Example sentences of "same number of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paykel ( 1979 ) describes his research in New Haven in which the life experiences of 185 depressed patients receiving hospital treatment were compared with the experiences of a random sample of the same number of adults in the general population over a six month period . |
| 2 | A number of other areas of the curriculum — art and craft , PE , music , CDT , computers , dance and so on — were given comparatively little time , amounting to the same number of teacher-days between them as were spent on science alone . |
| 3 | Helen ( 3.10 ) had built two towers of blocks , each containing the same number of blocks of equal size . |
| 4 | Although some children may be capable of finding there are the same number of things in two sets ( by matching ) , they may not be at all sure there are still the same number of the objects if one of the sets is differently arranged . |
| 5 | It always takes up the same number of positions in the file name , and that 's useful as you shall see . |
| 6 | Or it may be the elementary idea of putting the same number of matches into a matchbox ( it used to be 50 ) . |
| 7 | An individual finding a tangency on the segment 12 of the ‘ kinked ’ budget constraint would choose the same number of hours of work if she faced the linear budget constraint Y 1 125 . |
| 8 | With sufficient manipulation of the rota , it would be possible to arrange for the work-force to have been working for the same number of hours at different times of the day — condition ( 2 ) . |
| 9 | It might be thought that this was an essential part of the cuckoo 's deception — that by leaving the same number of eggs in the nest , the cuckoo might fool the host bird into thinking that nothing had happened . |
| 10 | As with all my ablutions , the shave follows a definite and predetermined pattern ; I take the same number of strokes of the same length in the same sequence each morning . |
| 11 | Isotopes of an element have the same number of protons in the nucleus — and hence the same chemical properties — but different numbers of neutrons , and thus have slightly different masses . |
| 12 | Remarkably , most animals that reach old age have each had , on average , the same number of heartbeats in their life . |
| 13 | The requirements upon issue are : ( 1 ) filing by the applicant of the originating application ( N312 ) , a copy of each named respondent and two further copies ; ( 2 ) an affidavit in support with the same number of copies for service ; the affidavit should state : ( a ) the applicant 's interest in the land ; ( b ) the circumstances in which the land has been occupied without licence or consent and in which his claim to possession arises ; and ( c ) if it be that the name of any person occupying the land is not stated in the originating application , that the applicant does not know the name of such person . |
| 14 | When interlining curtains , you will need the same number of widths of fabric as your outer curtain , but no allowance for patterns , hems or headings is necessary . |
| 15 | Cut out the same number of widths of interlining to the finished curtain length . |
| 16 | When two accents differ from each other only phonetically , we find the same number of phonemes in both accents , but some or all of the phonemes are realised differently . |
| 17 | Men and women have the same number of hairs on their face — 15,000 ! |
| 18 | The concept of equality of outcomes does not mean that each person obtains the same number of marks in the same number of examinations , but that a representative individual of any group has the same probability of success as a representative individual of any other group . |
| 19 | As I understand it the Cleveland structure plan proposes the same number of dwellings for erm its next period which happens to be fourteen years , as it did for the last fourteen of the of the previous structure plan , fifteen thousand seven hundred . |
| 20 | Raglan seams can be designed with the same number of rows on both the armholes and body pieces if required ( so that patterns , stripes , decorative decreasings and so on , will match up at the seams ) , although a certain amount of trial and error with various measurements is necessary to achieve this . |
| 21 | the vertical 250 squares DO NOT represent the same number of rows of knitting . |
| 22 | You will knit the same number of rows in all as when decreasing every alternate row , you just have to be careful to match all sides exactly and end neatly at the top . |
| 23 | The child can then put the same number of candles on it as his years , perhaps putting ‘ how many for last year ? ’ , ‘ four ’ and then one more for his ‘ fifth ’ birthday . |
| 24 | Has it got the same number of petals on it ? |
| 25 | A When using an ‘ every needle rib ’ set up ( same number of needles on main bed as on ribber ) then really , to be kind to your machine , a three-ply is about as thick as you should go . |
| 26 | You know so make sure the units are the same and the scale is the same so you 're using the same number of squares for each one . |
| 27 | Now you 'll see that there are almost the same number of slots in in each . |
| 28 | Neither did the very many railwaymen who were concerned with passengers , nor , since the canal companies did not usually operate as carriers , did they employ anything like the same number of men in handling freight . |
| 29 | For the rest Alliance retained the same number of seats with two changes within their number , and SDLP lost two seats . |
| 30 | In 1993 Nissan 's factory at Washington , Tyne and Wear , will produce the same number of cars with a total workforce , including white-collar , managerial and support staff of 3,800 . |