Example sentences of "[noun prp] has [vb pp] [prep] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard has worked with a number of manufacturers specialising in the contract field . |
| 2 | The Women 's Movement in Ireland has gone through a number of different phases . |
| 3 | Frustrated by his colleagues ' lack attention to the problems of literacy , partly because of their tradition of studying ‘ pre-literate ’ societies , Goody has attempted in a number of articles and books ( 1963 , 1968. 1977 ) to describe the importance and ‘ potentialities ’ of writing . |
| 4 | In more recent years , Whessoe has laid off a number of men , and moved into more specialist fields , but it is still one of only a few companies listed on the Stock Exchange to have its headquarters in the North-East . |
| 5 | Barbados has benefited for a number of years from a wide treaty network , including treaties with the UK , the US and Canada . |