Example sentences of "be [art] number of [noun] the " in BNC.

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1 The frequency of a sound is the number of times the air around the source vibrates each second .
2 Here n i is the number of times the ith symmetry species appears in Γ y , h is the order of the point group ( equal to the total number of symmetry operations , and given at the head of the character table ) , g r is the number of equivalent symmetry operations of type R , and Xi ( R ) is the character listed for operation R for this symmetry species in the character table .
3 What seems to be important is the number of people the housewife sees .
4 That 's the number of birds the Welshman has in his aviary and he relaxes with them as he winds up preparations for Saturday 's WBC title challenge against Benn at Alexandra Palace .
5 ‘ It 's the number of Africans the UN allows to go into space , ’ he said .
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