Example sentences of "the number of such [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , before offering in 1985 to put health warnings on shop facias and canopies , the industry expanded hugely the number of such signs without warnings . |
| 2 | The apparent excess of fathers monitored for radiation among children with leukaemia does not seem to be because the number of such fathers in the control group was unusually low by chance . |
| 3 | The 30MW sets were extremely conservative ( the first set with the standard conditions had been commissioned as long ago as 1929 ) , but Pask , the chief engineer , resisted pressure to reduce the number of such sets in the early years and concentrate more on the 60MW design . |
| 4 | Furthermore , though the number of persons suffering from a mental disorder who can not be helped on a voluntary basis is relatively small , the number of such persons in the community is likely to increase . |
| 5 | We have seen ( pp. 30–1 , above ) that the vast expansion in the number of such fires in the postwar years had provided consumers with a way of avoiding the consequences of coal rationing , but the effects on the electricity supply system were devastating . |