Example sentences of "by [art] number [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judging by the number of trailer accidents on the motorways , it may be wiser to keep off them whenever possible . |
| 2 | Normal free-sparring in the training hall is limited only by the number of people there , so you can pick up bad competition habits through using space uneconomically . |
| 3 | In general , owners seem fascinated by the number of stitches their pets have after surgery . |
| 4 | Officials describe the exodus as ‘ quota-driven ’ , meaning that numbers are limited only by the number of places made available in resettlement countries . |
| 5 | Judging by the number of young Germans I encountered , wanderlust has gone haywire . |
| 6 | This latter intent is evidenced by the number of constables responsible for crime control in Protestant areas who see their role as also having social-welfare and community service dimensions , as illustrated in the last chapter , and , more significantly , by the fact that there are units in Easton specifically responsible for community policing in this largely Protestant district . |
| 7 | ‘ How are things at 6 Commando area , Piper ? ’ he enquired , ‘ The attack by the Black Watch has not gone too well judging by the number of wounded passing through here ! ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Judging by the number of dead Germans in front of the Commando positions around the village , it 's not surprising that they had stopped their frontal attacks . |
| 10 | By the number of enemy dead lying about the fields and approaches to the village , the British attacks have finally forced them to move out , taking shelter in a slit trench during a German mortar attack , everyone keeping their heads down . |
| 11 | The daily rate of SSP is the weekly rate divided by the number of qualifying days in the week you are considering . |
| 12 | Then divide the total by the number of weeks covered by the payments . |
| 13 | Divide the total by the number of weeks covered by the payments . |
| 14 | The success of the year can be measured by the number of Branches that deserve special mention . |
| 15 | The Wings Appeal total divided by the number of members gives an average of £21.56 per member , well up on last year . |
| 16 | One can see it by the numbers of new business start-ups ; also by the number of failures which does show there is some healthy risk-taking . |
| 17 | In contrast the authoritarian nature of Tanzanian politics can more usefully be measured by the number of political detainees which exceeded several hundred in the mid 1970s or in terms of the degree of pressure brought to bear on the rural population from 1974 to 1978 . |
| 18 | Government has gauged its success much more by the number of new investments , than by the efficiency with which existing investments are maintained and serviced . |
| 19 | Overwhelmed by the number of donors pushing their desire to lend , recipient governments were frequently unable to sort out their own priorities in a meaningful way . |
| 20 | We were only a metre from the only road , but the number of cars that passed was easily beaten by the number of coffees drunk . |
| 21 | The size of the groups is probably determined by the number of individuals that can be sustained by the size of the school of prey . |
| 22 | It was in nominal , dollar terms , and measured by the number of firms involved . |
| 23 | On this graph each value represents the average output of a year , calculated by dividing the number of coins by the number of dies . |
| 24 | Within the atom , for example , the number of protons is electrically balanced by the number of electrons . |
| 25 | The character of an element is decided by the number of protons in its nucleus . |
| 26 | The chemical character of an atom is chiefly determined by the number of electrons in the outermost shell . |
| 27 | The change is strikingly illustrated by the number of surviving political bonds . |
| 28 | Political work was made easier by the number of elected bodies ; in addition to borough and county councils there were , after 1894 , rural and urban district councils and the various ad hoc boards , the most important of which were the Boards of Guardians and the School Boards . |
| 29 | As a student about to graduate , I am saddened by the number of my colleagues who can see their future only in high-salaried financial management . |
| 30 | I HAVE long been impressed by the number of careless references in the Scriptures to the faithful blithely taking it upon themselves to raise houses to the Lord . |