Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] of [noun pl] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HUNDREDS of millions of pounds are at risk . |
| 2 | It is widely accepted that one of the main factors contributing to the relative decline and adverse trading position of the British economy is a shortfall of investment in private industry , and socialists can not afford to be indifferent to this since the employment prospects and livelihood of millions of workers are at stake . |
| 3 | Has she seen the Quakers report which states that tens of thousands of children are in jeopardy and thousands will die because of the lack of essential medicines ? |
| 4 | Almost all of the designated districts had declared at least one improvement area , and about one-quarter of declarations were in commercial or commercial/ industrial areas . |
| 5 | Over two-thirds of respondents were against a prohibition of the kind proposed in the paper , and a clear majority of local law societies were unsympathetic . |
| 6 | Not all of these charges may be taken as evidence of ‘ litigiousness ’ , for one-quarter to one-third of prosecutions were for regulatory offences , such as gambling and tax evasion , which were normally prosecuted by the police or other government agencies . |
| 7 | Their average earnings have stayed at two-thirds of men 's for the past decade , with employers segregating the sexes in job grades , said the commission . |