Example sentences of "many [noun pl] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All those people are out there struggling to cope , and in many cases have themselves become abusers — they know no better , ’ she said . |
| 2 | That awful thing that so many groups get themselves involved in , when they 're on a plane and they do a gig and they do n't even know what city they 're in , he 'd manage to avoid . |
| 3 | And how many schools avail themselves of this opportunity each year ? |
| 4 | Inevitably I shot many animals to feed myself and my retainers , but the memorable occasions were when I hunted dangerous game or tried to secure a really fine head of a rare or elusive animal , like this mountain nyala . |
| 5 | The terrible times had rendered individuals impotent ; many Jews consoled themselves by clinging to any available straw and concealed themselves behind bastions of casuistry . |
| 6 | Many golfers give themselves no chance of playing well because they ruin the swing with a poor takeaway . |
| 7 | Also , many blacks perceive themselves as severely disadvantaged in both society generally and sport in particular . |
| 8 | The limits on cash withdrawals were so strict that many companies found themselves without cash even to pay wages . |
| 9 | A further example is when an organisation which has been trading for many decades finds itself increasingly out of touch with the market and the organisation 's internal culture and style is no longer appropriate to the markets it is trying to address . |
| 10 | Many refugees found themselves in the same position . |
| 11 | The inability or unwillingness of many local Boards of Guardians and/or education committees to reach any agreement over the operation of the Conservative scheme , and the unwillingness of many parents to allow themselves to be pauperized by it , had made it largely ineffective . |
| 12 | Many parents find themselves pleasantly surprised when the difficult stage passes with the minimum number of crises and heartbreaks . |
| 13 | Many torturers had themselves suffered physical or sexual abuse as children . |
| 14 | It seems likely that the Reformation may have contributed to this dramatic rise in prosecutions — which some historians have labelled a ‘ witch-craze ’ — both because the new climate of religious strife led to a general heightening of fears and suspicions , and because without the protective magic of Catholicism , many individuals felt themselves more vulnerable in the face of malevolent forces , and thus more impelled to take action against them . |
| 15 | Before selling , many dealers psyched themselves up . |
| 16 | The return of the Emperor to France and the subsequent declaration of war had been good for Harper 's trade ; a good hunter stolen from a Protestant plantation in Ireland would fetch a prime price in England where so many officers equipped themselves for the campaign . |
| 17 | ‘ It is odd that they said so many things to identify themselves within a few short sentences . ’ |
| 18 | Because investment business is peripheral to their main activity ( and it is a condition of authorisation that it should not normally exceed 20% of total fee income ) , many firms allow themselves to remain woefully ignorant of the regulations and of how to apply them within their own practice . |
| 19 | On the other hand , I imagine that under my sublime guidance , this child will in some way be me but without the less desirable bits that I have so many problems divesting myself of . |
| 20 | Many haircuts aimed themselves towards him , peering , probing , intruding . |
| 21 | Many landlords found themselves in economic difficulties , and there was widespread impoverishment of tenants and small farmers . |
| 22 | Breastfeeding was not found to be an area of jealousy and envy as many mothers prepare themselves with books , potties , drinks , and crayons to distract the older child while they breastfeed the baby . |
| 23 | While statistics on household expenditure suggest that families give priority to health needs , in practice many mothers find themselves cutting back on basic necessities . |
| 24 | Audrey Baker , tutor for the National Marriage Guidance Council ( address on page 153 ) , says that although long-established marriages do not necessarily founder at retirement , many couples make themselves miserable by not communicating . |
| 25 | It 's no wonder so many Swedes kill themselves . |
| 26 | Under the Poor Law many children found themselves bound to either masters or mistresses who exploited them and at times treated them with great cruelty , while our own age has learned with shame of the extent of ill-treatment even within the family . |
| 27 | For while there are many for whom the decimation of Baghdad is guided by a fine and noble and sense of justice , many others find themselves with effectively no alternative but to support ‘ our government ’ / ‘ our boys ’ / ‘ freedom ’ or whatever other option is put before them , in spite of their doubts about the validity of the whole bloody exercise . |
| 28 | Billeting allowances were available to cover the cost of hosting an evacuee ( for unaccompanied children , 10s 6d per week for the first child , 8s 6d each for subsequent children ) and billeting officers had powers of compulsion to utilise appropriate accommodation , but most , being from the locality themselves , preferred to ruffle as few feathers as possible — with the result that on arrival many evacuees found themselves in a scene ‘ reminiscent of a cross between an early Roman slave market and Selfridge 's bargain basement ’ , as one witness put it . |
| 29 | Many students tie themselves in knots in only four bars , and can then go no further because they have concentrated on complex harmonizations and ignored the thematic flow . |
| 30 | Many councils have themselves encouraged their growth — sometimes to avoid the implications of centrally imposed financial constraints and sometimes explicitly to make co-operation and partnerships with the voluntary and private sectors easier and less dependent on committee cycles and bureaucratic indecision . |