Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb -s] a [adj] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | The park has a small number of wild rabbits , but Mr Weston said these were certainly not from that population . |
| 2 | The brand covers a large number of DOC vineyards . |
| 3 | And the reason for this is that usually the male has a vast number of sex cells and consequently can afford to compete er for er female cells to fertilize . |
| 4 | The University offers a limited number of awards for the MSc by Research to UK and EC applicants , but does not offer awards for taught postgraduate courses ( e.g. MSc or Diploma ) . |
| 5 | The University has a substantial number of self-contained furnished flats for letting to small groups of students . |
| 6 | Studies undertaken to observe browsing in the shelf consultation show that the user handles a limited number of items in the process and ultimately selects but a few . |
| 7 | The College has a limited number of bursaries . |
| 8 | If the council receives a large number of letters about a development , this will give it an idea of the strength of feeling involved and it is much better than a petition . |
| 9 | The test repeats a large number of operations that , as far as possible , do not involve any mathematical operations . |
| 10 | The process happens a precise number of days after flowering , and , if this has not occurred or been finished when the fruit is harvested , it will not ripen a jot more , whatever a street vendor swears . |
| 11 | The move follows a growing number of concerns expressed by parents of dyslexic children who claim adequate schooling is not always offered . |
| 12 | The site supports a large number and wide variety of bird species and so is considered to be a Wetland Site of International Importance . |
| 13 | The most favoured section of the population provides a disproportionate number of recruits into state bureaucracies , aided by a system of educational inequality . |
| 14 | In keeping with the man , the cellar includes a large number of oversized bottles including over 750 magnums equivalent to 2 bottles and the larger iamperiales , the size of 8 bottles . |
| 15 | 3 Make sure that the organisation has a small number of executives trained to speak on subjects which are likely to come up and that there is at least one board member who can represent the company in times of serious criticism or comment . |
| 16 | The box at the side of the Page holds a certain number of sweets . |
| 17 | Devon Library Services ( Exeter ) The library has a large number of books dealing with the south-west of England . |
| 18 | The firm represents a large number of cargo shipping lines . |
| 19 | The female lays a great number of eggs , attaching each individually to the leaf of a water plant . |
| 20 | Great opportunity to pass on genes effortlessly , though the female has a limited number of eggs which has specific requirements for survival and therefore temporar temporarily stalls her reproductive success . |
| 21 | The book contains a large number of photographs . |
| 22 | The company has a large number of Business Expansion Scheme investors who backed the company before it was on the Third Market . |
| 23 | Dinner costs £35 per person , and as a special offer the hotel has a limited number of bedrooms for £45 per person on November 26 . |
| 24 | If the cytochrome oxidase stain is used on the rat somatosensory cortex , the cortex contains a large number of patches shaped like barrels ( Land and Simons 1985 ) . |
| 25 | Representative oh well there you go , consultant number every assignment has a unique number . |
| 26 | In practice , a substance possesses a large number of retardation times which can be expressed as a distribution function where |
| 27 | In any one day 's activity a selector makes a large number of separate decisions about particular titles , each decision reflecting a range of background circumstances , some of them quite complex . |
| 28 | Every culture contains a large number of guidelines which direct conduct in particular situations . |