Example sentences of "[det] [conj] the [adj] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you rotate the graticule such that the maximum number of dots covers erm a stained and then you count those number of dots , that 's the count . |
| 2 | Nominations must be in writing , signed by not fewer than the required number of signatories , and incorporate ( or be accompanied by ) a signed declaration by the nominee that he or she is willing to serve . |
| 3 | ‘ even If we lose 10,000 brain cells a day from the time we are born , we have started with so many that the total number lost by the age of 60 would be less than 3 Per cent . ’ |
| 4 | Under the Chester scheme , landlords pay £50 to register , but if they fail to do so and their houses contain more than the permitted number of occupants , they face fines of up to £1,000 . |
| 5 | The manner of his death ensured that more than the usual number of people were at the funeral . |
| 6 | All the competitors agreed that they had a challenging game and more than the usual number of wet balls and soggy bunkers ! ! |
| 7 | Henry Ratter set up a moodified Quality in Action workshop for a group of 25 heads and LEA officers , many more than the usual number . |
| 8 | The baselines may amount to no more than the total number of times each behaviour is noticed in a one hour session every day for a week . |
| 9 | If elimination of lead in petrol could reduce blood levels by half — as the study assumed — it would reduce average blood pressure levels by 1 to 2 points , thereby meaning that 12,000 fewer people would need treatment for hypertension annually , there would be 6,000 to 12,000 fewer heart attacks , and up to 2,655 lives would be saved — more than the total number of fatalities on the nation 's roads each year . |
| 10 | Which towns will need more than the average number of ( i ) schools and ( ii ) hospitals and nursing homes ? |
| 11 | Rome had probably more than the average number of beggars . |
| 12 | The Manager , with the ache he had in his hand from welcoming people , realised that much more than the invited number had arrived . |
| 13 | The order of the B-tree is said to be one more than the maximum number of keys per index block . |
| 14 | Having more than the ideal number can be a problem — it does n't mean that any more will be sold , and the rest will sit on the shelf ‘ doing nothing ’ . |
| 15 | Sometimes the king allowed subjects to take deer for themselves in his forests ; the warden 's duty was to see to it that they had a proper writ of warranty when they came to his forest , that they did not take more than the specified number , and that they took them in the prescribed manner . |
| 16 | By the end of Elizabeth 's reign its population had risen to 11,500 , and though this was 2,500 less than the total number of inhabitants 200 years earlier , York had climbed back from sixth to third position amongst England 's provincial cities . |
| 17 | This figure is less than the average number of new company registrations every month . |
| 18 | When covering an overlap and return Divide the track length , excluding the amount needed to cover the overlap and return , by one less than the proposed number of pleats ( fig. 3b ) . |
| 19 | In practice variations so caused are few : in every land the total number of list seats nearly always turns out to be either the same as the total number of constituency seats or to differ from it by only one or two . |