Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] the number " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the Napoleonic wars the number of prosecutions for sodomy increased . |
| 2 | In some of the applied sciences the number of hours may be considerable while in an Arts course the formal teaching periods may be relatively few . |
| 3 | Although the age — sex composition and total number of animals present were similar in the two periods the number of reproductive units had decreased between the studies with a corresponding increase in mean unit size . |
| 4 | In the following years the number of papers rose , culminating in sixteen in 1988 ( during which Pons wrote 36 papers but still none relating to test-tube fusion ) . |
| 5 | In a few years the number of BSE infected cattle is expected to drastically fall . |
| 6 | Bad today , the situation will get worse when in a few years the number of potential recruits begins to decline . |
| 7 | Weight is equal to a hundred times the number of engines . |
| 8 | The weight of the lorry , see the lorry weighs something itself so its total weight when it 's got its load on is eight hundred plus a hundred times the number of engines on it . |