Example sentences of "[vb -s] the [adj] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | The master key both advances the stage and records the total number of points counted . |
| 2 | This column displays the current number of errors , in the range 0 to 1000 , which have been reported on the media item in this and previous Offline Cycles . |
| 3 | This column displays the current number of errors , in the range 0 to 100 , reported on the media unit in this and previous Offline Cycles . |
| 4 | The tape should also be marked with ‘ 1 of x ’ , where{ x } represents the final number of tapes used to archive the table . |
| 5 | The tape should be marked with 1 of x , where } x{ represents the final number of tapes used to archive the table . |
| 6 | A bar chart is simply a series of blocks or bars in which each bar represents the total number of items being compared . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When you play the disc , another laser beam ‘ reads ’ the pattern of flaws , and a special-purpose computer built into the player turns the binary numbers back into sound vibrations , which are amplified so that you can hear them . |
| 9 | Line A contains the approximate number ( " three " ) , line B the precise number . |
| 10 | Nolan , who has the requisite number of uncles and elder brothers , has treated a wide range of diseases since the time when , aged two , he cured another child of ringworm . |
| 11 | The largest market in South America is Venezuela , and United Distillers has the clear number one brand in the deluxe , the standard and the locally bottled Scotch whisky sectors . |
| 12 | The score places the grotesque number for six dancing monkeys as the second of a sequence of three orchestral numbers played during a spectacular scene shift : |
| 13 | As a compendium of illustrations , invariably in good colour , it gives a visual document of the artist 's development unmatched by any other publication , particularly since it illustrates the small number of major works which could not be loaned to the exhibition . |
| 14 | The rule is simply that one uses as many digits as are in the final number ( three digits if in hundreds , four if in thousands , and so on ) and then uses the random numbers in appropriate sets . |
| 15 | It would seem to be middle sized undertaking , since the very large business will employ personnel managers and legal experts who need no introduction to the subject , while the smaller operator ( the book quotes the average number of goods vehicles per operator 's licence as no more than three trucks ) is normally too concerned with driving by the seat of his pants while looking over his shoulder at legal requirements ( one may envisage ! ) to worry unduly about the skills of communication or the restrictions on picketing flowing from decisions of the courts as well as statute in the event of a major dispute . |
| 16 | When fertilisation occurs the diploid number is restored . |
| 17 | Jeans salesman David Fish says the correct number should not be hard to remember if 501 wearers simply turn round and examine the big letters printed on their backsides . |
| 18 | If we have a fixed-length instruction word with one of the formats shown in Figure 3.1 ( a ) -(c) , then the number of bits required to specify such secondary information as an operand address limits the size of the operation code field , and therefore limits the maximum number of different operations with this amount of secondary information . |
| 19 | This measures the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the prevailing age pattern of childbearing throughout her reproductive lifetime . |
| 20 | Of course some pound notes may be used more frequently than others , and some may not be used at all , but the velocity of circulation measures the average number of times a unit of currency is used . |
| 21 | On this basis with 500 berths the additional number of yachts out would be 14–16 , and not all would remain in the Estuary . |
| 22 | Ease off the bank to stop the turn when the stop-watch shows the required number of seconds of turn . |
| 23 | Table II shows the total number of short and long spells and the overall rates of sickness absence for men and women . |
| 24 | This column shows the approximate number of 512 byte blocks free on the media item , in the range 0 to 10000000 . |
| 25 | Table 9.1 shows the average numbers of transactions per day in the gilts market during 1986 . |
| 26 | Table 6.7 shows the average number of friends and relatives seen in the week before the interview . |
| 27 | Table 17–1 shows the average number of mergers per annum of industrial and commercial companies , and the value of the assets involved . |
| 28 | Table 3.1 shows the mean number of correct responses given by each age group . |
| 29 | As was found for Study 2 there were no significant differences between the 10 junctions in overall hit rate , F(9,50)=0.77 , Figure 5.3 shows the mean number of hits and false alarms for the 10 different junctions . |
| 30 | The figure shows the cumulative number of these infants placed to sleep prone . |