Example sentences of "[vb -s] the [adj] number of " 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 | Which contains the greater number of sweets ? |
| 9 | Since one mole of any gas always contains the same number of molecules , it follows from Avogadro 's law that one mole of any gas always occupies the same volume . |
| 10 | Investment has turned positive overall at the U K level and the regions which are leading investment expectations and this is people 's expectations about what they 're going to do in terms of investment in plant and machinery over the year ahead which I think is probably the meaningful one to focus on rather than buildings numbers erm the two regions which are leading that are the south west erm and that makes sense because the south west is , has the lowest number of firms who say that they 're working below capacity and also the West Midlands , for the last five surveys the West Midlands has either been the most optimistic |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Even if the Tories lose their overall majority , Mr Major is almost certain to seek to form a minority Government if he has the largest number of seats . |
| 13 | Of all British cities Glasgow has the largest number of council flats in high blocks : 33,600 in blocks of five or more storeys ( almost twice the total of its nearest challenger , Birmingham ) , the majority resulting from a compressed ‘ burst ’ of construction in the 1960s . |
| 14 | It also has the largest number of overseas companies listed . |
| 15 | Which country has the largest number of people employed in manufacturing ? |
| 16 | NOT have an accident in Nepal , which has the highest number of potential patients per hospital bed . |
| 17 | Outside the US , the UK now has the highest number of cellular subscribers anywhere in the world , and by the year 2000 as many as 20% of the UK population are expected to be users . |
| 18 | The RUC has the highest number of Special Branch officers in Britain — six percent ( 662 staff ) — compared with around one percent in most UK forces . |
| 19 | It also has the highest number of community relations and crime prevention officers — 192 . |
| 20 | Domestic violence against women probably has the greatest number of unreported offences . |
| 21 | It is not obvious to the very young child that a set of objects has the same number of units however those units are arranged ( provided , of , that none are removed or added ) . |
| 22 | The Pentium , explained Ian Pearson , director of Inmos 's Transputer Business Unit , is 30% bigger though it has the same number of transistors . |
| 23 | The Pentium , explained Ian Pearson , director of Inmos 's Transputer Business Unit , is 30% bigger though it has the same number of transistors . |
| 24 | On Day 1 , Groups L and M are given a number of sessions on the pebble floor without food ; Group N has the same number of sessions , but with food , and therefore learns the distinction . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Although not quite so export orientated , the Electronics sector sustains the greatest number of jobs through its exports followed by the Mechanical engineering industries . |
| 27 | Even with a much smaller capacity than Wembley , Swindon 's County Ground accommodates the same number of disabled fans . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | This measures the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the prevailing age pattern of childbearing throughout her reproductive lifetime . |