Example sentences of "number of [noun] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now clearly there are , you know , methodological issues here , who replied on the questionnaire and so on , but there are clearly a very large number of replies , a very large number of students up in the , you know , several hundreds , who perceive themselves to be being sexually harassed . |
| 2 | To determine to which technical level an element belongs , one needs only to count the number of nodes downwards from the origin ( each element constitutes a node ) : the unique first element constitutes level 1 , all elements one node removed from the origin constitute level 2 , all elements two nodes removed constitute level 3 , and so on ( in a non-branching hierarchy , there is only one element at each level ) : |
| 3 | We have done a number of things internally in the store which have also contributed to us going forward . |
| 4 | A number of scholars up to the present have held that Mozart intended no difference in meaning between the two symbols . |
| 5 | The probability of selecting the original address had been proportional to the number of electors originally on the register ; this was a sensible procedure if the number of electors had not changed . |
| 6 | In subsequent analysis , therefore , all responses from individuals at addresses which had changed electors were weighted by the number of adults at the address divided by the number of electors originally on the register for that address . |
| 7 | Estimates range from several thousands to tens of thousands of thyroid cancers arising from the exposure to iodine-131 and a similar number of cancers elsewhere in the body from caesium-137 . |
| 8 | A number of proposals both at the unofficial and the official level were made to overcome the shortage of finance . |
| 9 | It so happens that the names Upehull , Upsall and Upshall occur in the records of one very small village — the first in a lay subsidy roll of 1327 , the second in a manorial court roll of November 1550 , and the third in a number of documents down to the latest twentieth-century electoral rolls . |
| 10 | The basic rule in s.179 is , however , subject to s.180(1) , as amended , CA 1989 , which permits disclosure of the relevant information in a number of circumstances eg. for the purpose of enabling or assisting an overseas regulatory authority to exercise its regulatory functions . |
| 11 | There were a significant number of specialists even in the early decades of the century , including both the exponents of the Linnaean tradition of classification and the philosophical naturalists , who hoped to achieve something more than mere cataloguing . |
| 12 | Hitchens Quality Homes has developed a number of properties close to the golf club , ranging from two bedroom detached bungalows ( £159,500 ) to three bedroom three storey houses ( £169,950 ) . |
| 13 | The South West Region plays host to a vast number of divers all over the country . |
| 14 | The Branch has formed a local Management Committee to operate the Lodge on behalf of the Association within agreed guidelines and , judging from the number of applications specifically for The White House , Bexhill-on-Sea will retain its reputation as the retirement centre of the South . |
| 15 | I have received a number of representations recently about the Fenchurch Street line . |
| 16 | Under the old system , it was possible , if a shortage of any one part occurred , to complete a large number of bodies up to the point at which this particular part was required , and even if the whole of the body shop floor eventually became taken up by partially built bodies , it was still possible to keep the body makers employed in splicing bottom sides and cantrails and fitting the pillars in position alongside the partially erected bodies . |
| 17 | Military conscription has always been a useful way of soaking up young people and even though Russia is suffering from a decline in the birthrate the sudden release of a large number of men on to the civilian labour market might be difficult to absorb at a time when Gorbachev is trying to raise productivity . |
| 18 | For two colours on screen , multiply the number of squares wide by the number of squares high . |
| 19 | In the case of a contested offer , suspension is impracticable and disclosure is permitted to a restricted number of sub-underwriters immediately before the announcement provided they are warned of the confidential nature of the information . |
| 20 | In the case of a contested offer , suspension is impracticable and disclosure is permitted to a restricted number of sub-underwriters immediately before the announcement , provided they are warned of the confidential nature of the information . |
| 21 | The idea that arousal , or activation , constitutes a unitary physiological dimension was important to a number of theorists particularly in the late fifties ( e.g. Duffy , 1962 ; Lindsley , 1951 ; Malmo , 1959 ) , however , it has since become clear that the numerous physiological measures which have been taken as different indices of arousal are in fact not highly correlated ( Cattell , 1972 ) . |
| 22 | ‘ … the extent of the establishment is but barely sufficient for the exigencies of the County , and it can not be contended that it is on too large or extravagant a scale ; the number of patients constantly on the books of the Infirmary ; the high reputation which it has justly acquired under the excellent management of the medical and other officers belonging to it ; the strict economy which to the general satisfaction of the Governors has been observed in the ordinary expenditure of the House … call forcibly upon the County at large to hold out a protecting hand to save it from ruin which appears inevitably to have waited , if not averted by our timely interference . ’ |
| 23 | Promoted by the ILP and the Women 's International League , Peace Crusade branches sprang up throughout Northern England and the Midlands , getting large numbers of women out onto the streets to demonstrate for peace negotiations , despite constant harassment from patriotic bystanders . |
| 24 | What has let Britain down is that this has been allowed to produce growing numbers of redundancies instead of the increase in employment , and growth in the availability of real resources that should have resulted . |