Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [adv] [prep] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( c ) Management problems Where a practice is carried on in a number of different locations : ( 1 ) rivalry between different offices will naturally occur and is generally healthy , but the partners should not overlook the potential for a fissiparous tendency to develop . |
| 2 | The work of the Land Registry is carried out by a number of District Land Registries located throughout the country . |
| 3 | Motivation is an ‘ event ’ in itself — motivation is made up of a number of factors of which the most important are the perceived value of the outcome to the individual and the correlation between that outcome and the effort necessary to achieve it . |
| 4 | Multi- stage sampling can be used when the population is made up of a number of sub-units . |
| 5 | Another type of date code is made up of a number and a row of dots , eg |
| 6 | Like all enzymes it is a protein and like some it is made up of a number of polypeptide subunits ( so forming a ‘ complex ’ ) . |
| 7 | It is made up of a number of bones ( vertebrae ) which are placed one on top of another . |
| 8 | Business Direct is made up of a number of different services , each designed to smooth your way throughout the world . |
| 9 | And protein is made up of a number of what , can you remember ? |
| 10 | 3 Where the petition is based on a statutory demand , only the debt claimed in the demand may be included in the petition , except that interest or other charges which have accrued since the date of the demand to the date of the petition may be added … 4 When completing para 2 of the petition , attention is drawn to r 6.8(I) ( a ) to ( c ) , particularly where the " aggregate sum " is made up of a number of debts . |
| 11 | Since every organization is made up of a number of different groups of employees , the question of collaboration between groups is vital for obtaining an overall balance in the social system . |
| 12 | According to the ideas outlined in Chapter 6 , the language processing system is made up of a number of information-processing modules , each responsible for a specific information-processing task ( such as recognising letters , for example , or producing spoken words ) . |
| 13 | Set up to tackle problems faced by local communities in north west Edinburgh , the NEAR ( Northwest Edinburgh Area Renewal ) project is made up of a number of organisations committed to working together . |
| 14 | It was mentioned earlier that a remotely-sensed image is made up of a number of scan lines and that each scan line contains a large number of pixel values . |
| 15 | Each NVQ [ there are 24 City and Guilds NVQs in the hotel , catering and hospitality industry ] is made up of a number of units ; each unit sets out the standard that must be reached . |
| 16 | To show the client what you are proposing , commercials are sometimes read and described ; sometimes a narrative tape is recorded which is a spoken description of the action , perhaps backed by music ; or sometimes a " story board " is drawn up with a number of key frames illustrating what viewers will see on the TV screen . |
| 17 | The complexities of the arrangements made for pilgrimages is borne out in a number of ways . |
| 18 | The first is where the whole of the programme is provided by and taught at a major centre , as in the case of Bristol Polytechnic ; the second is where the first year is provided extra-murally at a number of associated centres , while the second year only is provided at the main centre , as the case of Portsmouth Polytechnic ; and the third is where both the first and second years are provided at the main and associate centres as at Plymouth Polytechnic and Cornwall Technical College , Camborne . |
| 19 | Where possible , it is recommended that a complex SPR is split up into a number of smaller SPRs , each addressing a single point . |
| 20 | Rut this is ruled out on a number of counts . |
| 21 | The matter of women 's support strategies is taken up in a number of papers by Pamela Fishman . |
| 22 | The water industry in Britain is divided up into a number of autonomous water companies and councils ( Chapter 3 gives details ) and each is responsible for producing its own water bye-laws . |
| 23 | Each of these records is divided up into a number of fields , each holding one item of information such as name or address , or author or title . |