Example sentences of "work [adv prt] the number [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The idea of this method is very simple : to work out the number of dies used for any given coinage and multiply this total by the average number of coins each die could produce .
2 Knowing the number of d electrons , it is possible to work out the number of free ion terms by analyzing the microstates ; this process is described in Ref. [ 20 ] .
3 You can work out the number of fish a pond is able to support from the surface area and size of fish .
4 Mr Lilley said : ‘ We have not worked out the number of staff reductions .
5 When determining the frequency of a particular feature or category , we work out the number of times it occurs per X , where X is some standard measure .
6 ‘ First of all we will look at his numerical and mathematical ability which he has gained from reckoning areas from odd shaped bits of land and working out the number of trees they will take , and from his mother 's shopping expeditions , and we will reduce these to simple symbolic formulas and tables and make children learn a lot of them very quickly .
7 It is possible to do a financial calculation which puts a price on this , by working out the number of hours ‘ caring ’ labour contributed by relatives , and the total amount is equivalent to the whole statutory input of health and social services for the equivalent age groups ( Family Policy Studies , Centre , 1984 ; Finch , 1986b ) .
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