Example sentences of "in numbers [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was these crafts — cordwainers , girdlers , fishmongers , wool-packers , for example — which formed the heart of the popular movement , having greatly expanded in numbers during the previous hundred years yet been excluded from political power and forbidden to organize by the aldermen . |
| 2 | There was undoubtedly a case for a small increase in numbers for the benefit of both divisions of the court . |
| 3 | Money-Go-Round : Safety in numbers for the cautious depositor |
| 4 | Of the 23 species surveyed , there were significant increases in numbers for three ( Wren , Reed Warbler and Blackcap ) and significant decreases for a further three ( Whitethroat , Willow Warbler and Blue Tit ) . |
| 5 | Accordingly this is schedules on page forty three , they overlap in numbers for their schedules three and four , erm come out at er the first of schedule three , thirty five thousand , six hundred and eighty six pounds seventeen per annum times thirteen and seven thousand , two hundred and eighty pounds per annum times thirteen as I er hope is correct arithmetically , but I invite correction in due course , adding all the figures for future care together , one gets to a figure of six hundred and fifty two thousand pounds , two , sorry , sixty hundred and fifty two , two , one zero , from that an agreed sum of thirty nine thousand , six hundred and ninety one pounds for disability living allowance , Paul 's to be deducted leaving six hundred and twelve thousand , five hundred and nineteen pounds . |
| 6 | Over the same period , the Church of Ireland experienced continuing rounds of church closures and became top-heavy in numbers of clergy . |
| 7 | In 1978 , at least a dozen of these schools were attended by protestants in numbers of between 5–20 per cent of the total ( Fulton 1982 ) . |
| 8 | The vast library on police matters was clearly under-used and there is obviously a need for a critical ethnography of the college itself , for it takes in numbers of senior and middle police managers each year , maintains a considerable staff of academics and visiting lecturers , but has singularly failed to provide an academically stimulating ‘ university of policing ’ . |
| 9 | On and upward , slow now with the altitude telling on legs and lungs alike , the route was measured in numbers of steps before a rest was needed . |
| 10 | Table 8. 1 above shows that between 1978 — 9 and 1988 — 9 there was a major and planned increase in real terms in spending on defence and law and order ; spending on housing and industry were heavily cut , while on education ( helped by a fall in numbers of school children ) and on transport it stayed fairly constant . |
| 11 | Whether it was the abandonment in 1981 of established procedures for settling the pay and conditions of civil servants , abolition of the Civil Service Department in the same year , deterioration of levels of pay relative to the private sector , efficiency scrutinies in departments in search of savings , attempts to limit index-linked pensions , or the reduction in numbers of staff , there was no doubting Mrs Thatcher 's hostility to much of the ethos of the civil service . |
| 12 | Striped dolphins and Dall 's porpoise are most often seen in groups of 530 and 2–20 , respectively , but both have also been observed in numbers of around 300 . |
| 13 | After the story of the golden calf , and the tales in Numbers of the people 's continued recalcitrance , it is understandable that their God , yearning with such an ancient longing to enjoy requited love , should insist that they be protected at all costs from the allurements of other gods , and other religions . |
| 14 | In the Netherlands steady progress has been made towards this objective , with a significant drop in numbers of extra-regional placements between 1970 and 1983 ( Ploeg , 1986 ) . |
| 15 | Indeed , despite the fall in numbers of children living in residential care at any one time , some 25 per cent since 1971 in the United Kingdom but far higher for some types of care than others , recent research shows that residential care is still experienced by many troubled adolescents . |
| 16 | The insects — flies , butterflies , beetles , ants , fleas , bugs , dragonflies , grasshoppers , aphids , wasps , etc. — are the most varied and numerous of the arthropods both in numbers of species and individuals . |
| 17 | The main difference is in numbers of species . |
| 18 | The deep reasons for the difference in numbers of species are unknown — assuming , that is , that there are deep reasons . |
| 19 | Part of the increase is due to more young people forming independent households , but the most important factor has been the growth in numbers of elderly widows and widowers . |
| 20 | The problem is not necessarily just the massive increase in numbers of walkers and climbers , but the fact that people are daily dreaming up new and more ridiculous things to do on the hills for fun . |
| 21 | However , a quantification of this factor in numbers of volumes or in cost is extremely difficult to achieve . |
| 22 | The sharp edges do not occur because very sudden changes really occur in numbers of unemployed receiving supplementary benefit ; they are an artefact of the method of constructing the plot , and it is justifiable to want to remove them . |
| 23 | I arrived there during the last day of it , and heard Dr. Bernardo pleading eloquently on behalf of the children he labours so unweariedly to rescue from the streets of our great cities , and also saw a gathering of the colporteurs gathered from the north and west , to get a word of encouragement in their laborious work of carrying pure literature into the homes of those who in numbers of instances live beyond the reach of the minister and the bookseller . |
| 24 | The pattern that emerges from these results on trampling is one of breakage of skulls , jaws and postcrania leading to complete absence of skulls , reduction in numbers of maxillae , considerable loss of teeth from the jaws leading to large numbers of isolated teeth , considerable breakage of larger postcranial elements and some degree of loss , but no loss or breakage of smaller elements . |
| 25 | The four owl species , barn owl , long-eared owl , short-eared owl , and Verreaux eagle owl , are grouped in category 1 ( Table 3.14 ) which is characterized by consistently low enamel digestion on the molars of microtines and other rodents , both in degree and in numbers of teeth affected , with no alteration on insectivore teeth . |
| 26 | This makes military research and development by far the most important scientific activity — important in numbers of scientists involved and money spent ; it is also the most important in that it threatens the annihilation of more people than any other human activity . |
| 27 | Despite the increase in numbers of therapists , and the high fees , demand continues to outstrip supply and many therapists have waiting lists of several weeks . |
| 28 | Such regulations did not in themselves stop inhumane treatment , but they heralded a movement that has grown steadily on each side of the North Atlantic , both in numbers of its adherents and its influence on legislation . |
| 29 | All through the 1960s to the present there have been numerous minor changes of staff but the net result has been a gradual increase in numbers of the field staff to meet the ever growing commitments . |
| 30 | The forecast growth in numbers seeking employment was due to the increase in numbers of young people coming into the labour market , because of a bulge in the birth rate 16+ years ago , and a substantial increase in the number of married women returning to work . |