Example sentences of "[vb -s] [that] the [adj] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope that my hon. Friend the Member for Islington , North agrees that the total number of passengers using King 's Cross and St. |
| 2 | Figure 7.6 shows that the average number of dependent children in the household is generally higher in the local authority sector , especially for young heads of household , but by the late forties , the younger ages of childbearing ( and the earlier leaving-home patterns of those brought up in the local authority sector ) mean that the values are very similar . |
| 3 | However , closer examination shows that the large number of clients classified as having ‘ unknown , economic activity lessens the impact of the information and emphasises the difficulty of extracting the relevant data from them . |
| 4 | A new report from the AA reveals that the average number of miles driven in a year by a British male is a surprisingly high 8,760 . |
| 5 | Using functional notation , we can write : unc which states that the total number of jobs on offer is a function of , or depends on , the rate of national income and real labour costs . |
| 6 | Exact numbers are unavailable : 2.5 to three million is the accepted figure , though 70 years of cultural and religious suppression , intermarriage and assimilation means that the real number — in Zionist terms those who qualify for automatic Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return — may be far higher . |
| 7 | You should have found in question 14 that the answer is which means that the same number of sweets are Present now were at the start . |
| 8 | Someone estimates that the average number of formats for each single is four . |
| 9 | The report predicts that the large number of new product and packaging launches — up to 30 a year in each country for washing powder concentrates and liquids alone — will continue in the future . |
| 10 | No-one disputes that the real number of drug users is much higher than the official figure . |