Example sentences of "[art] number of [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The existing stone walling was retained and the original massiveness of the east elevation was preserved and even emphasised by retaining the high level ventilation slits and minimising the number of new windows on this sunless side . |
| 2 | If the by-election results were repeated throughout the district , the number of Labour councillors on Wear Valley Council would be reduced from eight to four with the Liberals increasing from 28 to 32 scarcely a reason for rejoicing in the Labour ranks . |
| 3 | Twice the number of indecent assault on females were noted in the local newspapers , but this still remains a disproportionately small proportion of the total number of such offences . |
| 4 | Yorkshire 's decision to opt for Sachin was an inevitable product of the school of thinking which seeks to limit the number of first-class cricketers on its committee . |
| 5 | There has been a rapid increase in the number of young people on training schemes organized by the Manpower Services Commission ( see also chapter 2 , section 2.8 , and chapter 8 , section 8.3 ) . |
| 6 | This is a very valuable function , considering the number of uninsured motorists on our roads . |
| 7 | Even though the London TOM has expanded greatly , the number of different securities on which options are written is still a very small proportion of the total number of securities in existence . |
| 8 | Although the number of fatal accidents on farms has fallen to about 60 a year , Carl Boswell , the Health and Safety Executive 's chief agricultural inspector , says it is proving very difficult to cut the tally further . |
| 9 | Fortunately , our railways remain one of the safest means of transport and I am sure that the whole House welcomes the fact that the number of significant accidents on the railways is now the lowest on record . |
| 10 | The coining of the term ‘ cardboard city ’ reflects the public consciousness of the visible increase in the number of homeless people on our cities ' streets . |
| 11 | As the Polish-Russian grain and timber was diverted away from Danzig , the number of Polish bankruptcies grew and the number of Polish estates on the market climbed steadily . |
| 12 | Why , therefore , does he continue his nuclear fatalism through his pursuit of the Trident programme , which increases the number of nuclear warheads on Polaris from 192 to 512 ? |
| 13 | However , it is already clear that they are a real success , with enhanced scrutiny , better debate and , perhaps most noticeable , a reduction in the number of late-night debates on the Floor of the House . |
| 14 | If not evident by the number of red spots on the exhibition sale list , or the latest book of illustrations , questions are often asked as to how the artist is surviving . |
| 15 | The number of Scottish children on income support has increased by 122 per cent over the last decade . |
| 16 | The need for the recommendation of a high-ranking scholar provided a control on the quality of the intake-as long , of course , as the scholar were reasonably honest-while the quantity could be controlled by altering a number of factors , for example , the period at which the regular investiture took place , the number of ceremonial occasions on which special investitures might occur or the number of students the holder of any given office might invest as Interesting , though extremely belated , attempts to control both the quality and the quantity of are represented by two decrees of the year 1715 , by which time the system had very nearly completely broken down . |
| 17 | Because of the very seasonal nature of the demand for EFL courses in this country ( overwhelmingly concentrated in the summer months ) , the number of permanent jobs on offer is relatively small and competition is fierce . |
| 18 | Plus points were the number of little extras on an apparently simple machine — shaped handle and height adjustment being particularly worthwhile . |
| 19 | A number of possible influences on control and methods for measuring each were identified ( table I ) . |
| 20 | There is a number of general commentaries on key settlements , but few detailed analyses of how effectively these policies have been implemented . |
| 21 | The idea is that there was a swing in attitudes among rank and file unionists away from an acceptance of a number of necessary constraints on wage increases — an attitude strongly influenced by pre-war experience of high unemployment and postwar economic control — to rising expectations of wage increases as part and parcel of the much vaunted ethos of high and sustainable economic growth . |
| 22 | The final report will describe the context of student attitudes and opinions within which expansion must take place and will make a number of specific recommendations on action to be taken by departments of Arabic . |
| 23 | Readers are directed to a number of standard texts on the subject ( Hudson 1971 ; FAO 1977a ; Morgan 1979 ; Webster & Wilson 1980 ) . |
| 24 | Many image-processing computer systems can perform a number of straightforward operations on the displayed image . |
| 25 | ‘ Race ’ became established as a sensationalist issue in print journalism in 1958 , after a number of violent attacks on Black communities in Nottingham and Notting Hill , which were subsequently characterised as ‘ race riots ’ . |
| 26 | They believe he may be the same man who made a number of violent attacks on prostitutes in Warrington and Crewe . |
| 27 | For this he paid ten pence a year at Michaelmas and performed a number of other duties on the lord 's land and paid tithes to the church . |
| 28 | Elections were held for a number of other posts on Sept. 23-24 . |
| 29 | Differently-priced packages offer different features , for example , the ability to copy in a number of other people on the same transmission . |
| 30 | Major J. W. Pringle reported that he had examined the car and found that the body had separated from the truck and there were a number of deep chips on the outside edges of the tyres of the wheels . |