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 . |