Example sentences of "be [vb pp] that the number " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has now been shown that the number of male carers has increased substantially . |
| 2 | It will be seen that the number of combinations of genes in any one cell is enormous and it is from these that the hereditary factors of our physical and mental make-up arise in such great variety . |
| 3 | It also has to be said that the number of residencies and placements have been severely curtailed recently by the cost-saving measures of many authorities and organisations . |
| 4 | From a longer-term perspective , it can be said that the number of transactions per day has shown no tendency to increase since the mid-1970s ; there was a surge in total number of transactions during 1987 and 1988 due to a large number of deals between the newly established market makers but both transactions on behalf of customers and intra-market business has fallen back since then . |
| 5 | This is partly due to an increase in the amount of blood circulating in her body ( it may be noted that the number of red corpuscles does not increase — hence the condition of very mild anaemia which usually develops ) . |
| 6 | It should , however , be mentioned that the number of sessions needed to achieve adequate dilatation was significantly higher in the corrosive group . |
| 7 | A year ago , we were told that the number would be 40 , which we all know meant 36 or 37 frigates and destroyers , or even fewer . |
| 8 | It follows that the entropy change on mixing disordered polymer and solvent and so where φ i the volume fraction can replace the site fraction if it is considered that the number of sites occupied by the polymer and solvent is proportional to their respective volumes . |
| 9 | It is recommended that the number of modules referred to by an SSR are kept to a minimum : it is unlikely that one report can adequately describe the status of many modules . |
| 10 | If there were not an expectation that the spot price at delivery will be higher than the current price of the futures contract , it is argued that the number of those who wish to hold a short position ( for instance , producers of the underlying physical asset hedging their risks ) would exceed the number who wish to hold a long position in the futures contract ( for instance , speculators ) . |
| 11 | It is hoped that the number of staff involved in Academic Link will increase as the scheme becomes more widely known and its reputation grows . |
| 12 | By April 1992 it is projected that the number of agencies will have risen to 70 and that around 50 per cent of the civil service will be organized on Next Steps principles . |
| 13 | Furthermore , pressed by urban problems and sometimes apparently with other motives , several countries , such as Brazil , Colombia , Indonesia ( where , since 1905 , at least 2.5 million people have been moved from crowded Java , Bali and Lombok , to the ‘ outer ’ islands — an official figure where two or three times this number may have emigrated unassisted ) and Peru are promoting transmigration schemes so that it is projected that the number of forest farmers could double or increase even more than that . |
| 14 | It is estimated that the number of people aged between sixteen and nineteen will fall by over 850,000 between 1987 and 1995 — a reduction of nearly 25 per cent . |
| 15 | It 's been predicted that the number of places on courses is likely to be frozen this year . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , it was reported that the number of Palestinians in Kuwait had fallen to between 150,000 and 200,000 ( half the number resident before the Iraqi invasion ) following a mass exodus prompted by fears of continued harassment [ see pp. 38118 ; 38166 ] . |
| 17 | By the time Coleman died it was said that the number of veterinary surgeons practising in the three kingdoms fell little short of 1,000 . |
| 18 | In a study in which children 's eye movements were recorded while they scanned an array and listened to messages to focus on items in the array ( Lloyd , 1983 ) , it was found that the number of shifts between the items in the referent array varied significantly as a function of message adequacy . |
| 19 | It was rumoured that the number of staff who had responded was considerably smaller than the number of participants in the strike claimed by the AUT . |
| 20 | It was suggested that the number of voting peers should be about 230 , that the Government of the day should always have the largest number of peers but not an absolute majority . |