Example sentences of "numbers of [noun] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finding the largest numbers of drug users in our largest cities and towns does not necessarily imply that they have proportionately more drug users than smaller communities . |
| 2 | Pledging that opposition to tolls , plus efforts to increase the numbers of rail passengers in a bid to reduce vehicle traffic , would continue , Mr MacDougall also stressed the need for wide consultation . |
| 3 | We shall consider here only time series having equal intervals between observations ( e.g. numbers of road accidents in a city during successive hours of the day , daily climatic measurements , monthly export totals , quarterly unemployment figures , yearly coal consumption , etc . ) . |
| 4 | Many of these studies screened large numbers of HLA antigens in large population samples which , of course , can lead to the occurrence of significant associations by chance . |
| 5 | [ For numbers of asylum seekers in Germany in January 1991 see p. 37969 . ] |
| 6 | % femur heads digested : the numbers of femur heads present in the sample that show some evidence of digestive corrosion compared with the total numbers of femur heads in the sample . |
| 7 | Large numbers of oak trees in Britain are suffering from " die-XXXX back " symptoms , which causes them to lose their branches and leaves , and eventually die . |
| 8 | Should the entry qualification be to do with difficult behaviour rather than severity , or is required level of care the most important factor ? iii Low expectations and reduced social stimulation from other residents may lead to impaired performance in dementia , hastening the decline iv Segregated units may become stigmatized , and be unattractive to prospective residents and relatives v Staff recruitment may be more difficult , and staff turnover may be higher vi A unit may find itself looking after an increasingly disabled group In response to the increasing numbers of dementia sufferers in every type of service for the elderly , we saw five different ways of dealing with the integration/segregation issue . |
| 9 | This included decreases in the numbers of day pupils in maintained ESN(M) schools and the numbers attending special classes in normal schools . |
| 10 | But these totals are dwarfed by the immense numbers of submarine volcanoes in the world 's ocean basins ; at least 50 000 are known to exist on the floor of the Pacific Ocean . |
| 11 | Despite efforts by French publishers , very few firms sell software for the increasing numbers of computer owners in schools and at home . |
| 12 | The long established working class were rehoused on a massive scale , but many were stacked in tower blocks : the numbers of Council flats in England and Wales built fifteen or more storeys from the ground rose from 8 in 1955 to 17,351 in 1965 . |
| 13 | Increased use of chemical pesticides is causing a steep decline in the numbers of song thrushes in Britain , according to a survey by the British Trust for Ornithology . |
| 14 | The large numbers of evening primrose in Liverpool reflect its abundance on the sand dunes just outside the city . |
| 15 | In the case of theses in Scottish geology , the numbers of geophysics theses in the 9-academic year period between 1960 and 1968 was 10 . |
| 16 | Both the frequency of detection and the numbers of E coli in the mucosa-associated flora increased during treatment and with clinical improvement . |
| 17 | I remind my hon. Friend the Minister , who has Scottish ancestry , that to upset large numbers of railway enthusiasts in Scotland would not be of additional help to the Conservative party north of the border . |
| 18 | This refers to an increase in the numbers of nematode eggs in the faeces of animals around parturition . |
| 19 | While the success of the NSE students in the universities would confirm the findings of Walker , and Smithers and Griffin , care must be taken in drawing wider conclusions , given the very small numbers of NSE students in the universities in Molloy and Carroll 's study ( only 35 in total ) . |
| 20 | It is relevant that these districts are large , in some cases similar to old counties , and that rural areas contained negligible numbers of oil workers in 1971 when the energy industry was not a census category . |
| 21 | The presence of large numbers of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh increased tension along the Bangladesh-Myanma border . |
| 22 | The intensification of capitalist farming his not meant the disintegration of the peasantry , for there is evidence to show increasing numbers of peasant farmers in many regions . |
| 23 | We know from animal experiments that if there were no lymphocytes there would be no inflammation and no pus , despite normal numbers of pus cells in the body . |
| 24 | The numbers of baby eels in Scandinavian and European rivers are also declining , and the NRA believe that the depopulation may be being caused by an unknown factor , possibly pollution , in the Atlantic . |