Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] number " in BNC.
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1 | The difficulty in meeting the relaxed comparable income eligibility criteria and the complexity of preparing the plans has severely limited the number of plans agreed . |
2 | The draft White Paper also limited the number of cheap imported entertainment programmes . |
3 | For HLA-B35 peptides , the additional requirement for a terminal tyrosine limited the number of potential epitopes to be tested to 10 ( Table 2 ) . |
4 | However , both units limited the number of in-patients to two at any given time . |
5 | The fact that a peasant 's farm buildings were in the pueblo limited the number of cattle and hens he could keep ( it may be quite difficult to buy an egg in a town of 3,000 inhabitants ) and was one more factor inhibiting a satisfactory balance between animal and crop husbandry . |
6 | When string ensembles played in four parts , as they sometimes did if circumstances limited the number of players available , they simply left out the quinte . |
7 | Even if recent legislation and immigration control has limited the numbers of black men seeking work in this country , the wives and children of settled immigrants have maintained the proportion of black immigrants out of all immigrants during the 1970s . |
8 | The Voice slipped the magnetic card into the slot of the public telephone , consulted the number he had been given by Taczek , and dialled . |
9 | He recorded the seven pieces out of order , however , and I rather wish that the transfer engineers had re-grouped the numbers according to the order of the score . |
10 | In the upper page ( Master Level Index ) ‘ Module Management ’ is assigned the number 1 , Design Changes the number 2 and so on . |
11 | Identification among the members of a crowd , or group , leads to demands for all to be equal ; given the numbers involved , it is not possible for particular individuals to be the favourite , so a reaction-formation grows up , expressed as a group demand for social justice and equality . |
12 | Given the numbers of the disadvantaged , critics of Treasury ridicule the whole proposal . |
13 | One lawyer should allocate all one-off instructions , provided this is practical given the numbers involved . |
14 | The following morning , after the attack , the police were told about the abandoned Zodiac dinghy and also given the number of the camper van . |
15 | Is stripping and restoring the diffs a reasonable proposition given the number of special tools required , or would I be better off replacing them as a whole ? |
16 | Given the number of titled ladies in the volume , it is hard to believe that their struggles were absolutely equivalent to that of , say , Aphra Behn who at the end of her life was brought to desperate circumstances . |
17 | Given the number of left journals that declined to review Distant Voices , Still Lives , my summary of them will be all too brief . |
18 | Given the number of curriculum tasks which the school needed to address and the limited resources available to make a response with , the case had to be made not only for a partnership itself , but also for the prioritisation of this task over other needs which had been identified . |
19 | Finally I was given the number , but not the code for Guildford , connection being broken before I could ask for it . |
20 | Given the number of people who are likely to oppose such a policy , it requires perseverance in implementation and faith in the ability of traditional attitudes to change . |
21 | After being shunted from the Bass Centre to Zildjian to Sound Control in Scotland ( the present dealers ) he was given the number of Warwick in Germany . |
22 | This kind of attitude is becoming increasingly outdated , given the number of top alternative comedians who have learned their craft at least partly outside London . |
23 | Given the number of mergers that have happened over recent years , it 's becoming a rare event when a firm can celebrate its centenary with the same name it started out with . |
24 | Given the number of prominent cases of judicial error in Britain over the past few years — Guildford Four , Birmingham Six , Stefan Kiszcko , the Tottenham Three and Judith Ward — it is not an abstract question . |
25 | The Kurecolor Twin KC-1100 clearly has tremendous scope given the number of colours , interchangeable points and other variables that can be introduced . |
26 | Given the number of days I 've spent wandering around the rain-sodden Moelwyns cursing Gore-Tex , my delight at this garment is quite understandable . |
27 | Not surprisingly , given the number of new products it has on the go , the company says that it is ploughing some 12% of its turnover back into research and development . |
28 | However , it seems most unlikely that from the media coverage any readers would have disbelieved the accounts of the two teenage girls , especially given the number of men involved . |
29 | Given the number of groups in any organization , it is inevitable that conflicts will develop . |
30 | It is a straight-down-the-middle view of the work , and given the number of rough edges I have to wonder whether it has anything more to offer than a dozen more successfully recorded alternatives . |