Example sentences of "number of [adj] [noun pl] ['s] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Other telecommunications companies which have booked space at HOTECH '91 include : Western Telecom , now part of the Alcatel group ; GPT Sales & Services ; Ascom Telecommunications ; 3C Communications , which is establishing telecom links with an increasing number of other suppliers ' systems ; and Mitel Telecom , which was involved in the refit at The Dorchester , London .
2 His poetic voice is unmistakable , and yet it was composed from a number of other poets ' voices which he adapted or borrowed .
3 Then he attempted to bring together a number of small seamen 's societies by organising a conference at the Scottish port of Leith .
4 Coupon techniques may be used by one producer or supplier as a promotion for its goods or services , or the plan may include a number of different producers ' products under one name .
5 A number of local fishermen 's associations have objected to the development .
6 While these changes were taking place , I had the opportunity to visit a number of local children 's homes .
7 She left her girls ' boarding school ( St Mary 's , Calne ) without any notion of saving the planet , and did a number of well-bred girls ' things in London and Paris — Harrods ' toy department , a cordon bleu course , door-to-door sales , modelling — before starting what she regards as her first proper job , in an advertising agency 's information department .
8 Beefy Obispal would have enjoyed a number of those ladies ' favours since the fighting died away .
9 And the number of special schools ' students and pupils , pupils seen , in years ten upwards .
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