Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [prep] the number " in BNC.
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| 1 | The symptom index was calculated as the number of times the symptom occurred when the pH was below four , divided by the total number of times the symptom was reported ; this quotient was then multiplied by 100 to give the percentage of symptoms associated with reflux . |
| 2 | Fighting my way through the milling crowds of private view enthusiasts which announce the opening of this years round of degree shows , my curiosity was aroused by the number of women consistently achieving standards of excellence . |
| 3 | The number of sales the trader could make was limited to the number of cars he could get . |
| 4 | The fighting chair on her aft deck had thick white leather straps giving it the appearance of a padded electric chair , while the dazzle paint gave the boat an oddly military look that was completed by the number 666 that was painted on her bows in silver-edged black numerals like those warships use to display their commissioning numbers . |
| 5 | In the nineteenth century , the number of bishoprics increased considerably and a limit was imposed upon the number entitled to sit , ( e.g. , by the Bishoprics Act 1878 ) . |
| 6 | Dr Higgs , now a consultant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead , said she was heartened by the number of support groups springing up to help victims of child abuse . |
| 7 | A broad count was made of the number of individual programmes or courses , described or referred to , within all the information supplied by each authority , in order to impose a general framework on the data collected . |
| 8 | A measure of the errors was agreed as the number of errors expressed as a percentage of the number of drawings issued . |
| 9 | It was based on the number of dependent children in the family and was provided largely because it was found difficult to recruit men without ensuring some financial security for their families . |
| 10 | The figure was based on the number of agreements signed between NGC and power generating companies but it was highly unlikely all these would come to fruition . |
| 11 | No limit was set on the number or size of political parties , although each was prohibited from receiving more than 20 per cent of its budget in the form of grants or donations from abroad , and each was required to pay a registration fee of 1,000,000 francs CFA ( approximately US$3,900 ) . |
| 12 | We lit several and he was overawed by the number of candles there and in the splendour of the largest special candles . |
| 13 | Twentieth June — visited No. 4 Commando ( French Troop ) and was saddened by the number of casualties they have had since the landing at La Breche on the morning of 6th June . |
| 14 | She was saddened by the number of times the man must have asked this question . |
| 15 | The Salon 's academic responsibility was acknowledged by the number of drawings department curators visiting stands — not only from the Louvre and Musée d'Orsay , but also from museums such as Marseilles , Lille , Rennes and Compiègne . |
| 16 | Julia was touched by the number of people who congratulated her on her recovery as she made her way with her cushion to her allotted seat at the end of the press benches , and gave several brief accounts of her illness to people who asked . |
| 17 | Labelling index was expressed as the number of labelled cells per 1000 cells . |
| 18 | The extent of an esophageal common cavity was determined from the number of sideholes proximal to the LOS that registered the common cavity episode . |
| 19 | For the first time a tally was kept of the number of items issued to users or consulted by Map Library staff in answering letter enquiries . |
| 20 | The first title was captured by the number 1 seed , accompanied by the doubles title also , ( with fellow Brit Neil Broad ) . |
| 21 | On these occasions the warden was informed of the number and kind of game they were to take , and it was his duty to keep a check on the number of deer taken , and to inform the king . |
| 22 | It also , in those days was mileage for the tyres was paid on the number of miles run per tyre , so at the end of the month you could record , you knew what tyres were on a certain bus , you knew of how many miles that bus had done , so you recorded that particular tyre on that bus had run so many miles and it was that that we paid for our tyres that way . |
| 23 | Instead the first measure of objective risk , total accident numbers , was chosen as the number for subjects to estimate . |