Example sentences of "[vb pp] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later research seems to show that Malinowski mis-understood a number of key features of the system he described , but it is certainly the case that the participants in the Kula conceive of it as a circulating system of exchange . |
| 2 | As with the 2D the manufacturer has designed a number of fittings for it . |
| 3 | In the meantime he had designed a number of small Episcopal churches . |
| 4 | England had lost fewer players than most countries to World Series Cricket and had won a number of rubbers as a result but , when the armistice was signed , England 's limitations were soon exposed . |
| 5 | AXA has recently won a number of awards for its unit trust performance . |
| 6 | They have organized a powerful and disciplined committee which has won a number of major concessions from the prison authorities and which , with the help of the Committee of Mothers and other human rights organizations , has kept the existence of political prisoners in the public eye , to the discomfort of the government . |
| 7 | Northern Ireland Office Civil servants have approached a number of community and church groups to act as go-betweens with loyalist paramilitaries . |
| 8 | The architect , having toured a number of prisons , reported to the justices : ‘ In the gaol I have endeavoured to adopt , after much pains and meditation , the good parts of every gaol I have visited , preferring , I own , the principle of Ipswich by Blackburn , Howard 's disciple ’ ( Melling 1969 : 208 ) . |
| 9 | Of the less well known Indian appointments , a place in the Indian Marine also attracted a number of Scots even though it was based at unpopular Bombay , for it was a service which promoted by seniority , and death from wounds or disease could allow the rapid elevation of a healthy midshipman to a position of command . |
| 10 | Mineral reconnaissance by the BGS north-east of Aberfeldy has located a number of geochemical and geophysical anomalies in the Ben Eagach Schist Formation around Glenshee ( Pease and others , 1986 ) where Zn-Pb-Ba mineralisation has been found ( MRP 88 ) . |
| 11 | The mill was later taken over by the cloth producers , Woolwark and Bird , a concern that also occupied a number of other mills . |
| 12 | Despite such reports , rebel radio stations in Iran , Syria and Lebanon continued to claim that their supporters occupied a number of southern towns . |
| 13 | In this way bank bills may be re-discounted a number of times before maturity . |
| 14 | You will find that since Mr Madison 's British visitors left Washington , we have added a number of attractions and have greatly improved the roads . |
| 15 | Finally at Eavestones , crag that does n't appear to have any shortage of unclimbed rock , Tony Barley , Dave Musgrove and Steve Webster have added a number of new lines from VS to E4 . |
| 16 | PULP ( singer Jarvis above ) , whose latest slice of warped pop , ‘ Babies ’ , is released on Gift this week , have added a number of dates to their current tour , playing |
| 17 | Hall ( 1988 ) , in particular , has argued that the power of that brand of New-Right Conservatism known as Thatcherism consists largely of the skilful way in which it has disconnected a number of themes — self-help , anti-statism , public order , anti-trade unionism , nationalism , share ownership — from the basically bourgeois discourse in which they have been traditionally lodged . |
| 18 | A 17-year-old paper-stainer , James Irons , was brought before the magistrate — described by the police as a ring-leader and by his mother as ‘ a good boy ’ — where it was said that he had ‘ used disgusting language , and discharged a number of stones larger than walnuts from a powerful catapult ’ . |
| 19 | Beefy Obispal would have enjoyed a number of those ladies ' favours since the fighting died away . |
| 20 | ‘ We have interviewed a number of people in connection with this incident , but we would like help from any other witnesses , ’ he said . |
| 21 | Professionalism and sponsorship have penetrated a number of countries in Eastern Europe , most notably the Soviet Union . |
| 22 | Here , Green saw an opportunity to negotiate an arrangement which could have resolved a number of problems . |
| 23 | ‘ One over-zealous policeman has reported a number of players at Shrewsbury this season . |
| 24 | The Kenya administration in particular included a number of vigorous reformers , most prominent among them R.W. Hemsted and C.E.V. Buxton — both completely wrapped up in the Masai and both determined to bring them , under British supervision , into the twentieth century . |
| 25 | The first few weeks always included a number of experiences designed to undo at least some of the damage done to sensible language learning by our schools and universities . |
| 26 | I have included a number of screendumps so you can choose which ones you would like to use . |
| 27 | The army with which Cnut eventually conquered England in 1016 also included a number of these largely independent warlords . |
| 28 | His initiatives in the field of transport policy have included a number of environmental strands . |
| 29 | According to Brian Sewell , art critic of the Evening Standard , it was well known that the Royal Collection had once contained a number of pornographic drawings by Leonardo . |
| 30 | Our first Report , submitted to the Secretaries of State for Education and Science and for Wales on 30 September 1988 , made recommendations for attainment targets and programmes of study for English for the primary stages , and also contained a number of chapters relevant to the whole of the compulsory school age range . |