Example sentences of "thousands of [noun pl] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each has been the victim of the recession , the debenture memberships of several thousands of pounds being beyond the pocket of most golfers . |
| 2 | Thousands of beehives are at risk after a deadly parasite was found in more colonies , experts warned yesterday . |
| 3 | Thousands of birds are under threat because of a delay in designating a proposed site in the Peak District as an Environmentally Sensitive Area ( ESA ) . |
| 4 | This is considerably less than the numbers found in the animal equivalent , sarcoptic mange , where literally thousands of mites are to be found . |
| 5 | THOUSANDS of leaflets are to be distributed among employees across the Group to raise the profile of the Heartwatch scheme . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Thousands of cars are to be lost as the Ford Motor Company extends its short-time working policy into October . |
| 8 | Because of the haphazard way infertility is managed , thousands of couples are in a similar situation . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | THOUSANDS of jobs are at risk as the Tories ‘ sleepwalk ’ their way through Britain 's crippling economic crisis , Labour warned yesterday . |
| 11 | CIVIL service unions in Wales fear thousands of jobs are in jeopardy from Government plans to contract out services . |