Example sentences of "in the number of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clues to the foci of several biogeographers may be gleaned from definitions in the number of texts on biogeography that have emerged to fill a gap that was acute until 1970 ( Table 5.2 ) . |
| 2 | Apart from the People 's Republic of China , which claims to have eradicated syphilis in the space of about ten years , most countries are now reporting an increase in the number of cases of early infectious syphilis , usually amongst male homosexuals . |
| 3 | In the early seventies , the Swedes , worried by the startling increase in the number of cases of gonorrhoea , launched a health education campaign featuring a ‘ flying condom ’ which could be seen on all the best hoardings , exhorting the general public to use a protective in all acts of sexual intercourse . |
| 4 | Having followed the decline in the number of cases of gonorrhoea into the middle fifties , syphilis , in contrast , has remained at a comparatively low level ever since . |
| 5 | When the price of graphite fell in 1900 and the mines closed they returned to their villages ; one result was an increase in the number of cases of cattle stealing in the Western and Southern Provinces of fifty-six per cent over 1899 . |
| 6 | We 've seen new and harsher disciplinary procedures introduced , safety measures ignored and regrettably increases in the number of cases of racial and sexual harassment . |
| 7 | The latest flu epidemic could be followed by an upsurge in the number of cases of meningitis . |
| 8 | Researchers say that the alarming increase in the number of cases in December , the first month of the Brazilian summer , signals worse to come . |
| 9 | Finally , the gross overloading of the Crown Court , coupled with the great cost of criminal legal aid to the Exchequer , will probably bring about a further shift of criminal cases from the Crown Court to magistrates ' courts , which will involve a reduction in the number of cases in which barristers are engaged . |
| 10 | There was no significant difference in the number of changes in management when referrals from physicians and surgeons were compared ( 46.6% v 51.1% , NS ) . |
| 11 | For example , a rise in real wages makes work more attractive and so may lead to an increase in the number of hours of work offered . |
| 12 | In the case of an article written by five authors , for example , the availability of one extra slot may work to the advantage of a colleague whose goodwill is valued but whose involvement with the project had been only marginal ; such circumstances may help create a dip in the number of articles with five authors ( figs 2 and 4 ) which further accentuates the peak at six authors . |
| 13 | He will be pleased to know that the latest report of the railway inspectorate on railway safety showed a modest reduction in the number of collisions between passenger trains in 1990 compared with the previous year . |
| 14 | These figures represent an increase in the number of girls on such courses , but a decline in the number of boys , in recent years . |
| 15 | However , as figure 6.4 shows there was actually a small increase in the number of births to parents from social classes I and II over this period while births to parents in social classes III-V declined . |
| 16 | The decline of around 35 per cent in the number of births between 1964 and 1977 led rightly to a review of the provision of educational places . |
| 17 | It was this that first prompted the forecasts that there would be a dramatic decline in demand for HE as a result of the decline in the number of births between 1965 and 1976 . |
| 18 | The large decline in the number of births in Britain between 1964 and 1976 led , in turn , to a decline in the number of school age children . |
| 19 | For instance , a nationwide rise in fertility rate would produce a much larger increase in the number of births in a recently developed new town with an above-average proportion of young couples than in a retirement area with a population of similar size . |
| 20 | On Feb. 24 Monsengwo Pasinya , president of the national conference , indicated that Nguza had abandoned the round table idea but was still expected to demand a reduction in the number of delegates to the conference . |
| 21 | The normalisation process may well lead to an increase in the number of entities in the model . |
| 22 | One cause of overcrowding in contemporary prisons , not only in Texas , has been the rise in the number of sentences of imprisonment imposed by the courts . |
| 23 | Statistics for the years 1975 to 1987 show an 18 per cent drop in the number of visitors to the palaces , while the National Trust has seen a 48 per cent rise . |
| 24 | STATISTICS released yesterday reveal that the continuing fall in the number of horses in training is now jeopardising the future of the entire racing industry . |
| 25 | Ciba-Geigy runs company management courses and in recent years there has been a steady increase in the number of women in these courses . |
| 26 | However , one of the most significant trends of the last three decades has been a steady growth in the number of women in the labour force . |
| 27 | Instead , there was a steady growth in the number of women in employment in Britain . |
| 28 | The estate agency sector has been one of the most dynamic industrial sectors in 1980s Britain , and there has been a large growth both in the number of firms of estate agents and in the numbers employed within these firms . |
| 29 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that much the most important and immediate task now faced by the international order is to ensure that there is not a quantum leap in the number of countries with access to smaller , tactical and battlefield nuclear weapons and nuclear warheads ? |
| 30 | He believes the nature of the new tax , including 100 per cent benefits and almost a halving in the number of bills to be issued , will help collection . |