Example sentences of "number of [adj] [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , pen-based systems offer a number of distinct advantages over speech or keyboard based systems . |
| 2 | Meanwhile Sun 's Colwell hints that more announcements concerning ‘ historic IBM-based companies with third-generation based traditional products ’ would be the subject of a number of other announcements over the next four to five weeks . |
| 3 | These surveys have recorded the adoption of a number of new technologies over time for a consistent set of manufacturing establishments , providing a unique source of data on the history and patterns of technological change in this important sector of industry . |
| 4 | There are two key measures : ( 1 ) the incidence rate ( the number of new cases over a given period , usually a year ) and ( 2 ) the prevalence rate ( the number of cases/persons affected in the population at a particular moment in time ) . |
| 5 | The makers of sanitary towels have promoted their wares in a number of ingenious ways over the years , but few have shown the same initiative as that of Southall Brothers and Barclay of Birmingham who , in July 1888 , took up one third of the back cover of The Antiquary with an advertisement . |
| 6 | In particular , there is bound to be a large amount of work involved in buying a number of small annuities over the years and it may be difficult to get the appropriate advice at the time . |
| 7 | The number of unissued shares over which options may be granted under the Executive Scheme on any date shall be limited so that : |
| 8 | In particular there have been a number of publicised protests over environmental issues , involving nuclear waste , air pollution and the development of major engineering projects . |
| 9 | The number of male suicides over the ten years was 2,073 — almost three times the total of females ( 682 ) . |
| 10 | The following table shows a surge in the number of female actuaries over the last decade an also demonstrates how male dominated we were 60 years ago . |
| 11 | It confirms a number of previous reports over the last few years [ see EDs 68 , 67 , 65/66 , et passim ] . |
| 12 | He tests it using data from a number of different countries over the same time period , reasoning that if equation ( 6.1 ) were true , then those countries in which aggregate demand has been highly unpredictable should be those countries in which unpredictable aggregate demand has little effect on real output . |
| 13 | They would pass into the hands of number of different owners over the years , but Charles Titford was to remain the occupier until his death in 1802 . |
| 14 | Mr Edward Pearce , the political pundit whose views have appeared in an impressive number of different newspapers over the past few years , has been pondering the curse of the accountant for the benefit of Guardian readers . |
| 15 | Female mink permit several matings with a number of different males over a protracted mating season . |
| 16 | Through the creation and use of databases in a number of different contexts over a period of time , pupils develop an awareness of the microcomputer as an information handling tool rather than a games machine or programming instrument , while , at the same time , developing valuable learning skills . |
| 17 | The LGC has seen a number of fundamental changes over the past few years , not least its relocation in 1989 from the south bank of the Thames in central London to its present plush premises next to the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington , Middlesex . |
| 18 | Statistically this loss rate is low seen in the perspective of the number of flying Spitfires over this time span . |
| 19 | 2.8 There have been a large number of judicial observations over the years about the general nature of the remedy established by fatal accidents legislation . |
| 20 | Perhaps the combination of the growing strength of the feminist movement in this country and the expanding numbers of older women over the next twenty to forty years will provide the keys to political and social change . |