Example sentences of "[num] [n mass] be [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In February 1992 the government had introduced minimal safety-net welfare payments , for which some 7,400,000 people were estimated to be eligible . |
| 2 | Fleshy fruits , including figs are taken and over 100 species are known to be dispersed in this way . |
| 3 | On Aug. 15 a UN flight left Nairobi , carrying high-protein biscuits to Baidoa , where some 500-700 people were estimated to be dying daily . |
| 4 | Altogether around 7,000 people are expected to be helped in locations as diverse as the inner cities to villages . |
| 5 | Two days later , fifteen MPs were nominated to be members of the Committee . |
| 6 | A uni-processor design , with a peak of 150 MIPS is said to be scalable to 300 MIPS ‘ over time . ’ |
| 7 | One hundred and twenty people are thought to be dead and more than fifty are injured in what 's thought to be China 's worst air disaster . |
| 8 | Patients with stones of any composition , size and number contained in a thin walled gall bladder with a fasting volume greater than 15 ml were found to be suitable for percutaneous cholecystolithotomy . |
| 9 | Between three and five hundred people are believed to be in detention solely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression , association or assembly or their right to leave the country . |
| 10 | At least 200 people were believed to be missing after a mudslide on Feb. 27 , 1990 , buried the village of San Miguel de Río Mayo in the northern jungle , 800 km north of Lima , following heavy rains . |
| 11 | In ten years time , more than 600 million people are expected to be severely undernourished . |
| 12 | In just over an hour 's time up to twenty million people are expected to be watching one television programme — the final episode of Inspector Morse . |
| 13 | Although around one million people were estimated to be caring for at least 35 hours a week , only 109,000 received ICA in December 1989 . |
| 14 | So the two works are said to be both like one another and unlike . |