Example sentences of "see [art] number of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many women apply for and enter our courses and we are keen to see the numbers of women increase still further . |
| 2 | But I must say I 'm very encouraged to see the numbers of women who are applying to do subjects like chemistry and physics is going up and certainly we would applaud that sort of activity . |
| 3 | I am sorry to see the number of subscribers fall so vastly short of what appeared to the other volume . |
| 4 | At Leeds youth courts — the second busiest in the country — youth justice workers have also seen the number of appearances double since the introduction of the Criminal Justice Act . |
| 5 | One could talk about many other areas of improvement : the huge 68 per cent increase in real spending ( over and above inflation ) by Government on community care services since 1979 ; the 29 per cent increase in real spending on the whole range of benefits for elderly people ; or , in a completely different field , the improvements in public transport which have , for example , seen the number of rail passengers increase by 14 per cent . |
| 6 | Comet 1 , a course for middle managers , has also seen the number of women attending rise from 12.5 per cent in 1990 to 19.3 per cent in 1991 . |
| 7 | With machinery being used more and more on the farms , the village has seen the number of people employed on the land drastically fall , and is now one of many with commuters travelling further afield to their place of employment . |
| 8 | He had seen a number of figures dressed in blue , patrolling the streets . |
| 9 | The last year has seen a number of developments which we hope will provide the basis for greater student participation in the Institute . |
| 10 | 1992 has seen a number of developments on this front . |
| 11 | The mill has seen a number of alterations and was extended in the 19th century when dormers were added . |
| 12 | For reasons which I do not claim to understand , Australia has seen a number of cases of scandalising the court in recent years . |
| 13 | They have subject limited statutory duties in the insurance companies act , but the fact they 're subjected to duties in the same way that the underwriters , the underwriters are subject to duties does not make them regulators , but in any event even if we were wrong on that there is no exemption under article eighty five , one for regulators and , and your Lordship has seen a number of cases and I sha n't go back to them is fully subject to the competition rules whether as a regulator or not . |
| 14 | Bernice had seen a number of films where that had succeeded , and more importantly thought it likely that everybody had seen at least one film where that less than daring idea had been tried . |
| 15 | We have already seen a number of examples of this . |
| 16 | But then they had seen a number of man-things leap from the line of vehicles in front of the blazing building , and spread out in a loose line . |
| 17 | " I can see a number of roads up ahead for you , " Mavis was saying . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , 1993 will see a number of opportunities opening out in both new geographical markets in South East Asia and West Africa and also as a result of our recently introduced Orion satellite positioning system . |
| 19 | ‘ Yeah , I can see a number of situations where it would sit really nicely , ’ adds Steve . |
| 20 | As a result , the second visit sees a number of entrances and bolt-holes still closed up while the remainder are back in use . |
| 21 | France are the only member of the Five Nations to accept an invitation , although it can be expected to see a number of England 's high-order in the Barbarians side and Irish charm amongst the Irish Wolfhounds . |
| 22 | You will not , therefore , be surprised to see a number of items in er the budget report which relates to special needs issues . |
| 23 | ‘ You are going to see a number of films of a car negotiating a junction . |
| 24 | ‘ You are going to see a number of films of a car negotiating a junction . |
| 25 | Baptists saw the number of ministers without any college training drop by 32 per cent while those going to a college rose by twenty per cent . |
| 26 | The period 1945 — 90 saw the number of morning papers decline , with total sales fluctuating ; gains and losses among the evening titles , with a long term decline in sales ; and more losses than gains among the weeklies , whose market changed sharply towards the end with the arrival of free sheets . |
| 27 | The first sign of the boom in Gaelic came when a Gaelic-speaking school on Belfast 's Falls Road — the Bunscoil — saw the number of applicants soar . |
| 28 | The next few decades saw a number of changes of ownership with such people as John Clarke and later , John Chalk running the mill . |
| 29 | The 1980s saw a number of reports on community care that cited low funding and poor planning and coordination of projects as being responsible for the lack of a developed community care initiative to support all people , including the elderly , in the community in their own homes . |
| 30 | The period following the parliamentary victory saw a number of proposals for the demolition or conversion to secular use of the English cathedrals . |