Example sentences of "number of " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no limit to the number of ways to raise money . |
| 2 | Home care Coordinator , Margaret Gillies , currently has a team of 20 volunteers from a variety of churches providing practical help to a number of clients already referred . |
| 3 | As the number of people ill with AIDS increases so does the need for volunteers to care for them . |
| 4 | Anthony Kasozi 's work as ACET 's Director in uganda has recently received financial support form Tear Fund which has enabled him , together with ACET General Manager , Maurice Adams , to identify a number of church-based projects for the coming year . |
| 5 | Until the numbers of deaths each month has risen to equal or exceed the number of new diagnoses , the numbers needing care will continue to rise fast , even if the number of new cases reported in official figures is relatively constant or falling . |
| 6 | Until the numbers of deaths each month has risen to equal or exceed the number of new diagnoses , the numbers needing care will continue to rise fast , even if the number of new cases reported in official figures is relatively constant or falling . |
| 7 | These factors help explain some of the reasons why the total number of ACET clients covered at any one time by our on call service in London has more than doubled from 70 in April 1990 to over 150 by March 1991 ; and why the nature of the services required has become so much more sophisticated . |
| 8 | Around 85% of those cared for in the capital are gay men , with an increasing number of women and children . |
| 9 | ACET 's London Home Care team will shortly be strengthened by the arrival of a new nurse , Catherine Murphy , to help manage the increasing number of referrals . |
| 10 | Many of the first group completed a training course to provide practical help in the home for a small number of people ill with HIV/AIDS . |
| 11 | To reduce the number of new HIV infections by giving young people the facts about AIDS . |
| 12 | Reduce the number of partners you have sex with . |
| 13 | ACET through its schools education programme aims to reduce the number of new infections by giving young people the facts about AIDS . |
| 14 | Since you are agreeing to make regular payments over a number of years , it is probably easier for you to pay by Banker 's Order or Direct Debit Mandate when the payments will automatically be made from your bank account . |
| 15 | We also have a limited number of Care-link telephones for installation in individual homes . |
| 16 | Our aim is to reduce the number of new HIV infections by giving young people the facts about AIDS and by encouraging them to think about their future . |
| 17 | To reduce the number of new HIV infections by giving young people the facts about AIDS . |
| 18 | The growing number of men , women and children with AIDS and the fact that people with the disease now survive longer , have made ever more pressing demands on our Home Care teams . |
| 19 | These factors help to explain why the total number of clients covered at any one time by our London 24 hour on-call service more than doubled from 70 in April 1990 to 150 by March 1991 ; and why the provision of service has had to become so much more sophisticated . |
| 20 | But it is a pain that many families are having to live with as the number of those dying of AIDS increases . |
| 21 | Two out of five ACET clients in Scotland are women and therefore we anticipate an increase in the number of children needing care . |
| 22 | But if we are to reduce the number of new infections and protect our young people , they must be given the facts about AIDS/HIV and given the opportunity to discuss the issues openly . |
| 23 | The aim of our schools programme is quite simple ; to reduce the number of new infections and to encourage positive attitudes towards those with AIDS . |
| 24 | In Uganda , the number of people estimated to be HIV infected is 1.3 million , representing over 1 in 8 of the entire adult population . |
| 25 | Over the next twelve months we will be providing support to a growing number of new and existing local programmes , identified as a result of an extensive survey we have just completed . |
| 26 | A new ‘ Anti-Terror Law ’ , which combines a number of new provisions for the investigation and trial of persons suspected of acts of political violence or association with violent political opposition groups , was approved by President Ozal on 17 April . |
| 27 | Most of those released are non-political prisoners convicted of criminal offences , but a number of prisoners of conscience will also be released . |
| 28 | In those days there was a small core of paid research staff who were responsible for a large number of countries — if you did the Soviet Union , you were also responsible for Eastern Europe and half of Western Europe as well ! ’ |
| 29 | From a handful of POCs in the early Sixties , the number of cases taken up by Amnesty now stands at 42,000 of which 38,000 are now closed . |
| 30 | An AI mission to Argentina in November 1976 , led by Lord Avebury , was followed everywhere by twenty plainclothes policemen who questioned , intimidated and even detained a number of people whom they meet . |