Example sentences of "number of [noun pl] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The total number of discs will give you the total number of different people who have attended church that day . |
| 2 | Volunteers working the night-time shift know the number of calls will increase as darkness falls . |
| 3 | In a hyperbolic plane an unlimited number of lines can pass through the point and not meet the given line . |
| 4 | Although the number of births might fall , there was throughout this period an excess of births over deaths — and , indeed , an excess over deaths plus the loss by emigration . |
| 5 | Even in the third quarter , he says things will be pretty tight and a number of accounts will have to wait before they get them on their desk tops . |
| 6 | the amount of training a system has received , both absolutely and in terms of the number of writers will influence its success ; |
| 7 | A number of criteria would relate to that and we we simply , it is n't appropriate I know , sir , to go into the detail of that , but I I postulate briefly certain questions . |
| 8 | There are occasions when teachers would want detailed feedback for diagnostic purposes or to evaluate their teaching , but an assessment scheme which is tightly based on a large number of criteria would compel teachers to work to them even when it might not be appropriate to do so . |
| 9 | The number of deals will grow as the finance ministry eases restrictions on raising capital offshore . |
| 10 | Defeated presidential candidates who won at least 1 per cent of the total vote were entitled to an extra seat for their party in the National Assembly so that the final overall number of deputies could exceed 90 . |
| 11 | The organisers were disappointed with the total submission figures , however a number of males may have chosen not to submit : the proportion of males decreased and therefore another form of selection occurred even before the formal process . |
| 12 | At the end of their first or second year , a limited number of students may transfer to this degree course from the BTEC HND in Computer Studies ( Code JN 1210 ) ( see page 165 ) , on the basis of academic performance and after completion of some additional work during the long vacation . |
| 13 | At the end of their first or second year , a limited number of students may transfer to this degree course from the BTEC HND in Computer Studies ( code JN 1210 ) ( see page 166 ) , on the basis of academic performance . |
| 14 | A number of students may opt instead to spend this term at one of the following European universities — Amsterdam , Ghent , Autonomous University of Barcelona , as part of an ERASMUS exchange project . |
| 15 | The differences between reading experiences are often perceived as being fuzzy , and so a more realistic representation of a greater number of texts would have loci at points within and between the nine prototypical nodes . |
| 16 | Within this very general framework a number of variations may occur though the range of possibilities is not really very great . |
| 17 | A number of things might have happened underground . |
| 18 | Any number of things can create your buzz — a much touted line of original band T-shirts , well-attended ‘ happening ’ gigs , or something as basic as an unusual band name . |
| 19 | Any number of things can stir your interest in a particular area — a magazine article , a TV programme , a friend 's enthusiasm , you name it . |
| 20 | At the end of which a number of things can happen . |
| 21 | Typical rack lengths are between 100 and 200 metres and number of aisles can vary from as little as 2 to as many as 30 . |
| 22 | A gable roof is implied by such an arrangement and the number of posts may relate to the presence or absence of vertical side-walls as much as to the size and weight of the roof ( Figure 2.2 ) . |
| 23 | At the simplest level , it can be argued that the concentration of growth in a small number of settlements will ease pressure on , and help to preserve , the remainder of the countryside . |
| 24 | For example , if after every 3 phonemes there are on average seven hypotheses of equal probability , the number of paths will exceed 5 million in an utterance of 27 phonemes . |
| 25 | However , the grammar must be able to correctly distinguish word hypotheses or the number of paths will grow exponentially . |
| 26 | A number of studies will involve children aged between 10 and 12 working with Logo which will provide feedback in different ways . |
| 27 | Erection will be undertaken ‘ somewhere within the UK ’ although , in order to qualify EC grants , a number of components may require manufacture elsewhere . |
| 28 | He will obviously not want to be caught , and when he is , any number of problems may become apparent . |
| 29 | in in coming to grips with this issue we have realised how particular they are met er and a number of members will prevent from getting to that meeting to put their views on the table and for this reason er they decided to defer that . |
| 30 | A number of motives may lead people into taking up EFL . |