Example sentences of "[art] number [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my own university , for instance , the number of first year students of biology that we have been able to accept this year has been entirely constrained not by the quality of our applicants but the physical size of our teaching laboratories . |
| 2 | Between 1981 and 1991 , the number of first marriages fell for both sexes by over a quarter . |
| 3 | As regards undergraduates , Table 1.2 shows the numbers of full-time and part-time students enrolled over the same period , and Table 1.3 the number of first degrees awarded in each sector . |
| 4 | The remaining deputies would be elected by proportional representation on party lists , on the basis of the number of first ballot votes won by the party 's candidates in the single-member constituencies , and with a minimum threshold of 4 per cent before a party would qualify for such seats . |
| 5 | On Feb. 7 the UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali announced sweeping changes to the structure of the UN Secretariat , cutting the number of top departments from over 20 to eight , and reducing the number of first and second-level jobs from 48 to 32 . |
| 6 | The scrutineers will proceed to add the number of first preference votes received by each candidate , eliminate the candidate with the lowest number of first preference votes and redistribute the votes of those giving him as their first preference amongst the two remaining candidates in accordance with their second preference . |
| 7 | The number of first tackles , which were missed , rendered null and void any ambitions Scotland may have had about denying France space . |
| 8 | The situation is not dissimilar to that in England during the years of austerity in the Forties , when a number of First Division players were tempted to play in Bogota . |
| 9 | ‘ A number of first year under-graduates are coming through , and that bodes well for the future . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've since had quite a number of first division chairmen clearly indicating they did not consider it a final offer and that they want this thing settled , ’ said Taylor . |