Example sentences of "population at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The necessities of equipping the armed forces , preserving the home population at a decent minimum level and running an efficient war economy brought government control and direction into almost every aspect of people 's lives . |
2 | Remember that none of the rockdwellers like being crowded so keep the population at a sensible level . |
3 | 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 ) . |
4 | A pictorial representation of the age-sex structure of a population at a particular time is provided by an age-sex profile or population pyramid . |
5 | The simplest way in which these changes may be projected through time is to take the total population at a given instant and to alter it year by year ( or by some other period of time ) according to a chosen assumption about future growth or decline . |
6 | On balance , the large families left just enough people alive to keep the total population at a steady size . |
7 | But in addition to this , wine would be made available to the local population at an affordable price , and in a condition that allows it to be stored without spoiling . |
8 | As was stated above , 51.5 per cent of the population at the present time have purchased their own housing , 28.5 per cent with mortgages ( CSO , 1979 ) . |
9 | Do you know the former population of Islay and the population at the present day ? " |
10 | The most interesting , most difficult and ( from the historians point of view ) the most important question is the size of the Israelite population at the different stages of its history . |