Example sentences of "the number of [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result the procedure of dividing the numbers of married persons by two artificially deflates the numbers and proportion of married women in poverty . |
| 2 | But it had a particularly important clause in section 1 , which laid a duty upon the authorities to inform themselves of the numbers of disabled persons in their areas and to make arrangements to meet their needs . |
| 3 | Estimates of the numbers of political prisoners in Syria varied , but according to some sources about 3,500 still remained in prison . |
| 4 | The numbers of complete mandibles in the various pellet assemblages are given in Table 3.7 , column 1 and Fig 3.13 . |
| 5 | The average number of BrdU-labelled oligodendrocyte precursor cells fell by 80% in the TTX-treated nerve , but there was no significant change in the numbers of BrdU-labelled cells in the remaining population , indicating that TTX specifically blocks proliferation of the oligodendrocyte precursor cells ( Fig. 2b ) . |
| 6 | It is possible to predict therefore , given the funding pressures of the late 1980 's and early 1990's , that the numbers of successful graduates in the field will start to level off under the influence of market forces , until the next major theoretical advance , or the next rise in the value of those resources which geologists can be of assistance in exploiting . |
| 7 | It is possible to predict therefore , given the funding pressures of the late 1980 's and early 1990's , that the numbers of successful graduates in the field will start to level off under the influence of market forces , until the next major theoretical advance , or the next rise in the value of those resources which geologists can be of assistance in exploiting . |
| 8 | It is conceivable that quotas may come into future use to encourage or limit the numbers of certain types of applicant . |
| 9 | That 's right , but we would expect it to be subsumed in the numbers of overall requirements for housing . |
| 10 | These findings lend support to the view that persuading people to dispose of unused or rarely used medicines stored in the home might play a part in reducing the numbers of impulsive overdoses of these substances . |
| 11 | The validity of these take up assumptions is obviously affected by the passage of time from late August to late September and the firmness of the UF figures is known from experience to vary widely between fields ; the estimated enrolment figures are therefore used only as an approximate guide to the Co-ordinator and senior tutors in deciding on the numbers of late offers to be made at special weekly meetings of the MAC in September . |
| 12 | Concern grew in 1990-91 over the numbers of illegal immigrants from the Dominican Republic arriving in Puerto Rico and the USA . |
| 13 | This resulted in restoration of the numbers of total thymocytes to wild-type levels ( Fig. 2 a ) . |
| 14 | These can complicate the assignment of spectra of crystals , and care is needed in deciding on the numbers of active fundamentals in crystal spectra for this reason . |
| 15 | It also had to keep the numbers of capped authorities to manageable proportions to prevent civil servants from being overloaded by the administrative burden of determining — and redetermining in the event of appeal — rate levels under the selective scheme . |
| 16 | Following such treatment , there was a significant change in the numbers of these organisms in the patients ' bowels and this change could last for many weeks or months , during which time the patient continued to improve . |
| 17 | There is current concern to increase the numbers of mature students at the Polytechnic and , although the record of the Modular Course is good in this respect , quotas may be introduced . |
| 18 | Within sub-disciplines , the theses are arranged geographically and by geological age , so that the numbers of Scottish theses within his subject headings can be extracted . |
| 19 | ( J Millar , 1989 ) Moreover , the growth in the numbers of one-parent families in the past two decades has occurred in most industrialised countries . |
| 20 | In , the numbers of postcrania approximate to the numbers of cranial elements in most of the predator bone assemblages . |
| 21 | The numbers of intraepithelial lymphocytes for a total of 1000 enterocytes was counted and expressed as intraepithelial lymphocytes per 100 enterocytes , as previously described . |
| 22 | The numbers of special schools in operation in England rose from around 400 in 1970 to 1,050 in 1980 . |
| 23 | An index of loss of mandibles and maxillae from the predator assemblages is given by the numbers of isolated teeth in the assemblages compared with the empty alveolar spaces in the known samples of upper and lower jaws ( which is given by the figures in column 1 , Table 3.6 for molar loss , and column 4 in the same table for incisor loss ) : see Table 3.9 . |
| 24 | The final column of Table 3.12 also shows the summed results for both in situ and isolated molars ; this was done because post-depositional loss of teeth from the jaws increases the numbers of isolated teeth in fossil samples , which would include both the teeth already isolated in the pellet and the ones that were still in jaws in the pellet but became separated later . |
| 25 | % isolated molars : the numbers of isolated molars in the sample ( given in the appendix ) compared with the numbers of empty alveolar spaces in the mandibles and maxillae from which the molars must have come . |
| 26 | When the first orders were placed the numbers of two-car units in the fleet were set by means of a number of calculations . |
| 27 | AIthough the actual industries within the sector may have changed over time , for example with the decline in the numbers of domestic servants since the turn of the century , the sector itself has been an important source of jobs since the mid-nineteenth century . |
| 28 | Thus this choice reaction time can be described by RT = 377 * log2N where N is the number of possible values from which we are required to choose . |
| 29 | So the number of possible breakdowns between L and P are infinite . |
| 30 | Thus , we have reduced the number of possible breaks in this text to three , so that we can suggest that there are four paragraphs , beginning at sentences 1 , 4 , 10 and 19 . |