Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [verb] [prep] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've worked at a number of occupations that put me into positions of possible danger . |
| 2 | I 've worked with a number of carpenters and joiners and come tea-break , we 've all sat there with our nice hot cup of tea/coffee and that gradual layer of dust on top . |
| 3 | I 've worked in a number of centres where the fire alarm has been set off by the heat from our lights . |
| 4 | Is my hon. Friend aware that I have lived for a number of years without any such advice , and I can not believe that it is really necessary ? |
| 5 | I have flown with a number of people who , with the slightest lowering of the nose or the gentlest stall , look as though they are having an epileptic fit . |
| 6 | ‘ But since Sir Charles died , I have heard about a number of things that seem to be supernatural . |
| 7 | I have spoken to a number of engine conversion kit suppliers and the almost unanimous response has been ‘ ooooogh the 6 cyl , that 's a difficult conversion … it needs extensive mods to the bulkhead … or … the propshaft needs changing , the gearbox needs moving . |
| 8 | I have corresponded with a number of individuals and organisations including the National Farmers Union and a local MP . |
| 9 | You 've come to a number of those I guess ? |
| 10 | We 've seen in a number of areas , the development of regional net environmental networks , which we have been directly involved in helping develop . |
| 11 | Right th the erm I accept that looking at work carried out , which is what we 've got in a number of instances , like |
| 12 | Tt and I think we 've identified in a number of different factors erm er behind that , that trend and that erm i in a sense there 's , there 's the kind of distinction between the ideological approach and the pragmatic approach in that we , we 've seen there is a , I think a , a broad ideological impetus behind the reform in the sense that there is this long-term commitment to overthrowing feudalism . |
| 13 | my Lord we have said in a number of places the claims are erm unlawful and we refer to the fact that the claims come out of the central fund bi-law |
| 14 | In the UK we have disposed of a number of non-strategic assets for a total of £208 million , which will be received in 1993 , while in February this year we also disposed of our remaining businesses in Australia and withdrew from that country . |
| 15 | Word-list style is a careful style in his terms ( but as we have shown in a number of publications , Labov 's predictions about the stylistic continuum did not work in this divergent-dialect community in the way that they had worked in New York City ) . |
| 16 | The theory argues that we can not develop one universal scientific approach to create the perfect organisational structure , but rather we have to look at a number of variables and see how they interact with each other within particular organisations . |
| 17 | We have known for a number of years that we with every other council in the land , are facing the government that does not believe in local government . |
| 18 | The case of leisure is an example of the general issue of ‘ observability ’ which we have discussed at a number of points in these Lectures . |
| 19 | They 've asked for a number , have n't they , spec specifically here , which I think that 's detailed enough . |
| 20 | They , too , increase costs as businesses must surmount a host of differing national rules and regulations if they wish to trade in a number of Member States . |
| 21 | They have clashed on a number of occasions and will fight all the way to the finish . |
| 22 | It will allow the sense of frustration many of us have felt for a number of years to be replaced by a new sense of purpose . |