Example sentences of "at the number of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Singh filled them in although she had already expressed alarm at the number of notes she was going to have to write to the school . |
| 2 | I mean frankly David , if you look at the number of games we 've had so far this season , it would be totally impractical for both teams to have played on the same pitch . |
| 3 | ‘ You only have to look at the number of players with top clubs in the present squad — Arsenal 's Steve Morrow is another example — and it 's obvious there 's hope for the future . |
| 4 | You only have to look at the number of visitors going to places such as Nepal er to see the increase there , to see how important this connection be . |
| 5 | ‘ People who take their bikes out at weekends are terrified at the number of potholes , bumps and increasing traffic levels on roads . ’ |
| 6 | Emanuel says he is surprised at the number of caterers who are unsure of the amount of cutlery to buy . |
| 7 | ‘ We were amazed at the number of leaders who took the time to think about it and send back replies . ’ |
| 8 | They should be looking at the number of guns held illegally . ’ |
| 9 | There 's a serious , a serious side Lord Mayor , to that greeting cos I just looked at the number of companies that are owned this shareholders scheme that they like to promote , the number of companies that 're owned by foreign nationals . |
| 10 | So , this method of measuring the conservatism of DNA , by looking at the number of changes that have actually occurred during geological time , compounds genuine copying fidelity with the filtering effects of natural selection . |
| 11 | Whilst noting the developments in human rights since the unbanning of political organizations in February 1990 , Amnesty expressed its concern at the number of killings in which security force members appeared to be directly implicated but where the security forces failed to take appropriate action . |
| 12 | This is one of the oldest tricks for children and it is very effective , yet I am surprised at the number of parents who do not know it . |
| 13 | Or were they simply concerned at the number of rules that were being broken by the programme 's makers ? |
| 14 | Let us look now at the number of designers due for retirement between 1982–1992 ( see figure 9 ) . |
| 15 | While stadium staff spent the day clearing up at Brafield , the organisers expressed regret at the number of arrests , but insisted that Saturday night 's rave is the shape of things to come … |
| 16 | But you know , you 'd be amazed at the number of castles , manor houses and halls in the North here . |
| 17 | Said delighted Northern coach Peter Fox : ‘ When you come to Knowsley Road and win you know you are championship material — but I was surprised at the number of points we scored . ’ |
| 18 | Because so little work had been carried out on Hector 's dolphin before Slooten and Dawson began their studies , it is impossible to even guess at the number of dolphins which had been annually killed before 1984 . |
| 19 | I was amazed at the number of plants : I counted 147 — all along the window-sills , on tables , everywhere . |
| 20 | I am assailed with feelings of irritation mixed with amusement at the number of pilots who , despite cheerfully paying many hundreds if not thousands of pounds on their chosen hobby , carp on about having to fork out three or four quid over the odds in selected landing fees , or as in the case of correspondent K. Foster £46 for a medical combined with an ECG . |
| 21 | Lunch was taken on the terrace alone beneath the warming rays of the April sunshine , and after that she continued her exploration of the house , amazed at the number of rooms that were apparently shut up and wondering why it was that a man like Marc Alexander Vila would choose to live alone in this enormous and obviously expensive mausoleum . |
| 22 | West Midlands bureaux managers may feel proud at the number of workers who reported that they were very satisfied and could think of no way in which they would do things better . |
| 23 | I was absolutely horrified at the number of flaws you could very quickly find in reading one of these papers for half an hour . |