Example sentences of "the number of [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Such an MNP will have to obtain separate indemnity cover for overseas branch offices ; only the gross fees of the MNP 's offices in England and Wales will be taken into account in calculating its indemnity contributions ; and those partners in the MNP who normally practise from overseas offices will not be included in the number of principals for the purpose of calculating the contributions . |
| 2 | How can a group be taken seriously , or be considered concerned , when it openly rejects co-operation with this two hundred and thirty million pound scheme which will very substantially increase the number of opportunities for the unemployed in Britain as a whole and in in particular . |
| 3 | The July 29 elections were preceded by a number of primary elections held on July 22 , reducing to 800 ( from over 2,400 ) the number of candidates for the People 's Great Hural . |
| 4 | Under the terms of Belau 's new electoral system the number of candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency had been narrowed to two through the holding of a first round elections on Sept. 22 , when incumbent President Ngiratkel Etpison was eliminated after finishing third with 24.8 per cent , behind Nakamura with 37.2 per cent and Toribiong with 37.9 per cent . |
| 5 | We are hoping to increase the number of classes for the elderly . |
| 6 | His tabulator worked successfully , reducing the number of man-hours for the task by two-thirds . |
| 7 | His own analysis of government figures suggested that the number of prescriptions for the treatment of asthma had more than doubled to 27 million a year over the last decade . |
| 8 | The Iraqi newspaper Al-Iraq reported on Aug. 23 that the number of volunteers for the Popular Army had reached almost 5,000,000 . |
| 9 | In my local hospital in Withington , the number of beds for the elderly has decreased in the past few years from 140 beds to barely 20 . |