Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [to-vb] [adj] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim of this study was to compare these 23 patients ( group A ) with 38 patients with sclerosing cholangitis free of calculi ( group B ) . |
| 2 | A small but at least regular amount of funding has also been allocated ; for example , the Pushkin Museum is to receive 200 million roubles . |
| 3 | Budapest city council is to spend 80 million forints this year phasing out the city 's 120,000 two-stroke cars and vans . |
| 4 | A major new initiative is to take twenty four nurses through a pilot course which could then be adopted throughout Britain . |
| 5 | For many fans their only chance of getting a coveted Wembley ticket was to collect all three vouchers and hope their numbers came out in a draw . |
| 6 | The object is to have all three cups facing upwards after three turns . |
| 7 | JAGUAR is to axe another 200 jobs days after launching a £2 million TV ad campaign . |
| 8 | The final thing is to twitch left 45 degrees at the chockstone at the bottom of the exit slot to complete an unaided descent . |
| 9 | The purpose of this research project is to investigate these two questions . |
| 10 | The National Westminster Bank is to axe four thousand jobs . |
| 11 | Barclays Bank is to cut five hundred jobs . |
| 12 | Lloyds Bank is to cut three thousand jobs . |
| 13 | Its worldwide sale was to reach twenty million copies . |
| 14 | The trick is to get all three ingredients to come together in a smooth and easy symmetry . |
| 15 | At its most basic , that vital component is to confront all three problems together : simple , even self-evident , and yet so often ignored in a construction climate where the all-powerful big developers tend to be more interested in low-cost employment than low-cost housing and both central and local government treat each problem in not-so-splendid isolation . |
| 16 | The design of the new syllabus and the programme of materials production was to reflect these three categories . |
| 17 | It was 1949 before the authorities got around to this trivial matter and their solution was to slap another seven years on the original 18 . |