Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [det] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now if the Labour group had moved a widening of erm the sort of provision in our elderly persons homes , I could have understood that , because we did n't have real figures , we could not get hold of real figures , every time I went back to a local party meeting , to the Labour group , to any other member they said , do you realise this home has this number of vacancies and your report says that number . |
| 2 | And your can use any number of eurocheques to pay for a particular item or service . |
| 3 | They are polygamous , each male possessing any number of females . |
| 4 | In the background she could hear the band performing another number , the muted hum of conversation as people went about their own business and then , sharply , intrusively , a voice almost in her ear . |
| 5 | Norman Lamont 's final spring budget — before it is rescheduled to later in the year — billed as a budget for recovery included any number of business incentives and tax concessions . |
| 6 | There is a third option : close both bases and ship the whole lot to San Diego , which has a fine base , great weather , superb ocean access , and enough room to swallow any number of ships . |
| 7 | She knew it would take courage to ring that number . |
| 8 | A social group comprises any number of people who interact with each in some way , and whose behaviour is a composite of both individual and group influences . |
| 9 | Quantity This system allows the drafter to use any number of sub-divisions within a clause : a sub-clause can be further sub-divided into paragraphs as follows : 8 . |
| 10 | An initial scan of the phoneme graph produces some number of best matching words bottom-up which are ordered by score on an agenda for processing by higher level components . |
| 11 | You can write the definition to accept any number of parameters . |
| 12 | The object of the game is to try and become this Priest of Paris , who begins the game choosing any number and saying , for example : ‘ The Priest of Paris has lost his ( her ) thinking cap . |
| 13 | The resulting method can be applied to any small area to measure either number of jobs accessible to people living there , or numbers of workers to whom jobs are accessible . |
| 14 | Any candidate receiving this number of votes is declared elected . |
| 15 | Once you 've decided the answer telephone this number : 0891 525 563 ( From the Republic of Ireland 1550 123 697 ) |
| 16 | Now if the Labour group had moved a widening of erm the sort of provision in our elderly persons homes , I could have understood that , because we did n't have real figures , we could not get hold of real figures , every time I went back to a local party meeting , to the Labour group , to any other member they said , do you realise this home has this number of vacancies and your report says that number . |
| 17 | Er as a end result that number , that 's a function but you have to do something with it . |
| 18 | Smith discovered an ingenious way of generalising Gauss 's main idea to cover any number of squares whatsoever . |
| 19 | A nightmare and we had to actually ring the emergency number and in an emergency ring this number |
| 20 | If no party wins this number , the new Parliament will be hung . |
| 21 | The APT allows any number of explanatory variables . |