Example sentences of "number [prep] [noun] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hold up to needles to estimate number of stitches required then deduct two at each end . |
| 2 | After matching the tension , the garments in the original and substitute yarns would have much the same number of stitches knitted throughout and therefore need much the same yarn length . |
| 3 | After matching the tension , the garment in the original and substitute yarns would have much the same number of stitches knitted throughout and therefore need much the same yarn length . |
| 4 | Behind the major properties were a number of cottages huddled together in yards or strung out along the lanes . |
| 5 | It is said that initially it consisted of a small number of ex-convicts brought together and controlled by British intelligence . |
| 6 | A number of improvements have recently been introduced to FAC complaints procedures , including : |
| 7 | On the day of a Council meeting which I attend , the number of calls increases substantially . |
| 8 | Indeed , some main roads represent corridors of distribution ; objects like pottery are found along them and for a distance on either side , but the number of object-discoveries diminishes rapidly beyond a certain distance from the road . |
| 9 | The number of lorries weighing over 10 tonnes unladen shot up by 230 per cent . |
| 10 | The notion that an enzyme might exist in a number of forms decided purely on probability is anathema to many scientists . |
| 11 | The number of births had simply decreased and the great cities began to empty . |
| 12 | A number of contingencies discussed below are illustrative and not exhaustive . |
| 13 | This entailed the loss of about 3,000 posts with some universities shedding 25 per cent of their staff ; some departments were closed and a number of institutions came close to bankruptcy . |
| 14 | The number of accounts faltered slightly after the crash , and appear to have settled at around 4.8 million . |
| 15 | A number of writers have recently argued very strongly that the latter is more corrosive to social life . |
| 16 | El País of Jan. 19 noted that there had recently been a number of scandals involving allegedly corrupt officials from various political parties in central and local government . |
| 17 | The number of teams doubled again — as did the money raised — the third year it was held . |
| 18 | Straight after the event a number of teams came forward offering materials to assist in the construction of a new raft . |
| 19 | Debate in the Supreme Soviet began on Sept. 17 , with a view to taking a final vote on Sept. 21 , but in the event the vote had to be abandoned for lack of a quorum , a number of deputies having apparently boycotted the session deliberately in order to force a postponement . |
| 20 | By relaxing the restriction , we are now allowing any number of genes to mutate simultaneously , and they can add any number , positive or negative , to their current value . |
| 21 | A number of programs followed rapidly in PageMaker 's footprints but none of those launched for the Macintosh has ever come close to either challenging PageMaker 's lead or to matching its intuitive user interface . |
| 22 | I am sorry to see the number of subscribers fall so vastly short of what appeared to the other volume . |
| 23 | Although new firms continue to enter the market , most commentators expect the total number of GEMMs to decline further . |
| 24 | Fourth , and in some places a reversal of the previous trend , the number of hedgerow trees had either declined less rapidly or even started to increase ( apart from major losses due to Dutch Elm disease as in Warwickshire ) , and in particular the number of saplings had markedly increased . |
| 25 | A number of employers have already given their seal of approval to a range of SCOTVEC module groupings , and more recognitions are in the pipeline . |
| 26 | The number of sheep fell slightly , the first fall for many years . |
| 27 | The laser printer can be linked to a large number of terminals working independently , which maximises its usefulness . |
| 28 | A major life-extension programme was carried out on nearly half the Class 37 fleet , with a number of variants designed specifically for freight haulage and expected to survive into the next century . |
| 29 | There have been a number of attempts to establish empirically whether any general conclusions can be drawn on the extent of welfare losses throughout the economy due to the presence of monopoly . |
| 30 | Not only trees but almost all groups of animals and plants exhibit their greatest variety in the tropics in terms of the number of species recorded there . |