Example sentences of "number of [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a near-continuous set of numbers can only be obtained if nine records are stored per track , and this will usually not be the best number of records for the file under consideration . |
| 2 | Of the courses that were specifically described as management training , 67% of them were carried out by libraries who expected an above average number of programmes for the coming year , who themselves comprised 27% of the sample . |
| 3 | Embryonic fibroblast culture and replication banding has the advantage of providing a large number of slides and mitotic cells which could be used for several different probes but the disadvantages of having to pool a considerable number of embryos for the initiation of the culture and a lack of knowledge as to the source and lineage of the cells which become established in culture . |
| 4 | The student may consider a number of strategies for the investigation and select those which are considered appropriate eg in investigating the phasing of traffic lights at a road junction , the student may consider using trial and improvement , graphical techniques , algebraic analysis , calculus etc as strategies . |
| 5 | The claimant employed a number of persons for the purpose of preparing and serving meals to other employees of its business . |
| 6 | Geographers are familiar with the concept of the central place — a locally or regionally important centre fulfilling a number of functions for the settlements around . |
| 7 | State 3 to State 4 — usually if the approximate number of blocks for the item was estimated too high , resulting in Offline believing that there is more space available even though it is physically full |
| 8 | State 4 to state 3 — usually if the approximate number of blocks for the item was estimated too low , resulting in Offline believing the item is full even though there is physically more space available |
| 9 | State 3 to state 4 — usually if the approximate number of blocks for the item was estimated too high , resulting in Offline believing there is more space available even though it is physically full |
| 10 | There are a number of accessories for the sander , including a sanding frame to allow even sanding of large areas , and a frame to hold the tool upside down for stationary use . |
| 11 | Mr Curran revealed the council was advancing a number of projects for the district including a major new tourist facility in Newcastle and a marina for Killough . |
| 12 | Table 6.4 below gives a series of n th root of the average number of paths for the mid-class , mixed and fine-class sets . |
| 13 | The secretive nature of crime raises a number of problems for the study of crime . |
| 14 | The period following the parliamentary victory saw a number of proposals for the demolition or conversion to secular use of the English cathedrals . |
| 15 | These factors can be broken down into a number of sets for the purposes of different sections of the UCTA , and probably form the most useful framework under which to analyse its effect . |
| 16 | The total number of casuals for the four weeks previously was nine , none of whom were men . |
| 17 | There were a number of reasons for the lack of success . |
| 18 | 7.4 There are a number of reasons for the decision to use Personal Interviews as an Instrument of Assessment in PSD : |
| 19 | Charles Wesley ( 1868 ) wrote a number of hymns for the use of parents ; he himself lost his first two children . |
| 20 | This gives rise to a number of advantages for the teacher or therapist . |
| 21 | The contract army had a number of advantages for the crown . |
| 22 | The water maze offers a number of advantages for the study of spatial learning in that within the tank the animal is quite unconstrained as to the direction it may take , though this must be balanced against the fact that the swimming task is somewhat stressful and the animal is learning how to reach a relatively precarious goal . |
| 23 | Miss Wise was a strong supporter of the B.D.D.A. and wrote a number of articles for the British Deaf Times , mostly about travel in France . |
| 24 | Con Tours ( the big London-based travel agents ) have an arrangement with the hotel by which they receive preference bookings during June/July/August in exchange for an undertaking to take up a minimum number of bookings for the ‘ 'shoulder ’ months of May and September . |
| 25 | There were a number of preconditions for the advent of mass owner occupation , which first characterized the inter-war years ( Ball , 1983 ) . |
| 26 | Your perceptive articles on European airlines ( January 20th ) and high-speed travel in Europe ( February 3rd ) raise a number of issues for the contestable market-theory debate . |
| 27 | He developed good relations , often deep friendships , with prominent figures of the time , including Ibn Saud , who frequently sought his advice and from whom Van Der Meulen was able to obtain a number of concessions for the Dutch . |
| 28 | The faculty receives a very large number of applications for the limited number of places available . |
| 29 | AM detection and waveform generation are two of the expanding number of uses for the phase-locked loop IC , the one in question being the 4046 cmos type . |
| 30 | Both young and old , people are punished in a number of ways for the failure to achieve . |