Example sentences of "number [prep] [noun] [adv] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the former the number of fledglings produced per pair on average was 1.1 and the average number of offspring still alive after three months after fledging was 0.5 ( n = 47 ) . |
| 2 | There are a number of species generally similar to this one in rocks of Cretaceous and younger age . |
| 3 | Bentham 's ideal calculation of the moral quality of an act presupposes that of any two pleasures the one is a definite number of times more pleasurable at any one moment than the other . |
| 4 | It saw the continuation of a number of tendencies already visible in the reign of Louis XIV — a growth in the size of armies , a formalization of tactics , a rise in the importance of the technical branches of the service , an increase in the effectiveness of State control . |
| 5 | The number of states actively involved in international relations was very small by the standards of the present day and the relationships between them relatively clear-cut . |
| 6 | The high number of sites very close to water can be equated with the number of sites at low altitudes , sea-level and up to 15 m above sea level . |
| 7 | Within its modest covers is contained a list of the huge number of modules now available to pupils and students all over the country . |
| 8 | The interdependence of farming and mining , added to technological constraints , restricted the number of days annually available for mining ; the farmer-miner 's smallholding had first claim on his time , and he went to the mine with the limited aim of satisfying , with a minimum of effort , the desire for a particular level of cash-income expectation determined by the need to pay the rent of his holding and purchase a given packet of ‘ industrial ’ goods . |
| 9 | By the number of enemy dead lying about the fields and approaches to the village , the British attacks have finally forced them to move out , taking shelter in a slit trench during a German mortar attack , everyone keeping their heads down . |
| 10 | A number of generals directly involved in the May violence in Bangkok were shifted to inactive posts . |
| 11 | It was thought ( wrongly at it turns out ) prior to the case of Vestey v IRC discussed below , that where assets were transferred to a non-resident discretionary trust with a number of beneficiaries ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom , each and every beneficiary could be taxed upon the income of the trust ( see s742(2) ( d ) ; Lord Howard de Walden v IRC ( 1941 ) 25 TC 121 ( CA ) ; Congreve v IRC ( 1948 ) 30 TC 163 ( HL ) ) . |
| 12 | But at last things are falling into place ; there are a greater number of tournaments now available in Britain for our players to compete in ; there are more and more indoor facilities and our coaches are trying their hardest to breathe life back into the game . |