Example sentences of "function of the number of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think in this day and age , there is probably a greater propensity to move and consequently there may well be an increased erm amount of vacancies occurring and that was why in our statement , we actually increased the number of vacancies , but I think that is a function of the number of houses on offer at the time . |
| 2 | This will depend , as Cole suggests , on the basis of decisions which are pertinent to any particular production process , and is therefore not a simple function of the number of agents involved ’ ( Tomlinson , 1980 , p. 170 ) . |
| 3 | This suggests that the size of the departures from the no-arbitrage condition will be a positive function of the number of shares in the index . |
| 4 | Longman ) of the owner of a chain of ten shops who suspected that his level of sales was a function of the number of shoppers per hour passing by in the street , and the floor area of a given store . |
| 5 | For instance , the value of the total toy market is a function of the number of children of the relevant ages , the access of these children ( as permitted by their parents ) to retail outlets , and industry or market research figures for per capita expenditure per child on toys , suitably adjusted for inflation , increased in personal disposable income ( etc ) . |
| 6 | The difference in reaction times between RVF and LVF should thus be an increasing function of the number of items held in memory . |
| 7 | However , it is worth noting that , as long as taxes in each locality are a declining function of the number of districts , as for example with equal shares , the optimum size of project for each locality increases with the number of districts , other things equal . |