Example sentences of "[art] number of [adj] [noun pl] over " 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 The following table shows a surge in the number of female actuaries over the last decade an also demonstrates how male dominated we were 60 years ago .
3 The number of unissued shares over which options may be granted under the Executive Scheme on any date shall be limited so that :
4 The number of male suicides over the ten years was 2,073 — almost three times the total of females ( 682 ) .
5 Statistically this loss rate is low seen in the perspective of the number of flying Spitfires over this time span .
6 The makers of sanitary towels have promoted their wares in a number of ingenious ways over the years , but few have shown the same initiative as that of Southall Brothers and Barclay of Birmingham who , in July 1888 , took up one third of the back cover of The Antiquary with an advertisement .
7 Meanwhile Sun 's Colwell hints that more announcements concerning ‘ historic IBM-based companies with third-generation based traditional products ’ would be the subject of a number of other announcements over the next four to five weeks .
8 In particular , there is bound to be a large amount of work involved in buying a number of small annuities over the years and it may be difficult to get the appropriate advice at the time .
9 Nevertheless , pen-based systems offer a number of distinct advantages over speech or keyboard based systems .
10 In particular there have been a number of publicised protests over environmental issues , involving nuclear waste , air pollution and the development of major engineering projects .
11 These surveys have recorded the adoption of a number of new technologies over time for a consistent set of manufacturing establishments , providing a unique source of data on the history and patterns of technological change in this important sector of industry .
12 It confirms a number of previous reports over the last few years [ see EDs 68 , 67 , 65/66 , et passim ] .
13 The LGC has seen a number of fundamental changes over the past few years , not least its relocation in 1989 from the south bank of the Thames in central London to its present plush premises next to the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington , Middlesex .
14 Female mink permit several matings with a number of different males over a protracted mating season .
15 He tests it using data from a number of different countries over the same time period , reasoning that if equation ( 6.1 ) were true , then those countries in which aggregate demand has been highly unpredictable should be those countries in which unpredictable aggregate demand has little effect on real output .
16 Through the creation and use of databases in a number of different contexts over a period of time , pupils develop an awareness of the microcomputer as an information handling tool rather than a games machine or programming instrument , while , at the same time , developing valuable learning skills .
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