Example sentences of "[n mass] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last week , a mob of 100 fishermen went on the rampage at Peterhead and destroyed the £200,000 cargo of frozen cod due to be landed by the Russian trawler , Romb . |
| 2 | The Naval shift of emphasis to limited war capabilities was strongly supported by the General Staff , who doubted whether the degree of strategic mobility , upon which Sandys was banking to reduce overseas garrisons , would be practicable with the transport aircraft likely to be available in the foreseeable future . |
| 3 | If you need a rule of thumb , any item which is common or plentiful is 90% likely to be here ; any item which is average or scarce is 70% likely to be here ; anything else is 20% likely to be here . |
| 4 | Whether they will feel as enthusiastic after being deluged for three weeks with the results of the £30m-plus likely to be spent by the main parties is more questionable . |
| 5 | The third chest has a slightly decayed , but permanent , Magic Lock on it , such that an attempt at mechanical lock-picking is only 50% likely to be successful even if the lock-picker makes his Dex test to pick the lock . |
| 6 | If you need a rule of thumb , any item which is common or plentiful is 90% likely to be here ; any item which is average or scarce is 70% likely to be here ; anything else is 20% likely to be here . |
| 7 | early adopters — the next 13.5% ; these people are critical in the process , since they tend to be influential , and are the people willing to be influenced by external information ( such as advertising ) . |
| 8 | Soon after the verdict , lawyers confident of a similar outcome in the British courts advertised for people willing to be test cases here . |
| 9 | After a reasonable period of time ( for example , two years ) there should be a review of the position to determine whether the mobility clause needs to be retained in the contract of employment if it was found that the need for mobility was being met by a sufficiently large group of staff willing to be mobile . |
| 10 | The assessment would have taken account of the skills necessary to provide patient care and therefore indicate the grades of staff likely to be required . |
| 11 | In addition to the structure I have also provisionally examined the numbers of staff likely to be needed for Council Tax purposes having regard to experiences of Poll Tax over recent years . |
| 12 | There will be a lot of people glad to be back at work today . |
| 13 | In the evidence presented by Qureshi and Simons ( 1987 ) and also by Ungerson ( 1987 ) on who cares for elderly people , daughters-in-law ranked above sons as people likely to be providing such care . |
| 14 | These arguments for studying social policy have been addressed to people likely to be employed in the social services . |
| 15 | The trials of the Birmingham Six and the Guildford Four , provide damning evidence of the state 's corrupt disregard for the rights of innocent people unfortunate to be caught in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong kind of Irish accent . |
| 16 | It could be that support from the 13 Ulster Unionist MPs likely to be elected on Thursday would be enough to see Mr Major home . |
| 17 | It was an emotional occasion for all deaf people privileged to be present . |
| 18 | If you need a rule of thumb , any item which is common or plentiful is 90% likely to be here ; any item which is average or scarce is 70% likely to be here ; anything else is 20% likely to be here . |
| 19 | But this is the first time they have attacked by the very people supposed to be the most enthusiastic about them . |
| 20 | The day ended with the exhausted staff pleased to be going home — but well satisfied with the £150 they had collected . |
| 21 | Projects which appeal most to the public are by no means certain to be the most scientifically pressing and vice versa . |
| 22 | And , although it is to be officially unveiled next month , there is already a waiting list of local people eager to be treated with it . |
| 23 | IBM said that the cost of the actions will be approximately $2,100m net , on top of the $2,100m that it will take to cover the cost of the voluntary redundancies , the $4,200m total to be offset by adoption of Financial Accounting Standard 109(a) , which will allow the company to write back to the profit and loss account about $1,900m in money set aside for deferred taxes . |
| 24 | Are biographical works likely to be more reliable ? |
| 25 | Another species likely to be found in the North Atlantic is O. hystrix Lyman , 1878 , found off Havana , Cuba . |
| 26 | The closures will also allow £483,000 extra to be spent on the region 's remaining ten centres . |
| 27 | But although Paul has been a guest on television shows such as the Hot Chefs and Master Chef , ‘ Gourmet Ireland ’ — a 15 part series due to be screened throughout the UK next year — offered the husband and wife team a new presenters ' role . |