Example sentences of "as the number " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the new-technology jobs of banking and computers , where employers are anxious to avoid publicity , most claims are being settled out of court , but as the number of cases increases , litigation could become more popular . |
| 2 | And TECs are having to deliver their promises , on dwindling incomes , just as the number of unemployed is rising sharply ( see next page ) . |
| 3 | AS THE number of television channels grows in countries such as Britain , more and cheaper programmes are needed to fill them . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But this could only occur if the number of selective secondary school places was exactly the same as the number of service class children . |
| 6 | An enhanced co-ordinating role is available to those capable of meeting this challenge , especially as the number of districts and units reduces and UGMs come to represent larger conglomerations of provider groupings . |
| 7 | As the number of places is limited , those requiring a place are advised to contact the crèche as far in advance as is practicably possible . |
| 8 | As the number of places is limited , those requiring a place are advised to contact the crèche as far in advance as is practicably possible . |
| 9 | ‘ Their origin will , however , become clear as soon as the number of neutrons produced can be increased by increasing currents and temperatures . ’ |
| 10 | Experience of ‘ inside ’ , ‘ outside ’ , ‘ up ’ , ‘ down ’ , ‘ under ’ and ‘ over ’ will arise here , as well as the number of children who can get in . |
| 11 | The prevalent ignorance is especially alarming as the number of HIV cases increases . |
| 12 | Michael Brown , president of Ilkley and District Chamber of Trade and Commerce in 1986 , told me it was difficult nowadays to get up a trade team as the number of small local traders has declined . |
| 13 | There seem to be more people with the same idea , as the number of bowyers listed in the appropriate journals is increasing each year . |
| 14 | The Egton Bridge Old Gooseberry Show looks certain to continue as the number of exhibitors grows ; and Mr Preston , at least , is planning for the future . |
| 15 | I suppose a guitar is only as good as the number of styles you can successfully impose upon it , and this one went through the card without a problem . |
| 16 | The battle for ratings will undoubtedly become increasingly influential on programme form and content , as the number of channels proliferates with the spread of satellite and the probability of a fifth terrestrial channel . |
| 17 | Fig 1 is a printout direct from the Creation 6 screen , but should be much too large to transfer direct to the console as its total number of bits is 180 × 176 = 31,680 , twice as large as the number of bits available in stitch pattern area memory . |
| 18 | In any case , correlations between birth-determined groups and occupation did not need to have any historical or ritual justification , as the number of Karava carpenters , Moor masons , and Indian Tamil plantation labourers demonstrated . |
| 19 | But as the number of machines in an economy is increased , so the long-term rate of profit is reduced . |
| 20 | The size of such settlements can easily be overestimated as the number of buildings must be viewed as a factor of the length of time the site was occupied and the frequency with which buildings were replaced . |
| 21 | As long as the number was there on the dashscreen , he was alive . |
| 22 | Yesterday , as the number of Britons killed in Monday 's horrific air crash near Katmandu in Nepal rose to 37 , Sandy Goodyer , Fiona Spillard and Sian Gower were left mourning alone . |
| 23 | As the number of taxa increased the rate of diversification seems to have become diversity-dependent ( Sepkoski , 1978 ) . |
| 24 | This variety is another reason why Orcs and Goblins appeal to so many players , as the number of different troops types enables you to tailor an army to your own style of play or to a particular opponent . |
| 25 | Concern was expressed with the results of this free-for-all policy , both as far as the number of solicitors from large firms was concerned and in respect of the quality of advocacy : |
| 26 | However , one might expect such opportunities to become more widespread as the number of such children supported in mainstream continues to grow . |
| 27 | Suspicion began to be voiced that the minority was attempting to control the Council by a delaying tactic which would render it ineffectual and , as the number of bishops attending declined , unrepresentative of the Church at large . |
| 28 | It seems likely that type-1 astrocytes are a major source of PDGF in the developing rat optic nerve , as the number of oligodendrocyte precursor cells in the nerve appears to be limited by the amount of PDGF present , and the number of these precursor cells plateaus at P14 , just when the number of type-1 astrocytes plateaus . |
| 29 | whatever their rules , it is clear that they were exceptionally wealthy , no fewer than fifty-seven having £200 or more , much the same as the number of liverymen . |
| 30 | John Murrell , the managing governor of long-established education consultants Gabbitas , Truman & Thring , dates the grade race from the early Eighties when , in response to government cuts , the universities reduced the number of places available — just as the number of eighteen year-olds was growing . |