Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [noun] be [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HUNDREDS of jobs are to be lost at a North West chemical firm . |
| 2 | A bribe of many millions of dollars was to be paid for a hostage , Peter Kilburn , by giving the captors a suitcase full of chemically treated bills ; after a few days , the bills would moulder away . |
| 3 | This is considerably less than the numbers found in the animal equivalent , sarcoptic mange , where literally thousands of mites are to be found . |
| 4 | THOUSANDS of leaflets are to be distributed among employees across the Group to raise the profile of the Heartwatch scheme . |
| 5 | By the time the order to push forward was given , Turkish forces had moved up ; and here also thousands of lives were to be lost to gain positions which had , in effect , already been won . |
| 6 | In the coming witch-hunt thousands of people were to be deprived of their livelihood and reputation but , as we now know , the most serious spies went undetected . |
| 7 | Thousands of cars are to be lost as the Ford Motor Company extends its short-time working policy into October . |
| 8 | DOZENS of men are to be exposed as clients of vice girl Kathy Willets after a court ruled her little black book can be made public . |