Example sentences of "number [prep] [noun] [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be emphasized that much information gained from petrofabric research can be used to back up field studies and forms an aid to provenance studies , including facies analysis and construction of depositional models ; these applications are commonly lost amongst an ever-growing number of papers solely on aspects of diagenesis . |
| 2 | The probability of selecting the original address had been proportional to the number of electors originally on the register ; this was a sensible procedure if the number of electors had not changed . |
| 3 | In subsequent analysis , therefore , all responses from individuals at addresses which had changed electors were weighted by the number of adults at the address divided by the number of electors originally on the register for that address . |
| 4 | The number of demonstrators outside on Victory Square had grown , meanwhile , to about 8,000 . |
| 5 | John Greig , the club 's public relations executive , said : ‘ We are far from satisfied with the security arrangements and greatly reduced number of tickets now on offer . |
| 6 | John Greig , the club 's public relations executive , said : ‘ We are far from satisfied with the security arrangements and greatly reduced number of tickets now on offer . |
| 7 | ‘ … the extent of the establishment is but barely sufficient for the exigencies of the County , and it can not be contended that it is on too large or extravagant a scale ; the number of patients constantly on the books of the Infirmary ; the high reputation which it has justly acquired under the excellent management of the medical and other officers belonging to it ; the strict economy which to the general satisfaction of the Governors has been observed in the ordinary expenditure of the House … call forcibly upon the County at large to hold out a protecting hand to save it from ruin which appears inevitably to have waited , if not averted by our timely interference . ’ |