Example sentences of "in the number [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two out of five ACET clients in Scotland are women and therefore we anticipate an increase in the number of children needing care . |
| 2 | The NEDC 's tourism and leisure industries sector group , which studied the issue of ‘ seasonality ’ , pointed out that Britain lagged behind most of Europe in the number of public holidays . |
| 3 | They were alarmed that the continuing growth in the number of foreign tourists could be jeopardised by an isolated serious incident . |
| 4 | Any sudden increase in the number of a particular pest , however , need immediate action . |
| 5 | The result has been a noticeable increase in the number of pilots who suddenly find themselves faced with a situation far beyond their control , usually a situation that they had not even considered at the start of the flight . |
| 6 | At a neurophysiological level , the intensity of an experience is typically reflected in the number of neurones activated ( the phenomenon of ‘ recruitment ’ ) and , more specifically , in the firing frequency of the relevant neurones . |
| 7 | There is also a growth in the number of commercial organisations offering information , services and activities . |
| 8 | Statistics for the years 1975 to 1987 show an 18 per cent drop in the number of visitors to the palaces , while the National Trust has seen a 48 per cent rise . |
| 9 | RESIGNATIONS of underwriting members from the Lloyd 's insurance market could top 2,000 by the end of this year , a new record in the number of departures from the market . |
| 10 | If the calls for change are allowed to build up peacefully in Leipzig , then there will clearly be an escalation in the number of those who press for change . |
| 11 | There was a 66 per cent increase in the numbers of applications made by litigants in person and a 20 per cent increase in the number of appeals . |
| 12 | The registry also reports an increase in the number of searches as people verify their situation in the light of tougher credit granting procedures , says chairman , Malcolm Hurlston . |
| 13 | They said 1990 would be fairly gloomy , with little increase in the number of houses being sold ( currently sales are running at about a third of the level of the last few years ) and no movement in prices throughout the UK . |
| 14 | One of the wards in Easton is ranked tenth highest in the number of households with use of only outside flush toilets out of the seventy wards which comprise the two district councils . |
| 15 | But within the first interpretation of the term , many authors have emphasized how the increase in the number of legal statutes makes the law impractical to apply in every case , so that Sheehe has calculated that only one offence in every 7,600 is detected ( see Dix and Layzell 1983 : 7 ) . |
| 16 | This has been replaced by an increase in the number of mortar shells exploding in the part of the orchard nearest to the road . |
| 17 | Television 's enormous shift of emphasis on to defence issues in the third week of the campaign correlated with a huge rise in the number of voters who saw defence as the Conservative Party 's main campaign theme , but with only a modest rise in the number of who wanted a defence debate . |
| 18 | Television 's enormous shift of emphasis on to defence issues in the third week of the campaign correlated with a huge rise in the number of voters who saw defence as the Conservative Party 's main campaign theme , but with only a modest rise in the number of who wanted a defence debate . |
| 19 | The year was a busy one for the residents with an increase in the number of outings , many in connection with the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain . |
| 20 | 1990 saw an increase in the number of Tribunal hearings when the Central and Area Headquarters ' representatives attended 127 Entitlement and 86 Assessment Appeals . |
| 21 | The reduction in the number of Cabinet meetings ( 45 — 50 per annum , about half of the post-war norm ) , and of Cabinet papers ( 60 — 70 , or one-sixth of the figure in the 1950s ) , and the appointment of fewer Cabinet committees have reduced the opportunities for collective deliberation . |
| 22 | The growth of private home-ownership and car-ownership , reduction in the number of voters dependent on council housing , expansion of self-employment ( up from 1.9 million to 3 million between 1979 and 1989 ) and of employment in the private sector , and a fall in the public-sector employment , may also work against the party . |
| 23 | He refused to allow the party access to his fund , and partly for this reason the Liberals were forced to accept a drastic reduction in the number of candidatures , from 513 in 1929 to 112 in 1931 , The condition of the Liberals was far more serious than that of Labour , for the Liberal party was beginning to lose its sense of identity and purpose ( and has still not fully recovered it ) . |
| 24 | Over the last few years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of rigs available from shops . |
| 25 | From 1860 on , however , a dramatic increase in the number of such works occurred ; a veritable explosion of major publications took place which owed a great deal to the excitement aroused by The Origin of Species . |
| 26 | Going on to the inter-war years the authors note that there was no great reduction in the number of incidents reported in the press , despite the reputation of the large crowds of those years fur generally good behaviour . |
| 27 | There was little change in the number of female deaths . |
| 28 | This is slightly up on the previous year but for the past five years there has been no substantial rise in the number of asylum-seekers . |
| 29 | The measure would compel American distributors to back British film production , ensuring a rise in the number of British films . |
| 30 | New companies were set up by public subscription , and there was a substantial increase in the number of films produced . |