Many of the coal seams in the nationalized British mines are twisting, narrow and very deep.

Many British people refer to the United States and Canada as " across the pond ", and vice versa.

Many British publications have gradually done away with the use of periods in abbreviations.

Many American folk songs are identical to British songs in arrangements, but with new lyrics, often as parodies of the original material.

Many British Standards ( BSs ) – as well as some of the European and International Standards that were adopted as British Standards ( BS EN, BS ISO ) – are also available in public and university libraries in the United Kingdom.

Many Boers had German ancestry and many members of the government were themselves former Boer military leaders who had fought with the Maritz rebels against the British in the Second Boer War, which had ended only twelve years earlier.

Many of these maxims had originated in Roman Law, migrated to England before the introduction of Christianity to the British Isles, and were typically stated in Latin even in English decisions.

Many phoneticians ( especially those trained in the British school ) resort to it constantly as a quick and convenient form of reference.

" Many other islands lie in the northerly British Ocean.

Many British actors have achieved international fame and critical success, including Julie Andrews, Richard Burton, Michael Caine, Charlie Chaplin, Sean Connery, Vivien Leigh, David Niven, Laurence Olivier, Peter Sellers and Kate Winslet.

Many British films are co-productions with American producers, often using both British and American actors, and British actors feature regularly in Hollywood films.

Many successful Hollywood films have been based on British people, stories or events, including Titanic, The Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean and the ' English Cycle ' of Disney animated films.

Many of the most important British productions of the 1930s were produced by London Films, founded by the Hungarian emigre Alexander Korda.

Many Hollywood films with a British dimension ( based on British people, stories or events ) have had enormous worldwide commercial success.

British influence can also be seen with the ' English Cycle ' of Disney animated films, which include Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Jungle Book, Robin Hood, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, The Rescuers and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

Many other British engineers and craftsmen were imported to assist with the project, along with significant quantities of equipment-even apparently mundane items such as pickaxes, spades and wheelbarrows.

Many of these images were produced as picture postcards by the British Postcard manufacturer he founded now known as Judges Postcards.

Many operations of the large container port at Felixstowe and of Trinity House, the lighthouse authority, are managed from Harwich, and plans for the development of a new container port in Bathside Bay were approved by the British government in December 2005.

Many of the later sources may also have formed part of a propaganda effort designed to create a history for the people of Ireland that could bear comparison with the mythological descent of their British invaders from the founders of Rome that was promulgated by Geoffrey of Monmouth and others.

Many British researchers dismissed Lord May's pronouncements, and the British journal Chemistry & Industry in particular printed an article rebutting his arguments.

Many of these " Literary RPGs " are fan-fiction based, such as ( most prevalently ) Tolkien's Middle-earth, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Twilight, any number of anime and manga sources, or they are simply based in thematic worlds such as the mythologies of Ancient Greece, fairy tales, the Renaissance or science fiction.

Many English " witches " convicted of consorting with demons seem to have been cunning folk whose fairy familiars had been demonised ; many French devins-guerisseurs (" diviner-healers ") were accused of witchcraft, and over one half the accused witches in Hungary seem to have been healers.

Many of today's fairy tales have evolved from centuries-old stories that have appeared, with variations, in multiple cultures around the world.

Many writers have written in the form of the fairy tale.

Many folktales are told of fairies, and they appear as characters in stories from medieval tales of chivalry, to Victorian fairy tales, and up to the present day in modern literature.

Many of her poems have been inspired by myths and fairy tales, which have been interests of hers from an early age.

Many of the fairy tales gathered by Asbjørnsen and Moe were collected in this area.

Many fairy tales depict the hero or heroine setting out on a quest, such as:

Many creatures, characters and situations from mythology, fairy tales, and folklore are encountered within the world of King's Quest.

Many myths, legends and fairy tales make use of this motif as a central element of narratives that are designed to illustrate inexorable fate, fundamental to the Hellenic world-view.

Many fairy tales, such as The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs, The Fish and the Ring, The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars, or The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate, revolve about a prophecy that a poor boy will marry a rich girl ( or, less frequently, a poor girl a rich boy ).

Many modern writers, such as Angela Carter and Jane Yolen, have revisited classic fairy tales and " damsel in distress " stories or collected and anthologized stories and folk tales that break the " damsel in distress " pattern.

Many fairy tales describe the psychic battle of incorporation in physical terms, with the hero saving his future bride by killing a witch, as in " The Drummer " ( Grimms tale 193 ).

Many folk beliefs generally paint fairy rings as dangerous places, best avoided.

* Many fairy tales ( Märchen ) available

* Many fables and fairy tales are often extended metaphors.

Many of these fairy tales are the oldest known variants in existence.

Many other supernatural patrons feature in fairy tales ; these include various kinds of animals and the spirit of a dead mother.

Many of her children's books are re-tellings of fairy tales, including The Magic Circle, Crazy Jack, Spinners, Zel, Breath, Bound, Beast, and The Wager for older children, and The Prince of the Pond, Ugly, and Mogo the Third Warthog for younger children.

Many of these fairy tales, in the précieuse style, were written, mostly notably by Madame d ' Aulnoy.

Many early tales had the knight, such as Sir Launfal, meet with fairy ladies, and Huon of Bordeaux is aided by King Oberon, but these fairy characters were transformed, more and more often, into wizards and enchantresses.

Many have dealt with nature and science, Bible stories, nursery rhyme, and fairy tales.

Many of these fairy tales are the oldest known variants in existence.