Example sentences of "[art] number of [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 61 | Pain and pan : The tranquillity of Provence has been disturbed by the War of the Bakers NATASHA STEWART Rippling torsos sell everything from ice-cream to watches , while beefcake bimbos like the Chippendales have helped to swell the number of regular weight-trainers to 500,000 as they twitch their biceps around the world . |
| 62 | Rippling torsos sell everything from ice-cream to watches , while beefcake bimbos like the Chippendales have helped to swell the number of regular weight-trainers to 500,000 as they twitch their biceps around the world . |
| 63 | It would be rather pointless , for example , to count the number of nouns per sentence , or the number of intransitive verbs per noun : these frequencies would be difficult to interpret , because the result would be affected by independent variables , namely the length of sentences , and the frequency of nouns respectively . |
| 64 | The number of DP thymocytes was calculated by multiplying the number of total thymocytes with the percentage of DP thymocytes . |
| 65 | The average number of total thymocytes of these littermates was given the value of 100% , and the number of total thymocytes in individual mutant mice was converted into a percentage . |
| 66 | They were joined by up to a dozen others by the end of the decade but , since the records do not give a clear indication of how far treatment was effective , there can be no precise figure for the number of serious cases at any one time . |
| 67 | Because of these uncertainties the appropriate time for selecting the multiplier is at the time of death and the number of pre-trial years for which special damages are awarded should then be deducted from the multiplier ( Graham v Dodds [ 1983 ] 1 WLR 808 ) . |
| 68 | It says that in the fourth quarter of 1991 , there was a threefold increase in the number of stolen cars in the second hand market compared with a year earlier . |
| 69 | So far , with the number of Japanese-speaking graduates in the UK scarcely being measured in three figures , any reciprocal learning will depend mainly on what Japanese companies choose to make available . |
| 70 | To conclude this argument , the maximum amount of luck that we are allowed to assume , before we reject a particular theory of the origin of life , has odds of one in N , where N is the number of suitable planets in the universe . |
| 71 | There is a high correlation between the number of pages , number of days and the number of overall reports of particular cases , and these measures confirm the view that some cases predominate in the newspapers . |
| 72 | The number of mitotic figures per section was determined by averaging the number of mitotic figures counted in five optic nerve sections per animal . |
| 73 | The CCPR ( cells/crypt/hour ) was determined by the slope of the regression line comparing the number of mitotic figures with time . |
| 74 | The number of mitotic cells per section was decreased by about 86% in TTX-treated rats compared to sham injected rats ( Fig. 2 a ) . |
| 75 | The number of intervening sentences in which the item was not mentioned is one obvious variable , but more interesting would be the effect of such discourse boundaries as a change of scene , where a whole set of items can be assumed to enter the consciousness of the addressee , presumably pushing out old ones . |
| 76 | Of more practical value is the use of a cytology brush , either percutaneously or endoscopically which greatly improves the number of viable cells for analysis and may be carried out without removal of the guide wire used for stent insertion . |
| 77 | This was assessed by two methods which measured the number of colonic cells in S phase of the growth cycle . |
| 78 | THE number of cheap-rate days for telephone users is to be cut from eight to five next year because not enough people took advantage of it , British Telecom announced yesterday . |
| 79 | ‘ That the Directors be and are hereby authorised to establish and to permit the Company 's subsidiaries to establish such employee share schemes as they consider appropriate for the participation therein of employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries who are resident or working overseas , and from time to time to make to permit the making of such alterations thereto as they consider necessary or appropriate provided always that the terms of such schemes shall , as far as is appropriate having regard to local circumstances and local taxation consideration , be similar to those of the Dawson International Savings Related Share Option Scheme and that the overall limits on the number of Ordinary Shares in the Company which may be subscribed for under all the Company 's employee share schemes shall not be increased thereby and that Ordinary Shares which may be subscribed for under such overseas schemes shall count towards such limits . ’ |
| 80 | Since the ratings for the number of fixed objects in a film are not related to actual recognition sensitivity it seems likely that this information is not assisting subjects in the recognition phase . |
| 81 | Therefore there has been a proportionate increase in the number of Administrative Assistants with a comparable reduction in the Clericals who would be carrying out more routine clerical duties under the Administrative Assistant 's direction . |
| 82 | On May 14 , 1990 , the defence and foreign affairs committees of the Sejm resolved that the number of Soviet troops in Poland should be reduced from the current 28,000 to 5,000 and demanded an end to their location in the country at low cost [ see also p. 37258 ] . |
| 83 | Today 's case brings the number of successful prosecutions in the Thames region to thirty four since the N R A was formed last year . |
| 84 | There should be more co-ordination of the work of the GCE examining boards , with more uniform standards of marking , a reduction in the number of separate syllabuses in each subject and a compulsory core common to the remaining syllabuses . |
| 85 | And the longer the situation continues and the greater the number of vain attempts at dealing with it , the more stupid they feel . |
| 86 | Nickell ( 1985 ) demonstrates that such behaviour can give rise to an error-correction specification ; it is also shown that the number of lagged values of that enter the estimated model is directly dependent upon the nature of the process generating s* |
| 87 | However , the number of individual responses in each category was low . |
| 88 | Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke wants a drastic reduction in the number of individual forces in England and Wales . |
| 89 | Data were reported as primary vitrinite population mean values for each sample with the number of individual determinations per sample depth ranging from two to 54 ; full tabulated data are presented in the RRI/ERC Report . |
| 90 | Immediately following the 1980 Pliatzky Report the government decided to reduce : a ) the number of executive bodies by thirty ; b ) the number of advisory bodies by 211 ; c ) the number of individual tribunals by six . |