Example sentences of "[subord] of the [adj] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were given some opportunity to explore this when making three visits to police stations in West Belfast , although the data on community policing are unsatisfactory because of the limited number of these contacts and the absence of supportive observational material . |
| 2 | This report was criticised because of the small number of patients studied and because patients had not been stabilised on each insulin before acute hypoglycaemia was induced . |
| 3 | Further assessment of this problem was not possible because of the small number of cases but knowledge of histological type could further assist in determining the sensitivity of this method . |
| 4 | ( 7 ) that the proposals should satisfy some notion of " value for money considering , for example , the number of children likely to benefit ( thus , proposals concentrating on " A " level curricula were not favoured because of the small number of students involved ) . |
| 5 | Because of the small number of women completing 24 cycles or more the suggestion in our data that both groups will eventually have the same pregnancy rate , must be interpreted with caution . |
| 6 | Journal-to-journal co-citation analysis would not have added much to the journal list analysis described in Chapter 3 , because of the small number of journals involved , and the ease of identifying core journals by simple counts . |
| 7 | This could be because of the small number of patients studied , but it is in agreement with the results of Hopman et al , who measured postprandial gall bladder contraction in patients on long term ( six months ) intermittent injection treatment . |
| 8 | Those cuts apply not only to the group of people whom the Conservatives would like to have us believe are claimants — the little group of scroungers whom Labour Members wish to prosecute at least as much as Conservative Members do , because of the vast number of people in need who are tarred with the ’ scroungers ’ brush that the Government choose to use . |
| 9 | The published accounts of PLCs are becoming more and more complicated because of the increased number and complexity of footnotes ; yet those footnotes reflect the increased awareness of the need to provide more relevant information . |
| 10 | The order stated that the border post had been closed for " security reasons " because of the increasing number of attacks on tourist convoys by " highway robbers " . |
| 11 | It was commissioned because of the increasing number of gang fights involving so-called lager louts in country towns . |
| 12 | Now the original structure plan recognized that because of the substantial number of housing commitments at that time , erm it was n't possible erm to er bring down the levels immediately . |
| 13 | A few are ‘ trying out ’ policing by joining the reserves first , although the common view amongst the reserve police is that it is harder for them to transfer to the regulars than it is for someone without experience to sign up straight away because of the greater number of reasons the police authorities are thereby given for turning them down . |
| 14 | The university list is longer than the polytechnic/college one partly because of the greater range of degrees , and partly because of the greater number of more specialized degrees in the universities , although it should be remembered that specialized patterns of options may exist within broad degree programmes . |
| 15 | In this case it is clearer , because of the greater number of possibilities , that the substitutes for table which normalise the sentence ( lit , buffet , journal , balcon , etc. ) have no common semantic properties which distinguish them from items ( such as chaise , bibliothèque , revue , assiette ) which do not remove the oddness : |
| 16 | The pagan Anglo-Saxon cemeteries are much easier to date because of the larger number of artefacts found in them as grave-goods . |
| 17 | Turnover rose from £424.2 million to £521.8 million , while earnings per share fell only 2 per cent , from 40p to 39.2p , because of the smaller number of shares in issue . |
| 18 | This is not just because of the inordinate number of calculations involved . |
| 19 | The last Paris race was scheduled to go to Madrid but , by order of the government , it was halted at Bordeaux because of the high number of accidents involving pedestrians . |
| 20 | In introducing the subject Grant commented that while it was important in crime investigation , it has taken on a new significance in the past year because of the large number of valuable documents that had been damaged as a result of fires caused by enemy action . |
| 21 | Simon told the commission that the military action constituted a ‘ second invasion ’ because of the large number of troops and military hardware employed . |
| 22 | After we at last say ‘ goodbye ’ to Funchal , turn right for Garajau ( so called by the island 's discoverers because of the large number of garajaus — terns — which nest there ) . |
| 23 | The amount of work this alerting action brought about was substantial because of the large number of Boeing 707/300 series aircraft flying in the world , all of which were necessarily involved . |
| 24 | Because of the large number of elderly people now in the population it is inevitable that much of the discussion will concern their needs , but they are by no means the only people who need personal care . |
| 25 | They are contained in a new Part N of the Building regulations , and have been introduced because of the large number of accidents involving many serious injuries , that have taken place in past years , involving broken glass . |
| 26 | The Supreme Court decision in Dames and Moore v. Regan537 is especially interesting because of the large number of potentially affected individuals , including the hostages detained in Tehran , foreign and American banking interests , commercial enterprises with dealings in Iran , and government agencies . |
| 27 | The Annual Examination was postponed until December , because of the large number of new pupils . |
| 28 | Berlin was a particular centre of discontent because of the large number of young men who went there to escape conscription in West Germany itself . |
| 29 | Rural Shires get slightly larger allocations for roads and there is generally small variation in the allocations for property and development , with Westminster again being unusual because of the large number of shops and restaurants requiring attention . |
| 30 | Complexity is compounded because of the large number of non-governmental agencies operating locally ; these include local political parties , local pressure groups , professional bodies , and industrial and commercial concerns . |