Example sentences of "the number of different [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The introduction of grammatical information increases the number of different paths through the lattice from 24 ( 4*2*1*3 ) to 72 ( 6*3*1*4 ) . |
| 2 | Third , the less ‘ verbish ’ the verbs in the poem are , the greater their lexical power tends to be , lexical power being in inverse proportion to the number of different terms with which a given term is habitually associated ( ‘ the fewer the items with which a given item is likely to collocate … the more ‘ powerful ’ it is said to be ’ ) ; and the more powerful , and less ‘ verbish ’ , words are ‘ items of violence ’ , such as ‘ staggering ’ . |
| 3 | Even though the London TOM has expanded greatly , the number of different securities on which options are written is still a very small proportion of the total number of securities in existence . |
| 4 | By electro-fishing and measuring the number of different types of fish and the different types of species which live in the water , we can learn about the pollution in the water . |
| 5 | The primary key is " part number " , hence the number of tuples corresponds directly to the number of different parts in the assembly ( and not the total number of all parts ) . |
| 6 | There must have been an increase in the number of different kinds of animals and plants since the Precambrian ; for example , the conquering of land alone gave rise to a multitude of new opportunities for the colonizing organisms , resulting in an increase in the total number of species . |
| 7 | However , the tests would be more wide-ranging and control of the number of different aspects under test at any one time would be useful . |
| 8 | And because , as we saw in Chapter 1 , the number of different ways of being dead is so much greater than the number of different ways of being alive , the chances are very high that a big random jump in genetic space will end in death . |
| 9 | And because , as we saw in Chapter 1 , the number of different ways of being dead is so much greater than the number of different ways of being alive , the chances are very high that a big random jump in genetic space will end in death . |
| 10 | The recognition of handwriting is even more difficult due to the number of different ways in which letters are written and the visual similarity of many characters . |