Example sentences of "in [art] number of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The introduction of railways did not lead to an immediate decline in the number of draught animals . |
| 2 | It is unlikely that there was any drop in the number of draught animals during the late nineteenth century , but the advent of motor vehicles in the twentieth century did reduce their importance . |
| 3 | Also , the increase in the number of liquid or soft stools , an important item of CDAI , may be caused either because of worsening of the intestinal disease or as a side effect of enteral nutrition . |
| 4 | Malaise and appreciable increases in serum transaminase activities coincided with a marked increase in the number of hepatocytes staining for HDAg and also the first histological appearance of HBcAg ( Fig 6 ) . |
| 5 | The difference in the number of hepatocytes positive for pre-S1 or pre-S2 between two groups of patients was compared using Wilcoxon 's rank-sum test . |
| 6 | Clues to the foci of several biogeographers may be gleaned from definitions in the number of texts on biogeography that have emerged to fill a gap that was acute until 1970 ( Table 5.2 ) . |
| 7 | Doctors across Scotland are reporting an increase in the number of flu cases with some Glasgow practices dealing with what they term ‘ an epidemic ’ . |
| 8 | The evidence from these experiments also showed that while waking people up from REM sleep regularly produced reports of dreaming , delaying the awakening until after the end of the REM sleep period produced a dramatic drop in the number of dreams recalled . |
| 9 | Unemployment was a major problem , with high population growth and a decline in the number of Botswana working abroad , particularly in South Africa . |
| 10 | There is a resultant increase in the number of word candidates in the word lattice . |
| 11 | This resulted in a decrease in the number of word paths , though the numbers were still extremely high . |
| 12 | This also resulted in a slight decrease in the number of word paths , but often resulted in the loss of the correct word . |
| 13 | And even before the pit closure programme started with the increased competition that was taking place inside the mines , the increased productivity erm we 've seen a steady rise in the number of back accidents , erm you know spinal erm related accidents . |
| 14 | Researchers say that the alarming increase in the number of cases in December , the first month of the Brazilian summer , signals worse to come . |
| 15 | Apart from the People 's Republic of China , which claims to have eradicated syphilis in the space of about ten years , most countries are now reporting an increase in the number of cases of early infectious syphilis , usually amongst male homosexuals . |
| 16 | In the early seventies , the Swedes , worried by the startling increase in the number of cases of gonorrhoea , launched a health education campaign featuring a ‘ flying condom ’ which could be seen on all the best hoardings , exhorting the general public to use a protective in all acts of sexual intercourse . |
| 17 | Having followed the decline in the number of cases of gonorrhoea into the middle fifties , syphilis , in contrast , has remained at a comparatively low level ever since . |
| 18 | Their observations were only partially based on the fall in the number of cases brought before the courts . |
| 19 | When the price of graphite fell in 1900 and the mines closed they returned to their villages ; one result was an increase in the number of cases of cattle stealing in the Western and Southern Provinces of fifty-six per cent over 1899 . |
| 20 | Once this was discovered , the amount of oxygen given to young babies was carefully monitored and a dramatic fall in the number of cases resulted . |
| 21 | Finally , the gross overloading of the Crown Court , coupled with the great cost of criminal legal aid to the Exchequer , will probably bring about a further shift of criminal cases from the Crown Court to magistrates ' courts , which will involve a reduction in the number of cases in which barristers are engaged . |
| 22 | However , White , in this issue , argues that private actions have played an important role in the development of more effective antitrust in the US , and that the recent decline in the number of cases has allayed the fears , expressed in the 1980s , of excessive litigation . |
| 23 | After the previous year saw a fall in the number of cases involving disputes with members of the Investment Managers Regulatory Organisation handled by the Investment Ombudsman , the number increased by over 50 per cent in 1992/3 according to his annual report . |
| 24 | We 've seen new and harsher disciplinary procedures introduced , safety measures ignored and regrettably increases in the number of cases of racial and sexual harassment . |
| 25 | The latest flu epidemic could be followed by an upsurge in the number of cases of meningitis . |
| 26 | But he adds , ‘ there is an increase in the number of cases coming to our attention ’ . |
| 27 | There was no significant difference in the number of changes in management when referrals from physicians and surgeons were compared ( 46.6% v 51.1% , NS ) . |
| 28 | For example , a rise in real wages makes work more attractive and so may lead to an increase in the number of hours of work offered . |
| 29 | It is expected that this trend will continue , with further reductions in the number of hours worked and more people taking early retirement . |
| 30 | The inter-establishment variation in relative wages will be analysed as will be the decomposition of the differential in weekly pay into that in hourly pay and that in the number of hours worked per week . |