Example sentences of "[vb base] the [adj] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | These Diploma holders , together with a further four members who qualified for the FSD under the Lombard Scheme , bring the total number of FSD holders to 387 worldwide . |
| 2 | The latest redundancies bring the total number of job losses at the factory to thirteen hundred , in less than three years . |
| 3 | Wordsworth produced quantities of verse in the next forty-three years : I stress the exact number of years because it amounts to over half his lifetime , and certainly to two-thirds of his poetic existence . |
| 4 | Individual nuclear family units not only provide the maximum number of outlets for commodity production , but also facilitate social control . |
| 5 | If you or one of your sons incline to continue that business you may , I believe , send the same number of boxes here , that you used to send to England ; because England will then send here , for what it wants in that way . |
| 6 | Although new firms continue to enter the market , most commentators expect the total number of GEMMs to decline further . |
| 7 | Pipe rosettes around the top of the birthday cake , and gently press the appropriate number of candles into the rosettes . |
| 8 | Bang-bang-bang goes my big bass heart while I press the last number . |
| 9 | Police today investigating the robbery in South Wales , say the increasing number of crimes against motorists could be copycat cases . |
| 10 | People then guess and you say the new number is , for example , ‘ five ’ . |
| 11 | You come back and place your hands on various people 's foreheads until eventually you say the right number . |
| 12 | ( ix ) Place the required number of drops ( one per grid ) of Millipore-filtered alcoholic uranyl acetate on to a square of pink dental wax in a plastic Petri dish . |
| 13 | Whether as ratepayers or as employers the farmers who ran the majority of rural councils found it more advantageous to provide tied housing for farm workers and build the minimum number of local authority homes . |
| 14 | To claim the pass telephone the above number mentioning that the offer was seen in The Art Newspaper . |
| 15 | The rest of the time you just put the normal number . |
| 16 | Five policemen and three former contras were reported to have been killed and dozens of civilians wounded during armed clashes , although unconfirmed reports put the total number of those killed at 24 or over . |
| 17 | Other sources put the total number of dead at 85 with 300 wounded . |
| 18 | The churches put the annual number of registered departures at 140,000 each , a loss of 0.5 per cent , although the total leapt by an estimated 50,000 last year because of the ‘ unification tax ’ . |
| 19 | Please put the appropriate number against each name on the form . |
| 20 | It will make sure that you receive the correct number of copies of the Globe on time each month . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ We have three buses every hour on that route and figures from the council show the average number of passengers is three . ’ |
| 22 | To give an overview of the way in which the 50 coding categories were used in each condition Tables 7.4 and 7.5 show the total number of times each category was used in the description and potential risks conditions respectively . |
| 23 | Cut the required number of widths of fabric and join them as for unlined curtains ( page 39 ) . |
| 24 | Cut the required number of widths of fabric and join them to make one long strip with a plain open seam and matching any pattern . |
| 25 | Cut the appropriate number of lengths of tape to the length measurement of the blind from the lath channel . |
| 26 | So look at the pattern , count the maximum number of marked squares occurring in a vertical line and then double that to calculate the effect of the double-length light . |
| 27 | But as we do n't yet know how many are wasted , be on the safe side : count the full number given in the F-Plan calorie and fibre charts , and reap the advantage in speed of weight loss . |
| 28 | Multiply the total number of pattern repeats by the size of the repeat to give your total fabric requirement . |
| 29 | Messengers would then , when making up numbers for ships ' crews , ignore the crowd of men outside , " sneak out and deliberately proceed to a boarding house and obtain the required number of men " . |
| 30 | To change channel , select the desired number on the receiver unit and keep the button pressed under the mouse until the receiver unit LED starts blinking . |