Example sentences of "number [prep] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cavaye recommends that caterers buy an extra 10% to 15% more than the number of covers on main items like knives , forks and spoons , double the number for teaspoons and a little over half for fish knives . |
| 2 | Edinburgh University Press and Polygon ( Sunday Times Small Publisher of the Year 1993 ) have a new fax number for orders and trade enquiries only , . |
| 3 | Other authors list a larger number of viewpoints but they seem to be relatively minor variants on these three . |
| 4 | Indeed , Spurgeon and Barwell ( 1990 ) have raised a number of queries as to the appropriateness of utilising management processes relevant to one situation in a totally different context . |
| 5 | Banks hope that in time the use of these cards will substantially reduce the number of cheques that are written , since debit-card transactions are much cheaper for the banks to process than transactions by cheque . |
| 6 | If your garment size requires that you have a number of stitches that give a half repeat , you might consider moving the N1 cam between the first and second piece as we discussed earlier , so that when seamed ‘ A ’ will be joined to ‘ B ’ at the side seam . |
| 7 | Of course , very often garments require a number of stitches that do not work out at a neat number of pattern repeats , so you do n't HAVE to much patterns at side seams . |
| 8 | To achieve the best ‘ handle ’ it may sometimes be necessary to vary the number of stitches or rows a little . |
| 9 | To achieve the best ‘ handle ’ it may sometimes be necessary to vary the number of stitches or rows a little . |
| 10 | For example , you can tell how you prefer to enter your tension details ( the number of stitches and rows to ten centimetres or to four inches or to one inch and so on . ) |
| 11 | DesignaKnit will warn you of this and will also advise you of the number of stitches and rows needed for the best result , in terms of both detail and proportion . |
| 12 | Among the manufacturers houses are likewise scattered an infinite number of cottages or small dwellings , in which dwell the workmen which are employed , the women and children of whom are always busy carding , spinning , &C. so that no hands being unemploy 'd , all can gain their bread , even from the youngest to the antient ; hardly any thing above four years old , but its hands are sufficient to itself … |
| 13 | We should be concerned not just about the number of teachers but about their quality . |
| 14 | Thus , for example , a high level of absenteeism may be a sign of low morale ; high staff turnover and the inability to retain staff may be a sign of low morale ( witness the number of teachers that leave the profession every year ) ; industrial action or strikes may be an indication that morale and motivation are low . |
| 15 | In fact erm there are now , you could say , too many teachers in the system overall , and that 's why there are new proposals erm both in the colleges and in the universities to cut back on the number of teachers that are being trained . |
| 16 | Some teaching unions have expressed worries that governors may want to reduce staff costs by cutting down on the number of teachers or allowances , or delaying filling a vacancy , or employing less well qualified staff . |
| 17 | At a macro level the decisions could involve the option of a reduction in the number of teachers and the closing of some schools , which keeps the cost per child constant and reduces total expenditure ; or the improvement of educational standards through reducing the number of pupils per teacher and therefore increasing unit costs . |
| 18 | A number of activities that were closed to him before — such as camping and sailing — are now a possibility . |
| 19 | The basic definition of ‘ development ’ being so wide , a substantial number of activities or changes have been arranged so they do not in fact need specific consent . |
| 20 | The result was a large number of takeovers and mergers . |
| 21 | Racialized and ethnic discourses and encounters are also inevitably suffused with elements of sexual and class difference and therefore fractured and criss-crossed around a number of axes and identities . |
| 22 | It includes a number of improvements that enable users to interoperate between Windows , MS-DOS and OS/2 on a SCO Unix server . |
| 23 | The results from the completed Survey of Catalogue Use indicate that there are a number of improvements that readers would like to see introduced , the principal of which is the unification of the present three sequences of the General Catalogue into a single machine-readable file . |
| 24 | After six months of work under the direction of Guy Cogeval , conservateur du patrimoine , the museum has reopened with a number of improvements and alterations to the building . |
| 25 | A number of Germans and Danes have either bought or rented land in Scotland to keep the cattle they have bought at sales in recent years or have made management agreements with local farmers pending the lifting of the export ban . |
| 26 | He had had a number of mistresses and felt affection for some of them . |
| 27 | Western research on this subject over the past 30 years has identified a number of gaps and weaknesses in Soviet official socio-economic data , as well as many statistical series which , it is believed , can be used ( sometimes with adjustments for comparability with Western figures ) . |
| 28 | Unless , like ITV , they were regulated , competition and economies of scale gradually reduced the number of sup-pliers and increased market share . |
| 29 | One of Ted 's first tasks was to pass on his advice about the installation of the starboard inner engine on Sugar , following which he made a sortie to RAF Catterick where several Shackletons at the Fire School there yielded a number of instruments that were compatible to the Lancaster . |
| 30 | A portfolio must be constructed by going long in the security and short in the call options so that , where m is the number of calls that must be written to produce a riskless hedge . |