Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] number " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Target-oriented programmes tend to concentrate on a small number of permanent or semi-permanent methods ( sterilisation or IUD ) to minimise dropout rates . |
| 2 | In recent years the DST has had to cope with a conflicting number of loyalties amongst those political refugees France has allowed to enter its country , especially from the Middle East . |
| 3 | Although children begin with a very small vocabulary compared to the adult , they still manage to talk about a large number of things . |
| 4 | It was a backlash against quotas where you have got to vote for a certain number . |
| 5 | Induction has been observed to work on a large number of occasions . |
| 6 | A magnate would engage to serve with a specified number of men for a particular time in return for wages which were agreed in advance and paid by the Exchequer . |
| 7 | Over the last year ACET 's centres in Dundee , Edinburgh and Glasgow have been asked to care for a growing number needing practical help to stay at home . |
| 8 | But advertisements continued to appear in a large number of local London papers and provincial papers and even a religious publication , The Rock . |
| 9 | All of these elements had to compete for a limited number of unfilled vacancies in Mendeleev 's Periodic Table , like contestants in a game of cosmic musical chairs . |
| 10 | The AE at such firms as these had to get in a minimum number of clients per week . |
| 11 | Our Canadian housing business continues to rely on a limited number of sites for its housing activity and Millcroft and Creditview subdivisions were the main sources of that activity in the later months of the year . |
| 12 | As we have seen already when we have to cope with a large number of losses in a short time , it becomes much harder to deal with the grief that we feel . |