Example sentences of "[prep] [art] number of [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | Fixed-term contracts vary widely in terms of the number of days ' leave given . |
2 | The continuing growth in the number of sub-contractors ' ’ lump ’ labour employed in the construction industry during the 1960s and early '70s was viewed with increasing concern and suspicion by government authorities , because of the widespread avoidance of payment of both income tax and national insurance contributions . |
3 | Further evidence of slackening efforts was the reduction in a number of countries ' energy efficiency budgets . |
4 | Both Italian writers commented particularly on the number of goldsmiths ' shops in the city ( 3 , pp.101–5 ; 25 , pp.51–2 ; 35 , pp.42–3 ) . |
5 | It is worth considering the French model since , with the introduction of the national core curriculum , there will be far less time in the school day to devote to non-specialist teaching ; and with the new terms and conditions for teachers there may well be many who will want a strict regulation on the number of hours ' work they will put in each day . |
6 | Loss of rent should be insured but there should be some upper limitation on the number of years ' cover . |
7 | Rasmussen and Milner ( 1975 ) summarise data collected in their clinic over a number of years ' use of the Amytal test ( see Wada and Rasmussen , 1960 ; Branch , Milner and Rasmussen , 1964 ) . |
8 | Finally it will be bundled with a Windows-based graphical client , something that Pick has long shied away from , but which it now accepts that is on a number of users ' ‘ tick-boxes ’ . |
9 | Employees may , for example , receive flat-rate payments , allowances based on a percentage of their salary , or a payment based on a number of weeks ' salary . |
10 | There is some suggestion that this site was the original French mill , and was a fulling mill , followed by a number of years ' service as a saw mill . |
11 | This figure is multiplied by a number of years ' purchase , which is commonly known as the multiplier . |