Example sentences of "number [prep] [noun pl] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this section we have seen that it is usually possible to reduce the number of accesses to synonyms by loading first the records most frequently accessed . |
| 2 | However , as figure 6.4 shows there was actually a small increase in the number of births to parents from social classes I and II over this period while births to parents in social classes III-V declined . |
| 3 | If it is assumed that the age structure of the inward flow and the outward flow is similar and that those who leave continue to reproduce at the same rate as those of a similar age who stay then an estimate of the number of births to women who leave can be made ( table ) . |
| 4 | Consequently , early in 1985 we made a number of visits to schools in order to interview non-respondents and to request them to fill in the questionnaire orally . |
| 5 | The Director-General made a number of visits to regions , branches , practices and local government offices , and spoke at meetings , conferences and dinners to members , clients and representatives of the construction industry and the public . |
| 6 | ECGD does not lend money to companies but does offer a number of schemes to banks to allow them to finance exports at interest rates which are often significantly below prevailing market rates . |
| 7 | Councillor Ian MacDonald and former Councillor Spencer Rosie made a number of requests to officials for copies of the document . |
| 8 | Other incidents , notably including kidnappings in Lebanon and the Lockerbie disaster in which a Pan Am airliner was destroyed in December 1988 , had also been attributed in a number of cases to groups based in or operating under the protection of Syria . |
| 9 | According to Ibn Hajar , Molla Fenari seems to have ignored a number of invitations to audiences with the sultan , but was finally present at an audience to celebrate the Prophet 's birthday , held , according to al-Makrizi , on Friday 7 Rabi " I. Molla Fenari , who was seated below the shaykh of the Mu'ayyadiyya , Ibn al-Dayri , took no part in the learned debate which occurred at that audience but was later present at a private audience with the sultan , when the two conversed . |
| 10 | In the future it is likely that an increasing number of services to schools will be contracted-out and any approach to whole-school planning must take this into account . |
| 11 | A disposal assignment may involve a considerable number of approaches to entities which have no previous association with KPMG . |
| 12 | One submission to BACS can initiate a number of payments to beneficiaries who then receive value two working days later , the same day that the company account is debited . |
| 13 | This included a number of payments to men and women for various services rendered but who were not in every case employees as such . |
| 14 | My Department offers a number of grants to farmers that encourage the adoption of environmentally sound practices . |
| 15 | You may define Greater York on a erm on a different basis u if you use for example as against number of trips to theatres . |
| 16 | I knew that we all had sold a fair number of tickets to friends , relatives , colleagues , in fact , anyone who would buy them , but it would n't be enough to fill one tier . |
| 17 | Schools ( perhaps excluding the new Technology Colleges ) should be judged according to academic criteria ; and these could be supplied , as they always have been , by the size of the sixth form and the number of entries to universities — that is , by A level results . |
| 18 | IMM offers a limited number of stands to publishers specialising in aspects of materials management ( logistics , stock control , warehousing etc ) . |
| 19 | This programme has been developed by Howard Dowding on behalf of The Infomatics Resource Centre and is based on seminars given over a number of years to managers and DP professionals . |
| 20 | If the situation is as the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish ( Mr. Bennett ) describes it , why has the number of applicants to advanced education increased and why does the number of admissions to universities and polytechnics show a substantial increase ? |
| 21 | There are a considerable number of references to solicitors in existing legislation and , when S.9 was brought into force , these references were applied to incorporated practices by the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practices Order . |
| 22 | However , a discount card would be easier to handle and the company is considering a number of alternatives to vouchers . |