Many of the early building societies were based in taverns or coffeehouses, which had become the focus for a network of clubs and societies for co-operation and the exchange of ideas among Birmingham's highly active citizenry as part of the movement known as the Midlands Enlightenment.

Many aspiring comedians who dream of becoming the next Russell Peters and Jerry Seinfeld never see the inside of a movie or television studio, but rather spend most of their careers doing stand-up in comedy clubs and other small venues, hoping to be discovered.

Many cycling clubs hold organized rides in which bicyclists of all levels participate.

Many colleges have croquet clubs as well, such as The Pennsylvania State University, Bates College, State University of New York College at New Paltz, and Harvard University.

Many clubs use a ranking system.

Many diving clubs have masters teams in addition to their primary competitive ones, and while some masters dive only for fun and fitness, there are also masters competitions, which range from the local to world championship level.

Many Volapük clubs will later switch to Esperanto.

Many players from OJC have played for professional football clubs, like FC Den Bosch, RKC Waalwijk, Willem II, etc.

Many academic departments also sponsor academic clubs.

Many swim clubs were formed around that time, and the sport simultaneously developed within several countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the USA.

Many American casinos offer free memberships in " slot clubs ," which return a fraction of the amount of money that is bet in the form of comps ( complimentary food, drinks, hotel rooms, or merchandise ), or sometimes as cash or a promise to pay cash at a later date.

Many of today's service clubs got their start as social clubs for business networking, but quickly evolved into organizations devoted more to service and less for networking, although networking is still a primary reason for many members to join.

Many of these clubs meet weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly on a recurring established day and time, commonly at a mealtime.

Many of these service clubs were started early in the 20th century, such as Apex Clubs of Australia, Altrusa International, JCI, Sertoma, Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Exchange, Optimists, Soroptimists, KIN Canada, Zonta.

Many cooperative grocery stores began as loosely organized buying clubs, and larger organizations such as United Natural Foods and the Weston A.

Many of these clubs are now defunct or play rugby union.

Many 4x4 mud racing events and other activities take place throughout the US organized by clubs and associations.

Many colleges have woodsmen teams or forestry clubs, which compete regionally, nationally, and internationally.

Many shell collectors belong to " shell clubs " where they can meet others who share their interests.

Many were sceptical about the viability of a European tournament for cup winners and many of the bigger clubs eligible to contest the first CWC turned down the chance to enter, such as Atlético de Madrid of Spain and AS Monaco of France.

Many of the Major League clubs brought their teams to Hot Springs to get the players in shape for the coming season.

Many strip clubs exist in this zone of free enterprise, with many St. Louis locals referring to the area as the " Sauget Ballet " due to the high number of such facilities.

Many are members of the exclusive clubs in the area: Piping Rock Club, The Creek, Beaver Dam and the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club.

Many restaurants, bars, and clubs sit on the waterfront.

Many scholars, however, have disagreed with specific claims Weber makes in his historical analysis.

Many who disagreed with the PNDC administration were driven into exile, where they began organizing their opposition.

Many different disagreements led to the fracture, for example ; while at the Fourth SI Conference in London in December, 1960, in a discussion about the political nature of the SI, the Gruppe SPUR members disagreed with the core situationist stance of counting on a revolutionary proletariat ; the accusation that their activities were based on a " systematic misunderstanding of situationist theses "; the understanding that at least one Gruppe SPUR member, sculptor Lothar Fischer, and possibly the rest of the group, were not actually understanding and / or agreeing with the situationist ideas, but were just using the SI to achieve success in the art market.

Many in the National Convention were calling for a return to normalization, but Robespierre disagreed.

Many fans at the time disagreed with Miller's selection over Indiana Hoosiers ' standout Steve Alford.

Many of Fine Gael's ambitious plans had to be deferred while the Fine Gael – Labour Party coalition disagreed on how to solve the economic crisis.

Many music critics have argued that Rimes ' vocals were only a reproduction of Cline's original sound, while others have disagreed.

Many disagreed with James.

Many Communists in Scotland disagreed with this decision and instead set up the CPS, with its headquarters in Partick, Glasgow.

Many members of the Russian Communist Party had disagreed with the decision to allow a new government in the region, believing that their approximately 4, 000 members were capable of seizing power in their own right.

Many others disagreed and the result was two competing companies.

Many journalists and readers of the Herald disagreed with the decision to fire rather than suspend DeFede, arguing that it was made in haste and that the punishment was disproportionate to the offense.

Many linguists have accepted and confirmed Caldwell's work but critics such as Charles E. Gover, author of The Folk Songs of South India, have disagreed with his findings.

Many in the Japanese military ( both Army and Navy ) had disagreed with Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's idea of attacking the U. S. Fleet at Pearl Harbor when it was first proposed in early 1941, and remained reluctant after the Navy approved planning and training for an attack beginning in spring 1941, and through the highest level Imperial Conferences in September and November which first approved it as policy ( allocation of resources, preparation for execution ), and then authorized the attack.

" Many analysts disagreed with his assessment, including Oliver Miles, a former British Ambassador to Libya.

Many in the crowd of 30, 000 disagreed with the decision and started chanting, " Floyd champ!

Many in the crowd disagreed with the decision and took exception to it being made by an umpire employed by the Englishmen.

Many in the Protestant Church of Ireland community also disagreed with the scheme, the Church of Ireland Gazette saw it as ‘ communist ’ interference in the family.

Many of those familiar with the subculture she described, including her own friends, disagreed with her portrayal of it ; Romaine Brooks called her " a digger-up of worms with the pretension of a distinguished archaeologist ".

Many disagreed with the new rulings.