Example sentences of "decrease in the number [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The guidance advises the accountant that test checks on a suitable number of controlled trust accounts may make possible a corresponding decrease in the number of checks in respect of other accounts . |
| 2 | Where there is sustained development of neighbourhood watch schemes , there is a sustained decrease in the number of burglaries . |
| 3 | One key influence in the loosening of the relationship between the press and political parties was the decrease in the number of titles published and , in particular , of evenings and provincials ( see Table 3. 1 ) . |
| 4 | It 's probably the , the simplest illustration is to say that over the last three or four years , we 've moved from being well below S S A to nine point four percent above S S A , now nothing 's changed other than that we 've got a slight decrease in the number of calls over this last two years . |
| 5 | The Assistant Government Agent at Matara agreed that the establishment of village tribunals had led to a decrease in the number of police court cases , but asked ‘ what good end is obtained by merely removing the scene of litigation from one set of courts to another , and doubling the amount of litigation in the process , and how it is supposed that by increasing litigation twofold the peace and harmony of the district is secured , and litigation robbed of all the rancour and bad feelings it engenders in the ordinary courts ? ’ |
| 6 | The National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) is to launch an enquiry into the sudden decrease in the number of elvers caught in the Severn , Britain 's largest fishery . |
| 7 | There is an apparent decrease in the number of polyps affecting each family member , but this may not be a valid observation due to the ages of the three daughters affected and the pattern of recurrence over many years ( 18 years in case 2 ) . |