Example sentences of "[adj] [art] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given that the number of W-cells in the retina probably exceeds the number of Y-cells , this is unsatisfactory . |
| 2 | Thus , the more documents that an indexing system is likely to embrace , the greater the number of index terms that are likely to be necessary for convenient retrieval ( given that the number of documents which constitute a scannable category does not vary ) . |
| 3 | Between 1841 and 1861 the number of male shoemakers in the county aged twenty or more almost doubled as both the urban and the rural population searched for employment . |
| 4 | This period balances the interest of the offeror to know as soon as possible the number of shareholders willing to accept its offer together with the amount of finance that it requires ; the interest of the target company not to have its business disrupted for too long ; and the interests of the shareholders in the target company to weigh up the merits of the bid . |
| 5 | Having stressed the importance of reducing as far as possible the number of permissible reasons for refusal , the authors refer to the cited ground , which they admit has no precedent in international agreements on judicial assistance . |
| 6 | We need a balanced methodology in reducing as quickly as possible the number of victims and the number of abusers within the care system . |
| 7 | In the context of this paper it is suggested that the following principles are added : dementia sufferers should be maintained in their own homes for as long as possible dementia sufferers should be maintained in their own community for as long as possible the number of moves should be kept to a minimum the independence , dignity and privacy of the sufferer must be respected the dementia sufferers must be involved as far as possible in discussions and decisions regarding their care and any possible move carers or potential carers should be involved in the decision-making process . |
| 8 | It was very important to know as near as possible the number of kibbles which could be mined weekly " upon which the projects of gaine or loss are to be framed . " |
| 9 | I do not include in that 70 the number of occasions when the hon. Members for Brightside and for Dagenham have said contradictory things . |
| 10 | Of a planned 2,266 a total of 1,581 Cuban troops had been withdrawn during January , bringing to 31,138 the number withdrawn since January 1989 . |
| 11 | Between 1979 and 1986 the number of private residential homes in Great Britain increased by an average of 18.1 per cent a year . |
| 12 | Since 1986 the number has fallen steadily , declining to 821,419 by January 1989 . |
| 13 | Since January 1986 the number of unemployed claimants in the Aberdare travel to work area has fallen by 27 per cent . |
| 14 | In 1931 , there were twelve Student Groups in villages and by 1935 the number had increased to twenty-one . |
| 15 | CEDA support was essential throughout ; in October 1934 three CEDA ministers finally entered the cabinet , and between May and September 1935 the number rose to five . |
| 16 | The Secretary of State is therefore increasing from four to eight the number of full-time inquiry reporters in the Scottish Office Unit , the setting up of which has in itself reduced the time involved in arranging inquiries and submitting reports . |
| 17 | In Seoul a 38-year-old woman set herself on fire and leapt to her death in front of Yonsei University , and two other people were hospitalized after setting themselves on fire during the May 18 demonstrations , bringing to eight the number of self-immolations ( six of them fatal ) associated with the current protests . |
| 18 | By 1970 there were more than half a million students at a now expanded network of higher education , and in 1980 the number exceeded a million for the first time , taking in roughly a quarter of the relevant age group . |
| 19 | It 's unbelievable the number of thieves there are , he said . |
| 20 | After 1893 the number of cases dropped sharply , though there was some recovery after 1901 . |
| 21 | Between 1985 and 2025 the number of pensioners was set to rise from 9 million to over 12 million ; and the total cost of pensions for the public would rise from £17 billion a year to almost £36 billion if pensions were linked with prices and to a colossal £50 billion if they were linked , as Labour wanted , to the higher of either prices or earnings . |
| 22 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that those dramatic figures are eloquent testimony to the fact that under Labour the number of days lost was so dramatic that it resulted in near anarchy and that , as a result of our legislation , there are now proper secret ballots and democracy in the workplace ? |
| 23 | By the year 2020 the number is expected to rise by at least the same amount to reach nearly 100 million over-60s in the 12 member states . |
| 24 | Since then , company-car taxation scales have increased tenfold , but despite the supposed deterrent effect of this the number of people affected has risen to about 2m . |
| 25 | The seven chips replace 282 separate components , for instance transistors and resistors , and cut by over 700 the number of solder connections . |
| 26 | His death brings to at least 118 the number of those killed in Transcaucasia since Armenia 's campaign for the return of a territory controlled by Azerbaijan began in February 1988 . |
| 27 | Reiman ( 1979 : 75 ) estimates that in 1972 the number of persons in the USA dying from occupational hazards ( diseases and accidents ) was 114,000 , whereas only 20,600 died from being shot , cut , beaten , or poisoned , and being recorded as a homicide case . |
| 28 | In 1972 the number of houses used as second homes in Britain as a whole was estimated at 372000 , but it is believed that this number has declined in recent years due to the inflation in house prices since that date . |
| 29 | The background to the Dobry Reports has already been indicated ; in arithmetical terms , between 1968 and 1972 the number of planning decisions by local authorities in England and Wales increased from 425,000 to 615,000 , while the number of appeals rose even more dramatically . |
| 30 | Using lean production , the authors found the Japanese required just over half the engineering time , half the number of people , and only two-thirds the lead time as their European rivals to produce similar cars . |