Sentence:  While observing the operations of our Government in various parts of the world , I have felt that in <WSD>many</WSD> situations where our policies were good we have tended to ignore minor problems which spoiled our main effort . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number