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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a number missing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that a specific quantity or figure is absent or unaccounted for in a given context.
Example: "In the report, there seems to be a number missing that could affect our overall analysis."
Alternatives: "an amount absent" or "a figure lacking".
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However, the actual number of mutations between these two haplotypes was considerably less at 23 (equating to 4.7% divergence) suggesting that there are a number missing links within the network and that it is poorly resolved.
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He was the only officer with no shield and with a badge number missing.
The quake also triggered an avalanche on a Mount Everest base camp, killing at least eight people and leaving an unknown number missing.
All genuine Isa applications demand a national insurance number – missing on this form.
Some applicants are accepted, despite their records, but an unknown number miss the cut.
A comfortingly modest number missed the deadline or restated earnings.
In this trial, there was one medical record number missed from an in-house case.
There are a number of missing array elements due to gene duplications, prophage duplications, and ORF assignments missing from the completed genome annotation [ 17].
There is also a number of missing immunological data in particular at ICU discharge.
Table 3 describes the basis for projecting a number of missing values over the 1996-2011-time period.
New cannons were made during the £1m restoration work by NTS to replace a number of missing original features.
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