Example sentences of "[vb -s] the total number " in BNC.
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1 | The master key both advances the stage and records the total number of points counted . |
2 | A bar chart is simply a series of blocks or bars in which each bar represents the total number of items being compared . |
3 | It assumes each age to be of equal significance and represents the total number of children born ( on average ) to each woman of a hypothetical cohort throughout her life . |
4 | Table II shows the total number of short and long spells and the overall rates of sickness absence for men and women . |
5 | The result is that once those who are unable to purchase have negotiated their way through the labyrinthine and highly variable eligibility rules to achieve a place on a council housing waiting list , they join a queue which is growing at a faster rate than addition to the council housing stock and which in some cases even exceeds the total number of families housed by the district council . |
6 | This simply expresses the total number of deaths per 1000 total population . |
7 | This brings the total number of birds in the UK to around 40 . |
8 | During the reproductive life of a woman , one egg — rarely two or more — matures at monthly intervals and is discharged at ovulation , which brings the total number of eggs that are ovulated to barely 500 . |
9 | This brings the total number of plans taken out since 1987 to 2.11m and total investment to £6.14bn . |
10 | This brings the total number of National Certificates awarded , after only five years of operation , to over 300,000 . |
11 | The closure of Bairdwear at Aycliffe brings the total number of textile job losses in South Wear Durham and Cleveland over the past 12 months to more than 1,000 . |
12 | Figure 4.1 summarises the total number of serious offences per 100,000 of the population for the period 1957 to 1977 , and shows a 290 per cent increase over those two decades . |