Example sentences of "total number [prep] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , in France , though a majority of neo-Gaullist deputies were anti-Maastricht , the total number of deputies who had voted Yes in the referendum ( 363 ) outnumbered those voting No ( 174 ) by two to one . |
| 2 | The letter is concerned with the total number of lines she has written and with choosing one or two pieces which will represent her best work . |
| 3 | Leapor communicated with a ‘ Gentleman ’ about the choice of a specimen to be printed with the proposals , about revisions , and about the total number of lines she had written [ see ML , 2 , 314–315 ] . |
| 4 | The total number of people who specifically have addictive disease is known and the total number of people whose lives are significantly affected by addictive disease of one kind or another in someone else is also unknown but it seems unlikely to be less than 25% of the total population . |
| 5 | The total number of people who will benefit from such drugs is unknown although the figure for those who would receive treatment from currently recognised orphan drugs is in the region of 200000 . |
| 6 | The calculation of unemployment statistics is somewhat different in Australia , the United States , Canada and Japan where sample surveys are taken to estimate the total number of people who are without jobs but have actually been searching for work during the sample period . |
| 7 | In fact very few of them are , just as very few of the total number of people who get drunk are alcoholic and very few of the total number of fat people are compulsive overeaters — many are simply fat as a result of greed or lack of care rather than as a result of compulsion . |
| 8 | The total number of people who specifically have addictive disease is known and the total number of people whose lives are significantly affected by addictive disease of one kind or another in someone else is also unknown but it seems unlikely to be less than 25% of the total population . |
| 9 | We attempt to assist , however , and the total number of people who have been helped through our sheltered employment programme has increased substantially during the past 10 years . |
| 10 | The Gallup survey , carried out for Realeat , part of the Haldane Foods Group , found the total number of people who avoided red meat , including vegetarians , vegans and those who still ate chicken or fish , totalled six million or 11pc of the population . |
| 11 | erm There are one or two people who have just begun to identify a faint movement back into an increase in numbers , but over very many years you can know pretty well exactly where you are as far as the total number of pupils you have to provide for is concerned , and therefore , in that sense , the system can plan its resources for a known population . |
| 12 | The total number of patients who had stool samples analysed could only be accurately assessed in the one year period ( 1989 ) when records were computerised . |
| 13 | Currently , the total number of children who experience divorce is about 160,000 per year in England and Wales . |
| 14 | Make up two identical sets of letters to the total number of guests you have at the party . |