Example sentences of "by [art] number of [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was saddened by the number of times the man must have asked this question . |
| 2 | Another suggestion is that they were put there by shepherds so that they could find their way off the fell in bad weather , the idea being that by the number of cairns the shepherds would be able to tell where they were and by the pattern they could know which direction to follow . |
| 3 | In order to estimate the level of violence an average woman would experience in the course of her life , this figure would need to be multiplied by the number of years the average woman lives . |
| 4 | ‘ I have to admit to being rather staggered by the number of jail-birds the club accommodates . |
| 5 | Vigorously opposed by a number of clubs the IRFU has stood firm but ironically the flow of foreigners has continued , albeit in a different direction . |