Example sentences of "the number of [noun pl] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is almost certain that targets will be set , including efforts to reduce by a third the number of smokers by the year 2000 . |
| 2 | For plain fabrics Multiply the number of widths by the cutting length for your total fabric requirement . |
| 3 | Multiply the number of widths by the number of pattern repeats per drop to give the total number of pattern repeats required . |
| 4 | On this graph each value represents the average output of a year , calculated by dividing the number of coins by the number of dies . |
| 5 | An additional measure of objective risk which is similar to the one used in the Watts and Quimby ( 1980 ) study was obtained by simply dividing the number of accidents by the traffic flow ( note that the units of this measure are essentially arbitrary ) . |
| 6 | The second consequence was to limit the number of executions by the early 1960s to no more than three or four a year , so bringing nearer the prospect of total abolition by the classic , if inglorious , means of English penal reform : diminution , disuse , abandonment . |
| 7 | ( 2 ) Divide the number of words by the number of sentences to give an average measure of words per sentence . |
| 8 | For each product , multiply the number of items by the difference you found in d ) |
| 9 | He divided the number of crimes by the number of minutes in an hour to show how many crimes were committed in a certain time . |
| 10 | Another measure of the resources available in education is the pupil/teacher ratio ( PTR ) , calculated by dividing the number of pupils by the number of qualified teachers or full-time teacher equivalents . |
| 11 | Each cluster 's mortality rate was calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the child-years of follow-up . |