Example sentences of "number [prep] [noun sg] children " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you will see , your task is principally to respond to the statements by a number of school children on the kind of meals they eat and to say whether or not this constitutes a healthy diet . |
| 2 | We might expect a clear relationship , for example , between the number of school children and the amount of spending on education . |
| 3 | This calculation is based on various factors , such as the number of school children , miles of roads to be maintained , police and fire service requirements , etc. in each local authority . |
| 4 | Its definition of need means a number of traveller children become eligible for its provisions because of the living conditions imposed on them and their families . |
| 5 | PLAN in conjunction with other NGOs is hoping to work with the large number of street children in Accra . |
| 6 | Table 8. 1 above shows that between 1978 — 9 and 1988 — 9 there was a major and planned increase in real terms in spending on defence and law and order ; spending on housing and industry were heavily cut , while on education ( helped by a fall in numbers of school children ) and on transport it stayed fairly constant . |
| 7 | Toy manufacturers also have to think ahead in order to cater for the numbers of school children and babies . |
| 8 | The latter , built of brick and glass in the functional and unelaborate manner of the early 1970s , were originally planned to occupy adjacent premises but the numbers of infant children were such that another larger building was needed which now stands a few hundred , wind-swept , yards away . |
| 9 | The responsibilities of the regional and area committees increased in line with the numbers of refugee children needing care . |
| 10 | Large numbers of street children and beggars " disappeared " from public view in the days preceding the conference , apparently bussed out to special camps or distant suburbs . |