Example sentences of "number [prep] [noun] be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The greatest number of forms is to be found in the group loosely called the Japanese type , Acer palmatum . |
| 2 | In order to effect these objectives a number of changes were to be made in the provision and funding of social care . |
| 3 | The Market on Saturday evenings provided much entertainment as always a number of cheapjacks were to be found selling all sorts of items . |
| 4 | Continuous running is only of benefit where a large number of modules are to be transferred to offline storage or where much hard copy has already been done , and many module versions can be nominated or deleted . |
| 5 | Even if the number of households were to be suddenly increased , if , for example , all households consisting of more than one family were to split into single-family households , there would apparently still be a crude surplus of dwellings . |
| 6 | The response to the dilemma by a growing number of schools is to completely abandon the sale of food at breaks and to look to other means to generate funds . |
| 7 | When a number of items are to be cleaned those which present difficulties are soaked , rather than worked upon immediately , and tackled when the easier items are finished . |
| 8 | They could clearly be smaller if the number of MPs were to be increased , although West Germany manages very well with electorates averaging in 1987 some 183,000 . |
| 9 | The number of foresters was to be limited under the supervision of the regarders : no warden or local Forest officer was to hold pleas of the forest , which were reserved for the Forest Eyre . |
| 10 | A : Journalists always make the assumption that to be married for a number of years is to be happily married for those years . |
| 11 | The World Cup Committee adhered strictly to the letter of their own rain-laws that ‘ in matches where play is interrupted or delayed the number of overs are to be rearranged so that both teams have the opportunity of batting for a minimum of 15 overs ( 25 overs in the semi-finals and finals ) according to the number of overs calculated on a basis of an average rate of 14 overs per hour . ’ |
| 12 | Firms within enterprise zones were also exempt from industrial training-board levies — hardly a massive concession , since the number of boards was to be substantially reduced throughout the 1980s . |
| 13 | Large numbers of calculations are to be done , so that the design aim is to choose a word size which gives suitable precision , and to do all arithmetic in the most efficient way , using fixed or floating.point binary format . |
| 14 | Optical disks would be essential , and if large numbers of images are to be searched simultaneously , disk changers ( juke-box systems ) will be necessary . |
| 15 | If large numbers of animals are to be killed a euthanasia chamber can be used consisting of a container linked to a cylinder of carbon dioxide . |