Example sentences of "the number of [noun pl] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A preliminary round to be created to reduce the number of teams from the present 21 to 16 , consisting of the three nonfirst-class sides and seven first-class counties taken in alphabetical order of rotation . |
| 2 | Over the protests of black African states , the Security Council had reduced the number of soldiers from the 7,500 originally envisaged to 4,650 . |
| 3 | RESIGNATIONS of underwriting members from the Lloyd 's insurance market could top 2,000 by the end of this year , a new record in the number of departures from the market . |
| 4 | The establishment of a core group of drawings to be used as a starting point for the attribution of other sheets on stylistic grounds remains the principal method of research and Mr Royalton-Kisch felt that the present exhibition has contributed to the furtherance of this work which , in the case of the British Museum , has whittled down the number of sheets from the 106 accepted by Benesch to eighty-four . |
| 5 | ( b ) If the motor has attained its maximum stepping rate deceleration must commence when the number of steps required to decelerate is equal to the number of steps from the target . |
| 6 | Dixon reports : ‘ In the last 12 months , there has been a 30 per cent rise in the number of fans from the younger age group attending our shows . |