Example sentences of "has [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [art] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | One firm has come up with a number of ways to find letterbombs , before they find their target . |
| 2 | About 1,000 people , or 10 to 15 per cent of the workforce , have left since Mr Habgood 's arrival , while Bunzl has come out of a number of low-margin and loss-making businesses . |
| 3 | The third point which has come out in a number erm of comments , certainly from the C P R E is the issue of overshoots in the approved structure plan in respect to Greater York , and as we made clear in paragraph eight of our er erm position statement , we accept that there has been in numeric terms in the period eighty one to ninety two something like fifteen percent overshoot in terms of completions er in that period . |
| 4 | One major theme , already mentioned in the previous chapter , is the search for co-ordination , a search that has figured prominently in a number of urban programmes . |
| 5 | The United Kingdom has spoken bilaterally to a number of countries about the non-proliferation treaty . |
| 6 | It has touched briefly on a number of activities which all contribute to better staff utilisation . |
| 7 | ‘ It has not gone unnoticed , ’ said Dr Boyson in 1978 , ‘ that crime has increased parallel with the number of social workers . ’ |