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The number of new houses being built is a good index of a country 's prosperity .

新建房屋的数目是国家繁荣的一个有用指标。

The number of students has been falling off recently .

近来学生数目越来越少了。

The number of new students decreased from 210 to 160 this year .

今年新生人数从210减少到160。

We restrict the number of students per class to 10 .

我们将每个班的学生人数限定为10人。

The number of employees was reduced from 40 to 25 .

雇员人数从40人减少到了25人。

Concern is growing over the number of children excluded from school .

对遭学校开除的儿童人数之众，人们越来越表关注。

There has been a sharp rise in the number of people out of work .

失业人数急剧增长。

The number of people who fail each year is now in single figures .

每年考试不及格的学生现在不足十人。

The number of reported crimes is increasing at an alarming rate .

报警案件的数量正在以惊人的速度增长。

A cold spring will provide a natural check on the number of insects .

寒冷的春季会自然控制昆虫的数量。

The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade .

过去十年，农业从业人数已经下降。

The number of places available is necessarily limited .

可录学生的名额不可避免地很有限。

The number of homeless people has increased dramatically .

无家可归者的人数急剧增加了。

The number of homeless people is a telling comment on the state of society .

无家可归者的数量是社会状况的生动写照。

The number of tourists to the resort declined by 10 % last year .

去年到这个胜地旅游的人数减少了10%。

The number of applicants for teaching posts has tapered off .

申请做教学工作的人数越来越少。

The number of accidents is proportionate to the increased volume of traffic .

交通事故的数字与交通量的增长成正比。

This switch controls the number of rotations per minute .

这个开关控制着每分钟的转数。

She had lost count of the number of times she 'd told him to be careful .

她不知多少次告诉过他要小心。

Conflict between employers and workers intensified and the number of strikes rose .

劳资矛盾加剧，罢工次数增多。

The number of tourists tails off in October .

十月份游客人数越来越少。

The number of patients on a doctor 's list was seen as a good proxy for assessing how hard they work .

医生诊单上的病人数被看作是衡量他们工作努力程度的可靠指标。

Government claims that there is no poverty are belied by the number of homeless people on the streets .

大街上无家可归者的人数证明政府所声称的没有贫困的说法是谎言。

The number of managers must double to 100 within 3 years

经理的人数在3年内必须翻倍达到100人。

The number of crimes jumped by ten per cent last year

去年犯罪率猛升了10%。

The number of companies offering them work increased

越来越多的公司向他们提供工作机会。

The number of independent firms decreased from 198 to 96

独立公司的数量从198个减少到了96个。

The number of returnees could go as high as half a million .

回国人员的数量可能高达50万。

The number of staff has declined from 217,000 to 114,000

员工人数从21.7万减少到了11.4万。

The number of young people obtaining qualifications has remained static or decreased

获得资格证的年轻人数量一直维持不变或出现下降。