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

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1 In many clinics the genital examination is followed by a ‘ general ’ examination which may include feeling the breasts for lumps , a blood-pressure recording , and a look at the shin from the scalp to the soles of the feet .
2 Of many cup-painters the greatest , perhaps , with Onesimos , is one who worked regularly with a potter Brygos but has not left his own name , so the Brygos Painter .
3 The best formula was determined by checking how many times the correct word was selected by the analyser using three different formulae ( Table 4.9 ) .
4 Many times the incompetent were described as being smart but lacking even an ounce of common sense .
5 During the prefabrication boom of the fifties and sixties some contractors used many times the permitted level of calcium chloride to help speedy setting in concrete — it also helped speedy corrosion .
6 It consumes many times the global budget of the UNHCR in supporting a self-selecting minority , without addressing the real problems that lie behind the asylum-seeking flows .
7 Inside the plant , levels of radiation in the abandoned reactor building rose to many times the lethal level .
8 Many times the wrong name has gone forwards to the next round because competitors confused who was white and who was red .
9 When the winding is to be excited both transistors ( are switched on , so the voltage applied to the phase winding is equal to the sun , of the two supply voltages ( VL + VH ) , the diode D2 being reverse-biased by VH.There is no series resistance to limit the current , which therefore starts to rise towards a value which is many times the rated winding current .
10 Much however , depends upon how votes were actually spread , and how many times the same papers were transferred from one candidate to another .
11 John told us that he had devoted many hours the previous year in observation of the golden eagles of Arran , recording their every move .
12 In many cases the professional certainties of a former generation of town planners were overridden by strident political voices and the activity fell increasingly into some disrepute .
13 Referring their readers to the HMI 's survey of teachers in their first year in the profession , they repeat the survey 's ‘ finding ’ that ‘ the personal qualities of the teachers were in many cases the decisive factor in their effectiveness ’ .
14 In many cases the annual crops planted in the first few years are rapidly being replaced by pasture which itself is frequently proving to be uneconomic and environmentally detrimental .
15 It is far more difficult to approach someone to whom you do not feel at all dose and in many cases the only way to do this is by means of a third person who may be willing to ask them for their opinion of you .
16 In many cases the static error can be reduced if several phases of the stepping motor are excited at the same time , so the potential benefits of multi-phase excitation are examined with reference to both hybrid and variable-reluctance stepping motors .
17 In many cases the traditional healers and midwives are already part of the primary health care structure of the village or community and have received additional training so that the most positive aspects of traditional and non-traditional medicine can be combined in ways that are acceptable to the community .
18 Answer one : in many cases the two will hardly be distinguishable .
19 Differences remained ; but it was also clear that in many cases the two countries could work together , on an equal and principled basis , without prejudice to the interests of other countries .
20 In many cases the two contentions might lead to the same result , but not in the present case .
21 Many low-income LDCs exist on a slim margin between subsistence and disaster , and already in many cases the fragile natural environment has been damaged by over-grazing and over-cultivation associated with population growth .
22 In many cases the major clients of the merging firms will have been asked for their views on the merger at the outset of negotiations .
23 This is because economic loss can be of unforeseen proportions , can far exceed , in many cases the total contract value , and thus be a risk which it is for all practical purposes beyond the financial strength of most businessmen to assume , particularly if they were to accept such risks routinely in all their business dealings .
24 There is so much strong work around but in many cases the young artists will come up eventually .
25 The experiments of the past six years have demonstrated that in many cases the usual ways in which children have been taught to read can be improved .
26 In many cases the additional information simply added weight to what has already been dealt with in the attitude scales .
27 Rarely is the customer consulted ; in far too many cases the regular is a powerless bystander as his or her pub is transformed by identikit ‘ Victoriana ’ .
28 Other influences : In many cases the absolute size of the price of the underlying share may play a part in determining the option premiums .
29 Monetary assets and liabilities are also shown at historic cost , though in many cases the historic cost of a monetary item is the same as its current cost .
30 In many cases the actual amount of information given in the recalls was minimal , limited to whether a subject had to wait at the junction and whether there was other traffic around at the time .
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