Example sentences of "the number of [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prout in nineteen ninety two a hundred and seventy patients and again found the number of tumours the most important feature . |
| 2 | Some data analysts prefer to use the outer quarters ( Open University 1983 ) ; the larger the number of cases the less the decision matters . |
| 3 | The need for the recommendation of a high-ranking scholar provided a control on the quality of the intake-as long , of course , as the scholar were reasonably honest-while the quantity could be controlled by altering a number of factors , for example , the period at which the regular investiture took place , the number of ceremonial occasions on which special investitures might occur or the number of students the holder of any given office might invest as Interesting , though extremely belated , attempts to control both the quality and the quantity of are represented by two decrees of the year 1715 , by which time the system had very nearly completely broken down . |
| 4 | Thus the Avrami exponent is the sum of the order of the rate process and the number of dimensions the morphological unit possesses . |
| 5 | Another suggestion is that they were put there by shepherds so that they could find their way off the fell in bad weather , the idea being that by the number of cairns the shepherds would be able to tell where they were and by the pattern they could know which direction to follow . |
| 6 | The odds of an outcome are given by dividing the number of times the outcome occurred by the number of times it did not occur . |
| 7 | A scale was formed by simply scoring the number of times the respondent said that he or she was satisfied ; the resulting scale started with a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 6 , but it was dichotomized at the median value into a scale of political alienation with two values ( high and low ) . |
| 8 | Spraying commences in May and continues right up until the harvest , although the number of times the vines are sprayed and the types of spray used will depend on the local conditions of pests and disease . |
| 9 | The higher the premium is on conversion then the more the issue will be treated as a fixed interest investment and valued on a yield basis , with attention given to the financial strength of the issuing company and the number of times the interest/dividend payment is covered by available profits . |
| 10 | There is no limit to the number of times the button may be pressed , and it seems that mourners in cars queueing behind can get somewhat restive . |
| 11 | The purpose of this is to increase through rewards and punishments the number of times the child chooses to perform acceptable behaviour and not to perform unacceptable behaviour . |
| 12 | During the period of improvement the parents will notice a reduction in the number of times the child wets at night and also in the size of the wet patch . |
| 13 | Spatial frequency is less intuitively obvious but is related to the number of times the display cycles from light to dark to light again as you go a fixed distance in a single direction across the display . |
| 14 | No doubt this was for the good practical reason that as royal taxation became more frequent separate and additional councils for the church 's own business became more inconvenient : there was a limit to the number of times the clergy could be summoned from their parishes and livings to provincial assemblies in London or elsewhere . |
| 15 | The frequency of a sound is the number of times the air around the source vibrates each second . |
| 16 | The trial number of the horizontal axis indicates the number of times the dog had been fed and heard an associated sound . |
| 17 | The results ( e.g. Figure 3.9 ) can be plotted in a graph of the rate of correct choices against the number of times the rat has been made to run through the maze ( where a ‘ correct ’ choice is one in the direction in which it will be rewarded , or in the opposite direction from which it will be shocked ) . |
| 18 | She remembered Donna Fratelli 's raucous laugh , the number of times the two of them had sat together over a glass of wine or a plate of pasta , discussing the things which really matter : men , or life , or the latest movie . |
| 19 | She was saddened by the number of times the man must have asked this question . |
| 20 | These were analysed and a count was made of each word according to the number of times the word occurred in the conversation of the speaker and how many times in the total corpus ; also an account was made of the varies words related to the profession or social class of the speaker . |
| 21 | Here n i is the number of times the ith symmetry species appears in Γ y , h is the order of the point group ( equal to the total number of symmetry operations , and given at the head of the character table ) , g r is the number of equivalent symmetry operations of type R , and Xi ( R ) is the character listed for operation R for this symmetry species in the character table . |
| 22 | These include many noted above , as well as the role of opinion leaders and charismatic figures , the type of attitude or belief which is in question , the profile of the audience targeted , the number of times the message is repeated and the relationship between the sender and the receiver . |
| 23 | Transition probabilities p(1) to p(4) in Table 6.2 are calculated by counting the number of times the business executive stayed in city a and subsequently ( i ) stayed the next day in city a , ( ii ) moved to city b , ( iii ) moved to city c , ( iv ) moved to city d . |
| 24 | The symptom index was calculated as the number of times the symptom occurred when the pH was below four , divided by the total number of times the symptom was reported ; this quotient was then multiplied by 100 to give the percentage of symptoms associated with reflux . |
| 25 | Those who 've noticed the number of times the Sedgefield MP 's cherubic opinions have been aired on television recently will little doubt it . |
| 26 | That 's the number of birds the Welshman has in his aviary and he relaxes with them as he winds up preparations for Saturday 's WBC title challenge against Benn at Alexandra Palace . |
| 27 | When Trolls are attacked calculate the number of wounds the unit suffers as normal . |
| 28 | In order to estimate the level of violence an average woman would experience in the course of her life , this figure would need to be multiplied by the number of years the average woman lives . |
| 29 | You should establish experience and expertise by reference to the number of years the lawyer has done personal injury work and the type of cases they have handled . |
| 30 | The longer the preceding REM sleep period before the awakening , the larger the number of words the subjects tended to use . |