Example sentences of "[det] [conj] [adv] [art] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | A task force set up two years ago to raise extra money from international business has enabled it to more than double the number of support staff to five ( last year it raised £300,000 ) . |
| 2 | They comprise some 21 per cent of rural housing stock on average , and Shucksmith ( 1981 ) indicates that , during 1968–73 in England and Wales there were usually more than double the number of local authority houses being built per 1,000 population in urban than in rural districts . |
| 3 | The total so far this year is 53,000 — more than double the number during the same period in 1991 . |
| 4 | With the obligatory ‘ W ’ across its malformed chest , the tousle-headed little aberration appears in the latest set of increasingly hep ‘ Be more than just a number ’ ads , |
| 5 | Unemployment has fallen by 70 per cent since the mid-eighties in Telford but it 's about more than just the number of jobs , it 's the quality of jobs , the skills that erm are offered in terms of the training that 's available in the area , and the whole atmosphere of the town has been completely transformed by moving from an older and established industrial climate to one that encompasses a wide range of modern and high tech industries . |