Example sentences of "the number [prep] [adj] cases [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are two key measures : ( 1 ) the incidence rate ( the number of new cases over a given period , usually a year ) and ( 2 ) the prevalence rate ( the number of cases/persons affected in the population at a particular moment in time ) . |
| 2 | Briefly , their ‘ epidemic ’ model proposes that , from a stable endemic baseline , the number of new cases of heroin use ( incidence ) in a community increases rapidly for four years before peaking at ten times the level of initial endemic incidence in year five , and then dropping sharply to the previous endemic level during years six and seven ( see Figure 3.2 ) . |
| 3 | We looked at the total incidence of gonorrhoea ; the number of cases of gonorrhoea found in men overall and in homosexual men ; the male to female ratio of cases of gonorrhoea ; and the number of new cases of HIV infection diagnosed in homosexual men ( table ) . |
| 4 | The number of new cases of gonorrhoea in homosexuals was lowest in 1987 and then gradually increased until 1990 . |
| 5 | Given the number of prominent cases of judicial error in Britain over the past few years — Guildford Four , Birmingham Six , Stefan Kiszcko , the Tottenham Three and Judith Ward — it is not an abstract question . |
| 6 | The extension of the fixed penalty system that is now projected will reduce the number of small cases in magistrates ' courts . |
| 7 | They were joined by up to a dozen others by the end of the decade but , since the records do not give a clear indication of how far treatment was effective , there can be no precise figure for the number of serious cases at any one time . |
| 8 | Consequently all predictions of the number of future cases of a disease which are based upon prevalence rates will provide only approximate indications of future demands . |
| 9 | However , the number of these cases in the local weekly , Middlesex Chronicle , shows that there are likely to be large variations among local newspapers in the amount of coverage of these residual sexual offences . |
| 10 | Despite all these shortcomings , the number of reported cases of cattle theft is valuable evidence . |
| 11 | And the situation is getting worse … in the past five years the number of reported cases of serious backpain has risen by forty percent . |
| 12 | In the UK , the number of reported cases of AIDS has risen to 7045 — up 116 from December 1992 figures . |
| 13 | Despite a concerted Government-initiated campaign to encourage farmers to clean up their act , the number of reported cases of pollution has risen to record levels . |
| 14 | The number of confirmed cases of BSE until November of this year totalled 15,698 , whereas for the whole of last year they amounted only — I use the word ’ only ’ relatively — to 14,322 . |