Sentence examples for pinpoint how many from inspiring English sources

Scientists have long known that overweight people have shorter life expectancies, but few large-scale studies have been able to pinpoint how many years they lose.

It is difficult to pinpoint how many gun owners in the United States are women — the federal government does not break down background checks by demographic, and most manufacturers do not release information on sales.

Trying to pinpoint how many lawmakers have second sources of income is a challenge because ethics rules do not require them to reveal whether certain positions, like board memberships, are paid.

Officials for FEMA said they could not pinpoint how many New York properties were placed in the flood zone for the first time, nor how many were removed, because the New York remapping was completed before such tabulations were made.

Mr. Tuza, who came to Del Monte along with Meow Mix, said the two earlier campaigns were "very successful in hitting our goals" as "impression-generating events" — that is, reminding shoppers of the brand name — but "it was hard to pinpoint how many more cases we sold".

Lawyers and professors who study capital punishment say it's hard to pinpoint how many death row inmates are left high and dry by their lawyers when it matters most.

But the Library of Congress report being released Wednesday — "The Survival of American Silent Feature Films: 1912-1929," commissioned by the National Film Preservation Board —is said to be the first definitive study pinpointing how many of these films survived and where elements are located in the world's film archives and with private collectors.

Mr. Mende said Sunday night that police officials were still trying to pinpoint exactly how many attackers were involved.

It's also hard to pinpoint exactly how many Android smartphones are for sale in the U.S. currently (meaning they're not discontinued, etc), but it seems to be about 20.

It's difficult to pinpoint exactly how many rounds of funding Palantir has raised so far, but CrunchBase puts it at 16, with investors including Founders Fund (whose partners include Peter Thiel, a Palantir co-founder) and In-Q-Tel, a non-profit venture capital firm that invests in technology companies whose products can help the Central Intelligence Agency.

Even though certain interviews no doubt help sell magazines, it's difficult to pinpoint exactly how many sales result from a published magazine interview.