Example sentences of "give the [adj] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the increasing numbers of microcomputers in schools and the fact that school librarians are generally in school after the school day ends , this should not prove problematic . |
| 2 | Given the increasing number of changes that schools are having to make , the process of change is likely to feel more manageable if it is managed . |
| 3 | Given the vast number of nationalities represented by the Soviet Russian empire , and the long-smouldering resentments of national minorities incorporated into that empire by force , this is hardly surprising . |
| 4 | Women , and men for that matter , had no sources to call upon for improvement of their looks other than plants , and the vast cosmetic industry that we know today has replaced what was probably just as complicated a business two or three thousand years ago , given the great number of plants that have cosmetic application . |
| 5 | Posidonius is less easy to fault , given the scant numbers of fragments . |
| 6 | Given the small number of subjects in the sample and the fact that there are no significant correlations between subject variables and either of the variables of particular interest , risk ratings and number of junctions recalled , they will not be considered further . |
| 7 | There is no pretence of competition with commercial banks for private sector business , and there is some suggestion that the accounts are maintained in order for the Bank to keep in touch with banking practice , although the degree to which such experience accrues is likely to be limited given the small number of accounts relative to a commercial bank . |
| 8 | Given the limited number of transistors that can be integrated into a single chip computer , the RISC high-level language is implemented mainly using software , with hardware support for only the most time consuming events such as the passing of parameters in procedure calls . |
| 9 | Obviously , a sensible consumer should not be surprised that , given the same number of weeks to pay , an increase in any one measure of cost is paralleled by increases in the other two measures . |
| 10 | The nature of the financing of overseas subsidiaries is also a key factor , given the large number of UK companies that have maintained substantial foreign currency borrowings ( particularly dollar ) and sterling cash deposits . |
| 11 | The LA 's message is an important reminder to operators , given the large number of tachograph analysis bureaux . |
| 12 | Given the large number of mats , I mixed direct distribution to street-dwellers with ‘ subs ’ of between 10 and 100 from hostels , shelters and outreach organisations , all within a four-mile radius of central London . |
| 13 | hardly surprising given the huge number of people affected . |
| 14 | And you know , you always you er give , gave your number you see and er course some people I believe had an a I believe in later days they 'd given the older numbers out again , I do n't know wh you know , because some people that 've joined since me have got an older number , so I do n't know whether they 've given the ol they were sort of long since run out , you know . |
| 15 | The reason for the complaint was that given the even numbers in the class ( now that ‘ Daz ’ was in the corridor ! ) , someone now had to work with Brian Smart . |
| 16 | Give the same number to Jonathan to Michael as you give to yourself . |
| 17 | Please make sure that EVERY class that operated at any time during 1990 is included ( even if now not running ) and give the maximum number on the roll . |
| 18 | At the end of one week she worked out the average number of ticks per square to give the average number of tantrums per day . |
| 19 | Add one to this figure to give the total number of spaces , bearing in mind that one extra space will be needed to balance the heading at the sides . |
| 20 | Add one , to give the total number of spaces . |
| 21 | Multiply the number of widths by the number of pattern repeats per drop to give the total number of pattern repeats required . |
| 22 | ( Increase the stitches after the mock rib has been worked to give the same number as the pattern . ) |
| 23 | ( Increase the stitches after the mock rib has been worked to give the same number as the pattern . ) |
| 24 | ( Increase the stitches after the mock rib has been worked to give the same number as the pattern . ) |
| 25 | got to give the same number to Jonathan as you give to yourself . |
| 26 | You 've got to give the same numbers |
| 27 | The Washington Post of Dec. 11 , citing US State Department sources , gave the total numbers as 1,175 Britons , about 900 US nationals , 197 Japanese and 180 Italians , in addition to 3,232 Soviet nationals . |
| 28 | However , pregnant girls gave the least number of alternative solutions to the problems , and were least competent at describing the steps an imaginary protagonist should take to achieve her aims in five stories . |
| 29 | However later tests ( Harrington and Johnstone 1987 ) found that it was not necessarily the case that longer input utterances ( where length is defined as number of phonemes or number of words intended by the speaker ) necessarily gave the greatest number of parsings into word strings : there was no correlation between number of phonemes in the utterance and number of parses into words ( r = -0.07 , not significant ) ; neither was there a significant correlation between number of words produced by the speaker and number of possible parses of its phonemic representation into words strings ( r = 0.11 ) , although there is a trend to show that these two variables are positively correlated . |
| 30 | We gave the wrong number for the Western Digital bulletin board in our January round-up . |