Example sentences of "number [prep] [noun pl] be in " in BNC.
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1 | But I think that has now been tightened up and indeed the log of which I speak , and the audit manual has indeed increased the awareness of officers , increased their care in the handling of personal data , and the number of complaints is in fact reducing . |
2 | ISDN services outside the UK are available in Australia , Belgium , France , Germany , Japan , Holland , Sweden , Switzerland , and the US , where the largest number of connections are in place . |
3 | In some animals , a high proportion of the total number of genes is in fact never read . |
4 | good , er I think that 's right , in fact erm a large number of brochures were in fact on our list of documents |
5 | A number of papers are in preparation , including one to be presented by invitation of the American Statistical Association . |
6 | A far larger number of sets were in use than licence figures would suggest , but during and especially at the outset of the campaign for independence the number of newspaper readers exceeded that of radio listeners . |
7 | The number of responses is in itself a clear indication of the interest the Green Paper has aroused and the importance of the issues it has raised . |
8 | The benefits of this route could be substantial : about half of the Currie High roll comes from the Baberton and Juniper Green area , and when I carried out a survey , among parents , of travel to the school from these areas last year , a substantial number of families were in favour of opening up this path . |
9 | As Collier put it : " The greatest number of families were in a better economic position after the introduction of the factory system because of the increased earnings of women and children . " |
10 | Where the locality was suitable or where a number of mills were in close proximity to one another ( such as the Hicks/Hooper empire at Eastington ) it was still possible for a number of separate mills to be run together . |
11 | The most marked change however which is obviously connected with the smaller number of candidates is in the number of lost deposits which were only 35 against 64 . |
12 | This was made possible , in part , by the adoption by the Region of a written policy on closures stressing the desirability of only closing schools on educational grounds , provided that a minimum number of pupils was in attendance . |