Example sentences of "the number of [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | So the number of possible breakdowns between L and P are infinite . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This follows from Cantor 's proof showing that the number of possible selections from a given set of objects necessarily exceeds the number of the actual members of that set , irrespective of how many members the set happens to have . |
| 5 | The number of possible elements in a matrix is given by : |
| 6 | If the mutational jump we are considering is a very large one , the number of possible destinations of that jump is astronomically large . |
| 7 | This contrasts the number of possible transitions of each order with the actual number found in the million word LOB corpus . |
| 8 | It is easy to see from this drivechart that the number of possible modes of operation is large , but that the choice facing the teacher at any given moment is among only a few possibilities . |
| 9 | The French writer V A Graicunas devised a formula to show how the number of possible relationships between members of an organisation increases geometrically in proportion to the number of members : where N is the total number of possible relationships and n is the number of members . |
| 10 | If these white units are now connected to other white units , and black to black ( b ) , to form five equal chains of each colour with , then the number of possible arrangements of these chains decreases to about 10 3 . |
| 11 | In the case of spoken words , context is used to speed up recognition by reducing the number of possible candidates in the cohort . |
| 12 | The number of possible ways of arranging 20 kinds of thing in chains 146 links long is an inconceivably large number , which Asimov calls the " haemoglobin number " . |
| 13 | The greatest scope for study exists with cremation pottery for , being decorated , it presents a greater number of variables for study , thereby reducing the number of possible interpretations of the patterns produced by analysis . |
| 14 | Since there are 20 kinds of amino acids , the number of possible proteins of that size is 20 100 . |
| 15 | The world can be divided up on a purely climatic basis by using any climatic parameters one likes , so that the number of possible methods of division is very large , but , as most of these are meaningless geographically , it is possible to say that pure climatic regions do not exist , at least from a geographer 's point of view . |
| 16 | By increasing the number of general meetings for members they would have the opportunity to feel more involved in and would make the organisation more democratic . |
| 17 | Both systems gave a kind of proportional representation : the number of councillors which each Attic deme sent yearly to the Council of Five Hundred depended on its population ( p. 112 ) ; and the number of federal councillors in Boiotia supplied by the cities depended on the size of the city and its territory . |
| 18 | On Oct. 8 the Federal Assembly passed two constitutional amendments aimed at transferring federal powers to the Czech and Slovak republics , and reducing the number of federal ministries from 15 to five . |
| 19 | Changes in the longer term included ( i ) the halving of the number of armed forces to about 31,000 over two years ; ( ii ) electoral reform ; ( iii ) land reform ; ( iv ) the creation of a consultative body , comprising representatives of government , employers and workers , to set policy for economic and social development ; and ( v ) the creation of a mechanism to allow the FMLN to contribute to the national reconstruction plan . |
| 20 | Labelling index was expressed as the number of labelled cells per 1000 cells . |
| 21 | The number of labelled cells in each section was estimated from a count of 2000 exocrine pancreatic acinar cells , the result expressed as a percentage — the labelling index . |
| 22 | Since the number of labelled cells in the upper crypts was often quite low , a single labelling index was calculated for compartment 4+5 ( labelling index 4+5 ) as suggested by other investigators . |
| 23 | The change comes as part of a bid by the Bishops of Durham and Jarrow to reduce the number of paid ministers by 36 . |
| 24 | Despite the rapid increase in the number of large-scale excavations of settlements , only three have been published ( Bell 1977 ; Millett 1983 ; West 1985 ) ; a similar problem pertains with the number of cemeteries examined since the Second World War and which remain unpublished , denying a generation of researchers the data from modern excavations . |
| 25 | ACET through its schools education programme aims to reduce the number of new infections by giving young people the facts about AIDS . |
| 26 | There are two key measures : ( 1 ) the incidence rate ( the number of new cases over a given period , usually a year ) and ( 2 ) the prevalence rate ( the number of cases/persons affected in the population at a particular moment in time ) . |
| 27 | Briefly , their ‘ epidemic ’ model proposes that , from a stable endemic baseline , the number of new cases of heroin use ( incidence ) in a community increases rapidly for four years before peaking at ten times the level of initial endemic incidence in year five , and then dropping sharply to the previous endemic level during years six and seven ( see Figure 3.2 ) . |
| 28 | We looked at the total incidence of gonorrhoea ; the number of cases of gonorrhoea found in men overall and in homosexual men ; the male to female ratio of cases of gonorrhoea ; and the number of new cases of HIV infection diagnosed in homosexual men ( table ) . |
| 29 | The number of new cases of gonorrhoea in homosexuals was lowest in 1987 and then gradually increased until 1990 . |
| 30 | The existing stone walling was retained and the original massiveness of the east elevation was preserved and even emphasised by retaining the high level ventilation slits and minimising the number of new windows on this sunless side . |