Example sentences of "the number of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our picture shows retail director standing in front of a fraction of the number of lorries at Buntingford depot that the Penny Back Scheme has kept off the road . |
| 2 | The idea of using contract hire to increase the number of lorries in the Meet without a huge outflow of capital reserves deserves careful consideration . |
| 3 | The number of papers per researcher , or per dollar — a measure of output in relation to input . |
| 4 | Only a 3% absolute fall in the number of papers with seven authors was seen in the NEJM during 1985–9 , when the modal author number was 5 . |
| 5 | The first , which is the simpler and the one used not in Northern Ireland but in the Republic , is to sort all of Paisley 's papers into " sub-parcels " , one for each second-preference candidate , and then to give to each such candidate a number of votes calculated in accordance with the following formula : the surplus divided by the total number of transferable votes , multiplied by the number of papers in each sub-parcel . |
| 6 | Wherever voters have indicated a further preference , transfers will be made in accordance with the same formula as is used for the transfer of a primary surplus : the surplus is divided by the number of transferable votes , multiplied by the number of papers in each continuing candidate 's sub.parcel . |
| 7 | to look at the publications in a given area and count the number of papers in which each pair of key-words occurs , and |
| 8 | The products of the number of papers in a given subject field and from a given country , and the mean citation rate calculated for each journal are summed by journal and compared with the observed citation rate . |
| 9 | Although there is a reduction in the number of accounts of 44% , after due consideration has been given to the anticipated workload arising from discounts/exemptions/second adult rebates etc the actual proposed staffing reduction is 15% . |
| 10 | The number of meetings of MCC , for example , had diminished by half , its published responsibilities had altered , and even its relationship to MMRC in the Staff Guide management system flowchart had altered . |
| 11 | If members allowances are a hundred and eighty thousand this year which is somewhere around there , Mr may correct me but I think I 'm not too far out , we 've already upped those this year to a hundred and eighty- nine , so next year there 'll be a hundred and seventy-one and the thirteen thousand cost of this will reduce it to a hundred and fifty-eight I actually do n't think that is possible , we ca n't afford it within the terms of of the present set up , unless someone 's going to dramatically reduce the length and the number of meetings in this council , which I think is highly unlikely , I think we 've got to set a good example to our employees , I think that this would give completely the wrong message . |
| 12 | An interesting perspective on the nature of the problem can be given by a graph plotting the number of dispersals against the date of publication of the books disposed of . |
| 13 | In this section we have seen that it is usually possible to reduce the number of accesses to synonyms by loading first the records most frequently accessed . |
| 14 | We have increased the number of businesses in Wales , VAT registrations are up by 25 per cent. , production industries are up by 60 per cent . |
| 15 | No numerical restriction on the number of licences in any particular area is allowed , however the section makes it a ground of refusal that the grant of the licence applied for would result in over provision of facilities of the kind to be provided under the licence . |
| 16 | The ‘ doubling time ’ , defined as the taken for the number of theses per year to double , is somewhere between 12 and 15 years , so that within the 24 years covered by the present study , the population has only doubled once . |
| 17 | The number of approaches from centres wishing to use this facility is on the increase , and the sub-committee is considering how this type of arrangement should be used in future . |
| 18 | However , it retreated from this position , partly because it feared strong adverse reaction particularly from its political Right , and also because it had seriously underestimated the number of Arabs in Gaza , at 100,000–150,000 when it was nearer 280,000 . |
| 19 | The Venn diagram distance between x and y is the number of elements of S which are in either x or y , but not in both : |
| 20 | Laboratories located next to a reactor can increase the number of elements to between thirty and thirty-five . |
| 21 | The number of elements with axes ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) lying in the solid angle is give by |
| 22 | Digital variation ( where the number of elements in a motif varies ) |
| 23 | Take any set S , and let X be the set of finite subsets of S ; so a point in X is a finite set { s , s , s , … s } of elements of S. The number of elements in x is sometimes written |x| |
| 24 | Nevertheless it is clearly playing a useful part in a prevention campaign ; indeed , the greater the number of elements in such a strategy the better . |
| 25 | Another feature of the coast is the number of inlets like the one at Rock , near Padstow . |
| 26 | Brighton Polytechnic has made an even bigger commitment to the scheme : it has distributed 20 adaptors to local schools , and expects to double the number of adaptors in its field trial in the near future . |
| 27 | The number of signatories to the letter — and up to 50 other House Democrats might agree with its terms , as well as perhaps 25–30 of the 56 Democratic senators — means that a ‘ UN ’ resolution could pass Congress only with a majority small enough to be politically unacceptable , and might well fail . |
| 28 | This can either be calculated using total variance in breeding success or using only variance attributable to differences in the number of mates per individual ( see Wade & Arnold , 1980 ) . |
| 29 | Thus redefined , the number of slaves in the world is now greater than it was 150 years ago . |
| 30 | As a result , TECs generally had to make cuts in the number of providers of employment training at a time when there was a growing need for such investment . |