Example sentences of "the number of children [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tables below show the number of children on the rolls of two schools in rural districts of Bangladesh . |
| 2 | The number of children at the school may have dropped considerably either through competition from other schools or through a fall in the number of children of school age in the neighbourhood . |
| 3 | There may be a gain in the number of children at the school but this could well have happened through factors such as population change or a new housing development that are totally unconnected to the work on raising the school 's visibility and image . |
| 4 | For instance , the value of the total toy market is a function of the number of children of the relevant ages , the access of these children ( as permitted by their parents ) to retail outlets , and industry or market research figures for per capita expenditure per child on toys , suitably adjusted for inflation , increased in personal disposable income ( etc ) . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , the calculations set out in the box suggest that the number of children under the age of 16 living with lone mothers in 1981 and largely or totally dependent on state benefits was about 544000 in England and Wales . |
| 6 | What is likely to happen in the future to the number of children in the Hebrides ? |
| 7 | Should a question be included about the number of children in the unemployed person 's family ? |
| 8 | Women of different ages were asked about the number of children in the ‘ ideal family ’ . |
| 9 | Not all of could be sampled by the questionnaire but comparison with the 1991 census figures suggests that the number of children in the catchment area could be over three hundred . |
| 10 | The number of children in the crowd suggested school attendances may well have been down yesterday . |