Example sentences of "the number of [adj] [noun pl] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labelling index was expressed as the number of labelled cells per 1000 cells . |
| 2 | Between 1959 and 1977 , the number of female offenders per 100,000 of the population aged 14 to under 17 increased by 379 per cent ( compared to a 148 per cent increase for males of the same age group ) . |
| 3 | A Wilcoxon signed rank test on the number of retrospective completions per patient showed significantly more ( p<0.002 ) retrospective completions in the evening . |
| 4 | It would be rather pointless , for example , to count the number of nouns per sentence , or the number of intransitive verbs per noun : these frequencies would be difficult to interpret , because the result would be affected by independent variables , namely the length of sentences , and the frequency of nouns respectively . |
| 5 | The number of mitotic figures per section was determined by averaging the number of mitotic figures counted in five optic nerve sections per animal . |
| 6 | The number of mitotic cells per section was decreased by about 86% in TTX-treated rats compared to sham injected rats ( Fig. 2 a ) . |
| 7 | Data were reported as primary vitrinite population mean values for each sample with the number of individual determinations per sample depth ranging from two to 54 ; full tabulated data are presented in the RRI/ERC Report . |
| 8 | For instance , the still birth ratio ( the number of still births per 1,000 live births ) or the masculinity ratio ( the number of males per 1,000 females ) . |
| 9 | Since the number of intact genomes per nuclear genome increased , the relative concentration of genes involved in deletion ( per nuclear genome , thus per cell ) likewise increased . |
| 10 | However , by propagating constraints as just outlined , SPAR is able to reduce the number of surviving candidates per anaphor to one before reasoning becomes necessary . |
| 11 | Things would n't have been so bleak , perhaps , if the dramatic rise in population had been brought about by healthier times and a consequent increase in life expectancy ; in the event , many scholars would cite a different cause or causes for it — like the fact that the decline of the apprenticeship system meant that couples were marrying younger , and so increasing the number of child-bearing years per family . |
| 12 | At least 20 crypts were microdissected from each specimen , and the number of arrested metaphases per crypt was plotted against time from vincristine administration . |
| 13 | Hence , there was an increase in the number of mitochondrial genomes per nuclear genome in the mutant strain . |
| 14 | In relation to each other Fianna Fail , Fine Gael and Labour unusually happened in 1987 to be treated equitably : the number of first-preference votes per TD was 9,686 for Fianna Fail , 9,434 for Fine Gael , and 9,546 for Labour . |
| 15 | Usually expressed as the ratio of fetal deaths ; i.e. the number of fetal deaths per 1,000 live births . |
| 16 | Imports of consumer goods they claim , are held back because marketing costs are prohibitive in a country which has over twice the number of retail stores per head of the population than in the US or West Germany . |
| 17 | A curriculum is a state document establishing the subjects which are to be studied at a school of a particular type , their distribution by grades ( years ) and the number of academic hours per week and per year given to each subject . |
| 18 | Most respondents gave the number of supervised hours per student as between ten and twenty . |