Example sentences of "[verb] together a number " in BNC.

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1 Tai chi chuan is a highly sophisticated system of self-defence , bringing together a number of skills into one form to establish a series of set principles and methods .
2 In the broadest terms , it has been concerned with one aspect of youth history : how and why , and with what consequences for age relations , middle-class reformers put together a number of images of working-class adolescents .
3 ( c ) Certain abstract words , like food , metal and beauty may be taught by grouping together a number of objects , models or samples belonging to the same class .
4 The conference will bring together a number of authorities in various aspects of chemistry , agriculture and the environment .
5 This letter was only the beginning of a case with a long history , and by piecing together a number of disjointed fragments of information we can obtain an unusually clear picture of the sequence of events and of Anselm 's reactions to them .
6 Rosenthal ( 1983 ) draws together a number of criticisms of the argument which can be listed as follows .
7 This brought together a number of the main themes of the New Deal its interest in social and economic planning and in scientific farming and conservation , its campaign for the provision of electrical power in the rural areas , and its concern with the revival of depressed communities .
8 The Circular brought together a number of themes which run through public policy over most of the postwar period .
9 Only late in his life did he undertake an analysis of the economic basis of imperialism , and even then he brought together a number of particular observations rather than formulating a specific alternative to the Marxist theory , such as Schumpeter produced at about the same time .
10 For our own 25th Anniversary celebrations at the Royal Albert Hall in 1978 Cicely produced a most imaginative programme using the National Display Team to link together a number of items depicting the history of Medau Rhythmic Movement .
11 Then he attempted to bring together a number of small seamen 's societies by organising a conference at the Scottish port of Leith .
12 It describes the process whereby oppression and prejudice come about and is therefore , like the term ‘ special needs ’ , an attempt to bring together a number of behaviours such as sexism , racism , disablism and homophobia .
13 It would seem that groupings of authorities and academic institutions which are geographically close have much to recommend them in terms of the potential savings on travelling expenses , and this is clearly also true in terms of projects for the creation of teaching materials which need to bring together a number of practitioners from different schools on a regular basis .
14 This section serves to bring together a number of practical considerations and pointers for use when carrying out a valuation .
15 The wind farm is a joint venture between Tomen , a Japanese trading house , EcoGen , a UK company formed in 1990 to bring together a number of interests working on commercial wind power , and SeaWest , a US company and the world 's largest developer of wind farms .
16 In some cases there may not be sufficient time to bring together a number of financiers at the outset , or , in the case of a bid , considerations of confidentiality may prevent approaches to multiple investors .
17 A recent step forward was the announcement in October 1990 of the formation of a broad-based teachers ' organization — the South African Democratic Teachers ' Union — which brings together a number of teachers ' unions previously separated on racial , geographical and political lines .
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