My mother can whip up a salad in nothing flat.

The bus was filled with students in nothing flat.

公共汽车立即装满了学生.

The bus filled with students in nothing flat.

公共汽车很快就挤满了学生.

The projection of increases in number of house-holds is correct.

对户数增加的推算是正确的.

The fishing boats were 15 sail in number.

那些渔船的数量是十五艘.

We are sixty in number.

我们一共60人.

We were fifteen in number , ie there were fifteen of us.

我们共计十五个人.

Students are increasing in number.

学生的总体数量在增加.

The subject of a sentence and its verb must agree in number.

句子的主语和动词的数必须一致.

Population rapidly increased in number , and in small areas became dense.

同时,人口也开始迅速增长起来, 稠密地聚居在不大的地域内.

Packing plants for poultry and dairy prouducts have grown in number.

家禽肉类和牛奶产品的包装工厂增多了.

They were seven in number, divided into one group of three and one of four.

该学科共有七门课程, 一组三门,另一组四门.

A widespread wish expressed that he should continue in office.

人们普遍都愿意他留任.

The company continued him in office for another year.

公司留他继续任职了一年.

Miller travels in office stationery.

米勒到各地去推销办公用品.

Indeed, none of the principal leaders survived 1974 in office.

实际上, 1974年尚未结束,那些主要的领导人就全部下台了.

He abused his power while in office.

他在职时滥用权力.

He died in office.

他因公殉职.

That rubbish goes in one ear and out the other.

那种废话都是左耳进，右耳出。

In one respect, however, the men really were strikingly similar.

然而，一方面，那些男人真的非常相似。

We are in one of the most severe recessions in modern times.

我们正在经历现代最严重的一段经济衰退。