin laboratories , and they are regarded by many as the impoverished , innocent end of the country 's narcotics business . |
| 10 | Metering is regarded by many as the fairest method of charging for water . |
| 11 | Ketamine is being hyped by many as the new Ecstasy . |
| 12 | In November the same label issues The Damned 's ‘ New Rose ’ , hailed by many as the first true punk single . |
| 13 | The 28-year-old Briton knows a second defeat could leave him in desperate trouble against the man rated by many as the best player in the chess history . |
| 14 | The gender imbalance is seen by many as the natural order of things , indicating some form of biological superiority for women . |
| 15 | Points 6 and 7 advocate what is regarded by many as an opposite way of looking at the purpose of RE . |
| 16 | Wesley and Locke represent the dilemma perceived in religion by many during the modern period of the Enlightenment . |
| 17 | The recognition that Marvell can be seen responding idealistically to the new age , and partisanly aligning his poetry with Commonwealth and Protectorate aspirations is a consequence of admitting the enthusiasm many during the mid-seventeenth century felt for revolutionary events which would , they believed , bring a new order . |
| 18 | If someone asks ‘ How much of X do we have in stock ? ’ they want to know how many of a specific item there are on the premises — both on the shop floor and in the warehouse or storeroom . |
| 19 | Labour 's newly-elected Members of Parliament contained many of a different type from the old hands of the 1935 Parliament . |
| 20 | Yet these houses , together with the small neat church with its yellow facing-brick and Gothic windows , the cottage across the road and the leafy entrance to Bachelor 's Walk formed one of the most painted and photographed corners of Portadown and graced many of a local postcard . |
| 21 | He wrote numerous songs , many of a medical nature , dramatized Waverley by ( Sir ) Walter Scott [ q.v. ] , and wrote three successful pantomimes which were produced at the Edinburgh Theatre Royal . |
| 22 | Many of the right kinds of incentives will be put in place , but will decision-makers respond by carefully considering their options within an economic evaluation framework , or will by respond in a more ad hoc manner ? |
| 23 | For example , the information booklets prepared for parents had obviously been written with care and many of the right sentiments were expressed . |
| 24 | Despite pursuing many of the right policies , many of its people are getting poorer . |
| 25 | The business of the media department is to ensure , within the financial restraints imposed , that the client 's advertising is seen by as many of the right people as possible at the right time . |
| 26 | These allowed many former civil servants to enter business ( notably in Zambia ) and many of the established traders of west Africa ( most dramatically in Nigeria ) to move from commerce into production . |
| 27 | Their visits break many of the established patterns of human/dolphin encounter : they accept gifts of dead fish ( one theory is that the dolphins receive the fish as a signal from humans that they have come to play and interact ) , and they maintain their own social grouping while at the same time allowing close human contact . |
| 28 | They have been there over years and many of the established patterns of reaction are demanding to be looked at . |
| 29 | But while rightsizing may be good news for end-users , it is bad news for many of the established giants of the IT industry . |
| 30 | The Church settlement was bitterly resented amongst the Scottish nobility , and also amongst many of the established clergy , more than half of whom refused to accept the abolition of episcopacy . |