Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [verb] in a number " in BNC.
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1 | Since St Pierre , though , nuees have been observed in a number of different eruptions , and in a great many of them they are linked with the construction of a lava dome . |
2 | Flows of people from metropolitan to non-metropolitan areas have been observed in a number of developed countries in recent years , and the term ‘ counter-urbanization ’ has been applied to this process ( Berry 1976 ; Bryant et al . |
3 | The effects of reducing sleep on sleep patterns have been studied in a number of relatively short experiments , and one which went on for two years . |
4 | Since then the calculations have been repeated in a number of different forms by other people . |
5 | The specific claims of Marx and Braverman in this regard have been contested in a number of recent writings . |
6 | Throughout history , otherwise unmarked minuets have been written in a number of time signatures , including 3/4 , 6/8 and 3/8 . |
7 | Musical stimuli have been employed in a number of dichotic listening experiments . |
8 | Geoffrey Smith of Windrush tells me that copies of the Windrush Island Guide to Northern Cyprus , until a couple of months ago the only in-depth guide to that part of the island , have been defaced in a number of London bookshops . |
9 | Signs based on colour-coding systems have been used in a number of libraries , for example at Hatfield Polytechnic Library , England ( one of the pioneers in this field ) and Chalmers University Library , Sweden . |
10 | The Parkinson and Garman and Klass estimators of volatility have been used in a number of the empirical studies considered below , e.g. Grammatikos and Saunders ( 1986 ) , Chamberlain ( 1989 ) , Board and Sutcliffe ( 1990 ) and Serletis ( 1992 ) . |
11 | Such programs have been used in a number of curricular areas . |
12 | Proliferative abnormalities in normal looking colorectal mucosa are believed to represent an early phase of colorectal carcinogenesis and have been found in a number of conditions associated with a high risk for these malignancies . |
13 | O7 ppm although naturally high concentrations of mercury have been found in a number of locations , including Lake Windermere where mud dating back to the last century contains 0.7 ppm . ’ |
14 | In reality these terms have been interpreted in a number of different ways . |
15 | Comparable reforms have been introduced in a number of other states and a movement is growing to amend the Constitution of the United States to place comparable constraints on federal government activities . |