Example sentences of "bringing [art] number " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The flow of East German refugees swelled during the 24 hours to Sunday morning from the normal 500-600 to 1,184 , bringing the number who have taken that route since Hungary opened its borders on 11 September to 35,000 . |
| 2 | A further group of 111 Vietnamese has left the colony , bringing the number of those who have returned under the voluntary repatriation programme this year to 874 . |
| 3 | A further 57 people were detained bringing the number interviewed to more than 1,000 since Operation Bumblebee began in January . |
| 4 | Around 300,000 Lynx are expected to be sold in the UK this year , bringing the number of owners up to 500,000 . |
| 5 | Until 1910 organized labour protest was subdued but as the industrial boom gathered pace , bringing the number of workers in mining and large-sale industry to over three million by 1914 , the relative industrial calm was broken . |
| 6 | Michael Orr , former head of investment banking at Merrill Lynch , Europe , and Martin Taylor , chief executive and chairman-designate of Courtaulds Textiles , have joined the board of W H Smith , bringing the number of non-executive directors to eight . |
| 7 | In October the Russian Orthodox Bishops ' Council said that nearly 3,000 church buildings had been reopened in the past 18 months , bringing the number of working parishes to 9,734 ; the number of theological students had doubled to 3,948 . |
| 8 | The November results gave the locally based Union pour la démocratie et le développement à Mayumba its first seat , bringing the number of parties represented in the new parliament to eight . |
| 9 | Sao Tomé and Príncípe acceded to the IMO Convention on July 9 , 1990 , bringing the number of member states to 134 ( 133 after the unification in May 1990 of Yemen ) . |
| 10 | Namibia was included in the list of least developed countries ( LDCs ) through the unanimous adoption of Resolution 45/198 on Dec. 21 , bringing the number back to 42 . |
| 11 | By that date 116 of 720 existing bases in western Germany would be closed , bringing the number of personnel stationed in that part of the country to 310,000 . |
| 12 | In addition sectarian killings resumed following the collapse of the Brooke initiative [ see p. 38402 ] and in September a Sinn Féin councillor was shot dead , bringing the number of killings in 1991 in Northern Ireland to 59 [ see p. 38445 ] . |
| 13 | As a result a further five political parties decided to withdraw from legislative elections scheduled for Jan. 26 , bringing the number of parties boycotting the elections to 21 . |
| 14 | Estonia joined the International Maritime Organization ( IMO ) on Jan. 31 , bringing the number of members to 136 [ see p. 38267 ] . |
| 15 | In the Gaza Strip soldiers shot dead three Palestinians , bringing the number of deaths there in recent days to 11 . |
| 16 | Disenchantment with orthodox approaches is , in fact , bringing a number of new recruits to homoeopathy at the present time . |