Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [art] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | A function returning the number of characters sent to the display since the last new line . |
| 2 | Employers tend to use a range of recruitment strategies employing a number of devices . |
| 3 | It is difficult to imagine how the variable work of only one mosaicist could account for such differences : an explanation which merely supposes one mosaicist applying a number of contrasting methods of laying ( Part 1 , sections 3.8 — 3.10 ) must be suspect . |
| 4 | The authority wants to revamp the site to meet new social services guidelines limiting the number of people in each bungalow from eight to six . |
| 5 | Each phase involves the clients saying a number of statements to themselves . |
| 6 | Ten a.m. , 24th July ; just finished breakfast with the mortar team and relaxing for a few minutes over a mug of hot tea discussing the number of casualties after the heavy shelling last night . |
| 7 | This is one good reason for planning a long-term programme of revision incorporating a number of subject areas . |
| 8 | This aims to produce a new chip architecture comprising a number of interconnectable modules , that can be used individually , or in combination , in single chips . |
| 9 | The aim is to produce a new chip architecture comprising a number of interconnectable modules , that can be used individually , or in combination , in single chips . |
| 10 | umbrella archives comprising a number of specialist collections of data . |
| 11 | ‘ We are at our wits ; end here ’ , say the airport management , ‘ and this has caused considerable upset and annoyance to the lady owning the number published ’ . |
| 12 | The illustration shows the head and trunk of a young boy wearing a number of bracelets and many beads , most of which were probably attached to clothing . |
| 13 | Lansdowne enjoyed territorial advantage in the third quarter without threatening the home line but Ballymena gradually regained the ascendancy with McAleese the speedy Bell and Nicky Rainey spearheading a number of promising attacks . |
| 14 | What Ryedale is seeking is not a figure for its sector within the Greater York area , and the same with the other districts , but rather a figure for the Greater York area as a whole , and then a figure for the remainder of those parts of the districts outside the Greater York area , so you do n't get a situation with my colleagues on the left where you are in the structure plan dictating the number of houses that should be allocated in , for example , two parishes . |
| 15 | figure 2.3 paints a sketch of the business universe having a number of major subsystems and environmental systems which relate to the business . |
| 16 | While I was lying there staring at the ceiling counting the number of tiles I heard a girl going ‘ ouch , ouch that hurts ’ , when I looked over she was having difficulty with the needle going in and I noticed she was barely gripping the nice bit of perspex . |
| 17 | Out in the hall he could hear Bagshot at the reception desk dialling a number . |
| 18 | Figure 2.12 : Histogram showing the number of early Anglo-Saxon settlements on specified soil-types . |
| 19 | The National Assembly on Sept. 20 adopted a constitutional law making a number of changes to electoral procedures . |
| 20 | WHEN Nick Faldo signs his autograph these days he uses the ‘ l ’ as a flagstick , on which he draws a flag bearing the number 11 . |
| 21 | The Czech Parliament has passed a law banning a number of ozone-depleting substances . |
| 22 | Such rotations are commonly described in terms of a potential energy function possessing a number of minima ( Figure 1.4 ) . |
| 23 | VSAM provides the possibility of holding alternate indexes , so the user can reference a file using a number of different keys . |
| 24 | A function which converts a character string representing a number into numeric form . |
| 25 | In December 1785 Joseph 11 issued an imperial decree limiting the number of Viennese lodges to three . |
| 26 | The Crown has claimed that by the time he was arrested in the summer of 1991 his alleged computer forays had breached security surrounding a number of systems including one at EC headquarters , another at a world famous centre for cancer research and treatment and others at various universities . |
| 27 | An example might be to focus on car number plates and seeing if you can make a word containing all the letters of the plate number , or in a supermarket look out for all items costing a particular amount of money , or in a crowded room noting the number of people with blue eyes . |
| 28 | There is the folklore assertion that when an experienced warrener went to buy ferrets at a market his first action on inspecting them was to insert his hand in a cage containing a number of the animals . |
| 29 | In the corner was a large gilt cage containing a number of stuffed birds with glossy black plumage , yellow beaks and sharp little eyes ; they were disconcertingly lifelike and for a moment Melanie thought they were real . |
| 30 | Its internal structuring , however , may be on a geographical basis in terms of area offices and on a client basis in terms of individual officials having a number of cases to deal with . |