Example sentences of "term of the number of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a quantitative sense , in terms of the number of laws that have been passed in the past 12 years , that is correct , but if the totality of the laws represent a house , it will ensure that the laws that it changes will result in the foundations being decimated , with the result that it will fall down . |
| 2 | The process was particularly time consuming as this was , in that period , one of the CNAA 's busiest boards in terms of the number of proposals processed . |
| 3 | One of the most important of these relates to their ‘ input ’ , in terms of the number of offenders who come before them each year . |
| 4 | The Americans , called on to prove their sincerity , could only do so in terms of the number of Hawks and TOWs that had already been shipped . |
| 5 | The PB was to be recorded in terms of the time Olwyn went to bed each evening and the CB in terms of the number of times Olwyn was in bed by 8pm . |
| 6 | Mr Eggar said : ‘ This has been the largest round , in terms of the number of blocks on offer , since the fourth round in 1972 . |
| 7 | In early computers the add or store cycle time would be quoted ; even today raw computer power may be expressed in terms of the number of instructions executed per second , using a weighted average over some standard instruction mix . |
| 8 | Female first names tended to be longer than males , in terms of the number of syllables they contain . |
| 9 | Er in fact it was put to me as as an option by Superintendent that this could be , if this could be done er at the time er if I recall one of the reasons erm that we were n't able to do it in such a way was that there are numerous exits to the block of flats and each exit would have had to be covered by at least two armed officers we only only had in the region of twenty five officers available to us at that time in the police who were authorised to be armed and to maintain such a surveillance , erm not only would be very costly in the terms of the number of officers . |
| 10 | It seems unfortunate , to say the least , that the premier public sector institution , in terms of the number of students on advanced courses , should , for a variety of historical and political reasons , have been denied any share in teacher training . |
| 11 | This depth of processing , Craik defined in terms of the meaningfulness extracted from the stimulus rather than in terms of the number of analyses performed upon it ( Eysenck 1984 ) . |
| 12 | Hunter says Caterdata was chosen largely because it is ‘ user-friendly , simple to use in terms of the number of keystrokes people need to make , and quick to learn ’ . |
| 13 | The volume fraction φ i can be expressed in terms of the number of moles n i , and the volume V i of component i , as where V is the total volume and . |
| 14 | In this book , we tried to develop a somewhat new approach to grammar , based on the idea that grammar , to be useful to the learner , should be ‘ communicative ’ , i.e. should relate the forms and structures of the language to their meaning and use In terms of the number of copies sold , this has been the most successful book of which I have been an author . |
| 15 | There are similar facilities provided by the private sector , but , in terms of the number of residents , these are generally smaller than the local authority Homes where the average size at the time of the study was around 48 beds . |
| 16 | the amount of training a system has received , both absolutely and in terms of the number of writers will influence its success ; |
| 17 | If one looks at the matter in terms of the number of Directives related to trade and competition issued by the Commission , then undoubtedly there is seen to have been progress . |
| 18 | Four m. come-capital groups were defined , each with access to different forms of housing , either in terms of tenure or in terms of the number of bedrooms available . |
| 19 | Fixed-term contracts vary widely in terms of the number of days ' leave given . |
| 20 | We have expanded the programme in terms of the number of centres where treatment is provided , and at the beginning of next year we shall carry out the first heart transplant operations in Scotland . |
| 21 | By the early 1950s , however , the cuts , though more severe in terms of the number of megawatts cut off , were less sustained , widespread and damaging . |
| 22 | Other supplements are much simpler in terms of the number of nutrients they contain such as Limestone Flour which contains Calcium Carbonate . |
| 23 | A : In terms of the number of pieces sold in Japan , this has stayed virtually the same as last year , and we remain the leader in this important market . |
| 24 | This is the number of fabliaux accepted in a Nouveau Recueil Complet des Fabliaux which has been published in parts since 1983 and which is , at the time of writing , about half complete in terms of the number of fabliaux published . |
| 25 | If we 're measuring the m membrane current , which here I 've called a macroscopic current because we 're we 're integrating over a whole area of membrane , this , with respect with any given channel will comprise can be expressed in terms of the number of channels which are present , the probability that each one of those channels is open , the open state probability , and in terms of the unitary current of each channel , that is the single channel current . |
| 26 | The Commons assume no mediating role of any significance in the process of cabinet formation : it is simply there to register the popular will in terms of the number of seats held by particular parties . |
| 27 | The February elections resulted in a substantial victory ( in terms of the number of seats won rather than the percentage of votes cast ) for the BNP [ see p. 38006 ] . |
| 28 | May I draw my right hon. Friend 's attention to the delegation that I led to the Lord Chancellor to consider the problem of bail bandits and light sentencing by Crown courts , and to the concern in my constituency that the Hampshire police authority is short changing the Isle of Wight in terms of the number of constables on the beat ? |
| 29 | So in fact there may be a quality of treatment actually between someone retiring at fifty or fifty-five in terms of the number of years paid into the pension fund , as someone say age seventy . |
| 30 | It also has implications in terms of the number of jobs , in that you need far fewer people . |