Example sentences of "the number of possible [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus this choice reaction time can be described by RT = 377 * log2N where N is the number of possible values from which we are required to choose . |
| 2 | So the number of possible breakdowns between L and P are infinite . |
| 3 | Thus , we have reduced the number of possible breaks in this text to three , so that we can suggest that there are four paragraphs , beginning at sentences 1 , 4 , 10 and 19 . |
| 4 | This follows from Cantor 's proof showing that the number of possible selections from a given set of objects necessarily exceeds the number of the actual members of that set , irrespective of how many members the set happens to have . |
| 5 | The number of possible elements in a matrix is given by : |
| 6 | If the mutational jump we are considering is a very large one , the number of possible destinations of that jump is astronomically large . |
| 7 | This contrasts the number of possible transitions of each order with the actual number found in the million word LOB corpus . |
| 8 | It is easy to see from this drivechart that the number of possible modes of operation is large , but that the choice facing the teacher at any given moment is among only a few possibilities . |
| 9 | The French writer V A Graicunas devised a formula to show how the number of possible relationships between members of an organisation increases geometrically in proportion to the number of members : where N is the total number of possible relationships and n is the number of members . |
| 10 | If these white units are now connected to other white units , and black to black ( b ) , to form five equal chains of each colour with , then the number of possible arrangements of these chains decreases to about 10 3 . |
| 11 | In the case of spoken words , context is used to speed up recognition by reducing the number of possible candidates in the cohort . |
| 12 | The number of possible ways of arranging 20 kinds of thing in chains 146 links long is an inconceivably large number , which Asimov calls the " haemoglobin number " . |
| 13 | The greatest scope for study exists with cremation pottery for , being decorated , it presents a greater number of variables for study , thereby reducing the number of possible interpretations of the patterns produced by analysis . |
| 14 | Since there are 20 kinds of amino acids , the number of possible proteins of that size is 20 100 . |
| 15 | The world can be divided up on a purely climatic basis by using any climatic parameters one likes , so that the number of possible methods of division is very large , but , as most of these are meaningless geographically , it is possible to say that pure climatic regions do not exist , at least from a geographer 's point of view . |