Example sentences of "many [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From Middenheim 's many tall towers it is possible to look out over the Great Forest to the south and the Drakwald to the west , a carpet of treetops stretching in every direction save eastwards , where the rising Middle Mountains burst from the forest floor , tall and jagged , and the colour of thunder clouds . |
| 2 | Even then the kids were calling him Crazy Jake , and I do n't know how many bloody noses I got in the playground , fighting to shut 'em up . ’ |
| 3 | Look around you and see how many right angles you can find in windows , doors and chalk boards . |
| 4 | At that time , the mullahs were the country 's principal teachers and in many rural areas they had become considerable men of property , taxing the people and buying land for themselves . |
| 5 | Given the lack of development in many rural areas it is not surprising that the dependency of rural workers on agriculture for employment has remained , nor that so many school-leavers take a job on the land even though they have no intention of remaining there if the choice to leave should present itself . |
| 6 | In many rural areas it has therefore been usual for local farm workers to work on the land ‘ man and boy ’ . |
| 7 | Care versus control , genericism versus specialism , authority versus self-determination , which no matter how many innovative structures we construct and what we call them , are never adequately resolved . |
| 8 | However , I must com comment on the way that since Christmas the Vice Chair of Council has undertaken the many civic duties he has been called upon to perform , assisted by his wife . |
| 9 | At the rear of many French houses I had noticed several rabbit-hutches containing the largest rabbits I had ever seen , certainly larger than anything in Britain . |
| 10 | Although you may not have studied French before , you will be surprised at how many French words you know and how much you know about France . |
| 11 | Like many old soldiers he liked to be by himself , to reflect well away from others . |
| 12 | And then when you 're older , scutage , tallage , and how many old goats we 've had for archbishops and popes . |
| 13 | If you think of the variety of commercials you see on TV , there are many different things you can do in commercials : animation ; live action , used in perhaps the majority of commercials ; puppetry ; mixed live action and animation ; computer graphics and picture modification ; a variety of special effects . |
| 14 | I could go on about how many different sounds you can muster from Marshall 's new baby , but there are just so many that this would be unrealistic . |
| 15 | Because I work for many different functions I get the chance to see many different kinds of weddings . |
| 16 | And no matter how many times they asked the girl , no matter how many different ways they approached it , her story was always the same . ’ |
| 17 | Some of those who did not possess a faith in God which was proof against all adversities now saw that the great hope of a relief force reaching them , which had so far buoyed them up , was an illusory one ; even if a relief now came , in many different ways it would be too late and not only because so many of the garrison were already dead ; India itself was now a different place ; the fiction of happy natives being led forward along the road to civilization could no longer be sustained . |
| 18 | See how many different ways you could make three sixty . |
| 19 | An examination of the wide range of people involved , of the many different roles they play and of their varying involvement in or distance from the policy-making process will help to stress the importance of giving attention to implementation and to introduce the more theoretical discussion that is to follow . |
| 20 | Although I had n't met him before , like many would-be adventurers I 'd read a lot about his life and experiences . |
| 21 | ‘ In many Free Churches I fear that awe is an unknown factor ’ and ‘ some who sneer at elaborately worked altar-cloths would do well to cultivate the spirit of those by whom they were presented . ’ |
| 22 | In Cookham Wood , especially , there are so many lesbian officers it 's not true . |
| 23 | Like many marine painters he had never been to sea . |
| 24 | There is no doubt that for very many Latin Americans it is a successful capitalist ( North American ) lifestyle that embodies their hopes and their aspirations , rather than a socialist society which , for all its economic and social advantages , entails restrictions and shortages . |
| 25 | For it was then that I felt the first healthy flush of anticipation for the many interesting experiences I know these days ahead hold in store for me . |
| 26 | If you knew how many complaining letters I must write before I get the means to pay my men their dues ! |
| 27 | What constitutes , for me , a virtuous woman … a decent woman … has nothing to do with how many sexual partners she may have had , or whether or not she happens to be single or married . |
| 28 | ‘ These two ventures , along with the expected announcement of first gas from one of our recent discoveries in Colombia , are just the first of many exciting projects we expect to see come to fruition over the next year or so , ’ Chris told Pipeline . |
| 29 | But this does not mean you should limit yourself in how many expressive purposes you discuss . |
| 30 | Commercial patterns will have allowed for this , but should you decide to add a cable to a stocking stitch pattern work a sample first to see how many extra stitches you will need . |