Example sentences of "total number of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1983 almost all the major areas of the Polytechnic were represented in the modular programme , and the number of students on the modular programme was by now greater than the total numbers of students in some colleges . |
| 2 | % inferior border broken : numbers of mandibles with the inferior border damaged ( defined as in figure 3.12 ) compared with the total numbers of mandibles in the sample ( given in the appendix ) . |
| 3 | In column 7 of Table 3.5 , the numbers of maxillae retaining zygomatic processes are expressed as percentages of the total numbers of maxillae in the bone assemblages . |
| 4 | Applied Geology was first used as a category by Rolfe in 1975-77 list , and formed almost one-seventh of the total numbers of theses in the 1984-85 list , probably reflecting changes in research priorities relating to the funding situation . |
| 5 | Because the total numbers of animals on islands tend to be small , large predators in general find it impossible to exist at all — except , of course , for creatures such as seals and sealions , which feed at sea and come ashore only to breed or bask . |
| 6 | ( The superscripts denote the total numbers of electrons in the sub-shell . ) |
| 7 | This brings the total number of birds in the UK to around 40 . |
| 8 | The number of strikers receiving supplementary benefit has always constituted a very insignificant proportion of the total number of persons on strike the lowest figure was 0.12 per cent in 1962 and the highest was 14.46 per cent in 1972 which was the year of the miners ' strike . |
| 9 | Even if mansi absi , or aprisiones , or hospitia , as a proportion of the total number of holdings in any area , remained small , they were a sign of " dynamism " particularly visible in the heartland of the kingdom of Charles the Bald . |
| 10 | It is the ratio of the number of moles of gas a to the total number of moles of gas present . |
| 11 | Fragments of building debris can form a large part of the total number of finds from a site . |
| 12 | You may be interested to know that in January 1993 , the total number of visitors to Winfrith Technology Centre was 1821 . |
| 13 | He asks what each legislator might do , in the position he happens to occupy , to reduce the total number of incidents of injustice or unfairness according to his own views of what justice and fairness require . |
| 14 | The left visual field would normally project to the hemisphere which is absent in this patient ; n above each bar refers to the total number of trials with that target . |
| 15 | In relation to the total number of nobles in Gascony , the proportion of knights was therefore relatively small . |
| 16 | Table 6.2 shows the number of addresses that have been allocated the stated number of records per address ( up to seven ) , and the percentage of the total number of records in the file that was successfully allocated by each of the six algorithms used by Kaimann . |
| 17 | % max. with zygomatic : the numbers of maxillae with part of the zygomatic process remaining compared with the total number of maxillae in the sample ( given in the appendix ) . |
| 18 | At the same time Metal Bashers Ltd , a company with a weight of 0.005 , was removed from the index to keep the total number of companies at 100 . |
| 19 | Although there was a small reduction in the total number of casualties in 1991 , it masked an increase in the number of children injured in cars who were not wearing seat belts . |
| 20 | Find the total number of adults of each type . |
| 21 | The decline in the total number of farms in the Cantal LFA , though similar proportionally to the decline in Powys , is almost certainly more due to French national policies for improving farm structures ( including remembrement ) than to aspects of the UK 's LFA , there is much less direct official encouragement to improve agricultural structures ; rather it is the result of the way the LFA Directive is implemented , in particular the HLCA payment system . |
| 22 | Using an ocular grid ( 50μmx50μm ) , the mitotic index was determined by counting the number of mitoses per total number of nuclei within 50μm of the AER or exposed surface . |
| 23 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of responses to the consultation process regarding the application for trust status for Ayrshire South hospital ; and how many were for or against . |
| 24 | First , there is no consistent trend in the number of strikers who receive supplementary benefit as a proportion of either those who are ‘ eligible ’ , or as a proportion of the total number of strikers in any one year . |
| 25 | Holders of less than £500 formed around 21 per cent of the total number of accounts in both Bank and East India stock , 38 per cent of holders of the 4 per cent stock and more than half of the holders of South Sea stock , but in all four cases this group held less than 10 per cent of the total stock . |
| 26 | But blackspots remained : one third of the total number of houses in Manchester , for example , were classed as unfit at the outbreak of war . |
| 27 | Introduction of the transgenic TCR- β gene not only restored the total number of thymocytes to the levels of wild-type mice ( Fig. 2a ) , but allowed nearly complete transition of the large , IL-2R-positive , DN cells to the small , IL-2R-negative DP cells ( Fig. 2 b ) . |
| 28 | The correct approach is of course to examine many 10 km squares and compare the total number of leys of a particular order with the statistical prediction . |
| 29 | If elimination of lead in petrol could reduce blood levels by half — as the study assumed — it would reduce average blood pressure levels by 1 to 2 points , thereby meaning that 12,000 fewer people would need treatment for hypertension annually , there would be 6,000 to 12,000 fewer heart attacks , and up to 2,655 lives would be saved — more than the total number of fatalities on the nation 's roads each year . |
| 30 | This would bring the total number of hours under both orders down to 240 . |