Example sentences of "when the number " in BNC.
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| 1 | When subjects are asked to judge which of two simultaneously displayed numbers is numerically the larger , irrelevant variations in the physical size of the digits influence response times when the numbers are printed in figures ( e.g. 9 ) but not when they are printed alphabetically ( nine ) . |
| 2 | Research on the role of stress in psychiatric disorder has grown markedly since the Second World War when the numbers of psychiatric casualties brought an awareness to the general public of the prevalence of mental illness . |
| 3 | The importance of the PPR is that it occurs at a time when the numbers of new susceptible hosts are increasing and so ensures the survival and propagation of the worm species . |
| 4 | There was little hope for political enlightenment in the provinces at a time when the number of literary centres and of those attending them fell to one-tenth of what they had risen to in 1921 . |
| 5 | ‘ In those days when the number of disciples was increasing , the Grecian Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food . |
| 6 | In a period when the number of courses increased , WEA membership in the District declined by 150 and in 1931 , capitation fees from branches had slumped to a mere £44 . |
| 7 | The effects of post-war social trends became visible by 1952 when the number of Tutorial Classes and University Sessional classes declined relatively as the number of Terminal courses increased . |
| 8 | Bill Glazier was Palace 's aptly named and superb goalkeeper throughout most of our sojourn in Division Three , 1961–64 , and he was ever-present during our praiseworthy recovery under Dick Graham in the second half of 1962–63 , then in the magnificent promotion season of 1963–64 when the number of goals conceded was easily the lowest in our Division . |
| 9 | Even then abolition was not completed until the early 1890s when the number of landless and dispossessed peasants and rural labourers increased dramatically . |
| 10 | Although not a new phenomenon abroad , occurrences of listeria were relatively rare in Britain until 1989 when the number of cases rose to an estimated 800 , one third of which were pregnant women . |
| 11 | An RCM report on girls in nursing appeared in 1944 , when the number of Kindertransporte volunteers in the profession passed the two hundred mark . |
| 12 | The neatest effect is when the number of stitches results in a complete number of repeats . |
| 13 | A transfer on such a scale , from those who work to those who do not , may be manageable today ; it will be less so in the early years of the next century , when the number of workers per pensioner will start to fall sharply . |
| 14 | Ex-servicemen lost their dependants ' allowances along with their donation the following year and in June 1921 , when the number of registered unemployed stood at over two million , unemployment benefit rates were cut . |
| 15 | There was a substantial body of opinion which would support the view that , whatever convictions were held on the merits , it would be inopportune to introduce this experiment in the unsettled conditions following a major war , when the number of violent crimes was abnormally high and respect for the sanctity of human life had inevitably been impaired by the circumstances of war . |
| 16 | The year 1966 was when the number of people paying a TV licence for the first time exceeded the number paying a radio licence . |
| 17 | A bit-pattern index can extend the use of serial files when the number of attributes is limited , but a break-even point will occur somewhere between 20 000 and 100000 records , depending on record size , number of possible attributes and the complexity of Boolean conditions required . |
| 18 | It is , however , correct that these percentages were at their highest in the 1970s when the number of strikers was also at its highest . |
| 19 | Between 1945 and 1954 just 90,000 in total had been cleared , an average of 9,000 per year , but from 1961 onwards the annual total demolished was never less than 61,000 ( with the exception of 1974 , when the number fell to 41,000 ) ; the years of greatest activity were 1966–72 . |
| 20 | Another aspect of the disregard for the feelings of the unemployed was the reduction in the number of mainstream staff in DSS offices at a time when the number of claimants was rising . |
| 21 | Other initiatives have sprung up , such as ‘ The Society of Women and Men in Travel ’ at a time when the number of women directors of PLC companies has actually decreased . |
| 22 | The encouraging figures come at a time when the number of young people in the county has dropped while the older population has increased . |