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The phrase "a very sparse number of" is not correct in standard English usage.
It is generally used to describe a quantity that is minimal or lacking in abundance, but the combination of "sparse" and "number" is awkward.
Example: "There were a very sparse number of attendees at the event, which was surprising given the topic."
Alternatives: "a very small number of" or "a minimal number of".
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Expression filters (i.e., the levels of expression of the proteins) were not used as they resulted in a very sparse number of small subnets.
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Although our data set may seem enormous, we note that it still represents a very sparse sampling of sequence space.
39 This technique identified a relatively sparse number of motor units (∼14) in both SMNΔ7 and control soleus muscles.
In contrast, unfamiliar objects entailed a sparse number of only unidirectional connections converging to parietal areas.
We also labeled a sparse number of interneurons in the contralateral MoV.
Immunohistochemical analysis of liver sections revealed a sparse number of macrophages in lean mice without any genotypic difference (not shown).
Donald Trump, on the other hand, has a very sparse and rather amateurishly composed list of policies on his website.
Since the communities had a very sparse interconnectivity the removal restricted the between community spread limiting the number of infected nodes.
By AW3R, [Water,s] (together with its totality state of affairs) itself constitutes a (very sparse) possible world w.
The image they wanted to use was one of my oil paintings of dark, shadowy figures standing in a very sparse, empty environment that was nearly all white.
The computation of J takes advantage of the fact that it is a very sparse matrix.
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