Example sentences of "number of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 For example , we could have a number of herds of cattle ; these herds would be called primary sampling units and the individual cattle are secondary sampling units .
2 There are a number of viewpoints of the city from the ring road
3 Argument means resolving differences by discussion ; this can encourage integration of a number of viewpoints into a better solution .
4 There is n't even a close second , but obviously there are a good number of queries on the most commonly kept cichlids — Kribs ( Pelvicachromis pulcher ) , Angels ( Pterophyllum scalare ) , Rams ( Papilichromis ramirezi ) , Firemouths ( Thorichthys meeki ) , Severums ( Heros severus ) and Convicts ( ‘ Cichlasoma ’ nigrofasciatum ) .
5 If there are expected to be a number of queries of the type ‘ How many lecturers are over 40 years of age ? ’ , the database administrator may well consider using date-of-birth as a key for inclusion in the index .
6 Over the last few months we 've had a number of queries from hobbyists concerning fish which they have bought for their community tanks , which despite advice from their dealer , have turned out to be most unsuitable for such a set up .
7 A member who made less than 10 per cent of the average number of dealings in the year immediately preceding the general meeting may not exercise his voting right .
8 If you 're knitting a round neck and have stitches held on waste yarn , you should make a note of the number of stitches on waste as you knit them off .
9 Only use this latter method if the number of stitches in the repeat divides exactly into the number of stitches across the body ( plus one stitch each side of the seam allowance ) .
10 Only use this latter method if the number of stitches in the repeat divides exactly into the number of stitches across the body ( plus one stitch each side of the seam allowance ) .
11 When knitting a garment in all over pattern , the two facts i always take into account when positioning the N1 cam are firstly , the number of stitches in the pattern and secondly , the number of stitches required for the garment piece .
12 Cowan makes a number of approximations in order to make his theory manageable .
13 The autoradiograms were scanned by laser densitometry to quantitate the fractional number of moles of RNA of each length in a lane .
14 Some gaseous reactions involve changes in the number of moles of gas .
15 If these reactions are carried out at constant volume changes in number of moles of gas with change in gas pressure which can be measured using a manometer .
16 It is the ratio of the number of moles of gas a to the total number of moles of gas present .
17 It is the ratio of the number of moles of gas a to the total number of moles of gas present .
18 The formula also shows the number of moles of atoms of each element in one mole of molecules .
19 There are two stages in this determination : Stage 1 : the number of moles of each element present in a known mass of the compound is found ; Stage 2 : the simplest whole number ratio of moles is found ; this gives the empirical formula .
20 It is usually expressed as the number of moles of solute in one litre ( that is , one cubic decimetre ) of solution : where n(X) denotes the amount of solute X , Vdenotes the volume of solution and [ X ] denotes the concentration of solute X in solution .
21 Molality can be expressed as the number of moles of solute in one kilogram of solvent .
22 The mole fraction of component A in a mixture of A and B is given by where denotes the number of moles of denotes the number of moles of B and XA denotes the mole fraction of A.
23 The mole fraction of component A in a mixture of A and B is given by where denotes the number of moles of denotes the number of moles of B and XA denotes the mole fraction of A.
24 SOLUTION The enthalpy change for the neutralisation is given by where qp is the energy evolved in the experiment ; and n is the number of moles of water formed in the experiment .
25 It is the number of moles of solute in one kilogram of solvent .
26 The required expression for molality is derived from a mathematical definition of molality : where nB is the number of moles of solute and mA the mass of solvent in grams .
27 Even if mansi absi , or aprisiones , or hospitia , as a proportion of the total number of holdings in any area , remained small , they were a sign of " dynamism " particularly visible in the heartland of the kingdom of Charles the Bald .
28 They built a great number of cottages for their workpeople ; a Unitarian chapel for their spiritual welfare , a school for their children , and a mansion for themselves .
29 Initial research work at Oxford United 's ground consisted mainly of making a large number of video-recordings of fans in the London Road End .
30 POLICE are investigating possible links between a number of robberies in Chester in the past month .
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