Example sentences of "number of [noun] to [noun] " 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 | A number of entrants to production and progress departments are promoted from humbler positions like messenger boys . |
| 5 | This award , under the Franco-British ( ESRC/CNRS ) exchange scheme , funded a number of visits to France to carry out collaborative research with colleagues of the Institut National de la Sante et Recherche Medicale , France . |
| 6 | I am aware , from a number of visits to Scotland , of the fine museums and galleries in both Edinburgh and Glasgow . |
| 7 | Er Trading Standards Officers have been helping the police have made a large number of visits to sales in recent months targetting those where we know or suspect there will be concentration of counterfeiter goods and these stolen items we 've been taking and seizing items , we 've been making inspections and er we will also be distributing some leaflets to try and advise people of some of the risks and dangers that face them at this sort of event . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He said it had to be seen in the context of the UK 's £25billion a year deficit on trade in manufactured goods , a 22 per cent fall in enrolment for engineering courses since 1985 and the forecast decrease in the number of 16- to 24-year-olds by the mid-1990's . |
| 12 | He said it had to be seen in the context of the UK 's £25billion a year deficit on trade in manufactured goods , a 22 per cent fall in enrolment for engineering courses since 1985 and the forecast decrease in the number of 16- to 24-year-olds by the mid-1990's . |
| 13 | The distinctive area of the single television play has produced a surprising number of allusions to homosexuality . |
| 14 | Councillor Ian MacDonald and former Councillor Spencer Rosie made a number of requests to officials for copies of the document . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I wrote a number of letters to Labour 's spokesman on such matters , asking him to clarify Labour 's spending pledges . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He attributed earlier failures to inadequate intelligence and sent a number of agents to England , including an engineer skilled in map-making , Captain Louis de la Rozière , who was installed , supposedly as a diplomat , in London . |
| 20 | With transactions data the possibility exists of shortening the time period used ( to hours , say ) , and measuring maturity by the number of hours to delivery . |
| 21 | Two sets of regulations have been laid before Parliament which make a number of changes to Income Support , Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit . |
| 22 | Friday 's meeting , to be held at Walsall 's Bescot stadium , will also discuss a number of changes to League rules . |
| 23 | A disposal assignment may involve a considerable number of approaches to entities which have no previous association with KPMG . |
| 24 | Religion : under communist regime officially atheism ; large but undetermined number of adherents to Islam . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | This included a number of payments to men and women for various services rendered but who were not in every case employees as such . |
| 27 | In the next issue , we will publish a number of responses to Eric Hobsbawm 's article . |
| 28 | As we shall see , this is a danger with a number of responses to Gettier . |
| 29 | Obviously it is strangers to the area who are misled by this sign but we do have a large number of visitors to Scorton who enjoy walking the paths . |
| 30 | You may be interested to know that in January 1993 , the total number of visitors to Winfrith Technology Centre was 1821 . |