Example sentences of "[noun sg] and a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | As was noted above , the Bank of England provides special facilities for small bidders when offering stock for sale by auction and a number of GEMMs provide a retail service , i.e. they are prepared to buy and sell stock in relatively small amounts . |
| 2 | The realists , insofar as they advocated training and expertise in the specialized areas of law , generally supported this programme and a number of prominent realists left law schools to work for Roosevelt in Washington . |
| 3 | These are very popular on the continent and a number of players take advantage of the opportunity to match themselves against the professional to see just how good their game is over 72 holes of stroke play . |
| 4 | With glasses replenished we sat in the CHAB studio where we were soon joined by His Worship the Mayor and a number of other leading citizens who had stayed behind in the hotel to hear the broadcast . |
| 5 | There was some shooting and a number of people lay dead on the church steps . |
| 6 | In general , one notable but not fully comprehensive style ( or two or more styles which do not correspond ) is in evidence : another , " indefinite " style accompanies the individual — such as one might expect with the work of a mosaicist and a number of helpers . |
| 7 | You got a label in one cell and a number in another cell , you want to formally join the two together , er , what 's the formula ? |
| 8 | Although no such crops are as yet commercially available , agrochemical companies are actively pursuing this line of research and a number of potential developments have been discussed by Chaleff ( 1986 ) and Buck ( 1989 ) . |
| 9 | By the spring of 1940 the War Office had been persuaded to put some of these ideas into practice and a number of companies were raised to act independently in guerrilla roles . |
| 10 | Ershad and a number of former ministers were arrested on charges of corruption and abuse of power , and the transitional government on Dec. 14 announced that parliamentary elections would be held on March 2 , 1991 ( subsequently brought forward to Feb. 27 ) . |
| 11 | The commercial significance of this discovery is under review and a number of similar prospects in the area are being evaluated . |
| 12 | However , there is no standard definition or process which constitutes performance review and a number of councils who have introduced review procedures have had disappointing results . |
| 13 | But when we 're dealing as we are in this case , with fraud , then clearly there has to be regulations , there has to be er primary legislation er so that was the point I 'm making but as I say , it 's not just me , it 's the stock exchange , the S I B , all of them believe that we need a single enforcement body to look at these matters and I do wish perhaps the minister does but the government must acc eople and a number of ople obviously with a number of traumas and a number of di exploit the different rules and regulations and to get through them because they know they are never going to be caught and the little chance of being prosecuted and even if they are prosecuted er then the chances of being convicted are remote and even if they are convicted I 'm afraid that the judicial shi system shows er that the worst they can expect is a few hours mowing the grass in front of an old folks home or perhaps a few months er in the country residence , albeit owned by Her Majesty . |
| 14 | Delahunty 's reports from the burning stand that afternoon won him worldwide acclaim and a number of top international radio and journalistic awards . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , the decision to sell Saatchi 's ailing business consultancy division has put additional strains on Saatchi management and a number of senior managers have had to be moved to new positions . |
| 16 | 1 became convinced that with better management and a number of policy changes we could achieve a better service for the patient . |
| 17 | By the War Powers Act , the Hughes — Ryan Act , the Case Act and a number of other bills in the 1970s , Congress made strenuous efforts to reclaim ground lost to the president in the realm of foreign policy . |
| 18 | The Institute is a Recognised Professional Body under the Financial Services Act and a number of members are authorised through this route . |
| 19 | At present there are some defined posts on each committee and a number of committee members ‘ without portfolio ’ . |
| 20 | Shortly after the publication of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail , however , we received a letter from Dr Hugh Schonfield , author of The Passover Plot and a number of other important works on the origins of Christianity . |
| 21 | These included a number with simple Mendelian inheritance and a number of characters of agronomic importance with polygenically controlled expression . |
| 22 | However , through their various media organs , Aoun and Geaga offered contradictory interpretations of the peace pact and a number of press reports claimed that both sides were using the ceasefire as a means of consolidating their defensive lines . |
| 23 | Appenzell has a sixteenth-century town hall and a number of picturesque houses . |
| 24 | Lined along the lane were the village hall , the pavilion and a number of small timbered cottages . |
| 25 | Now police have seized 3,000 forged lapel tickets in a raid on this Birmingham pub and a number of houses . |
| 26 | Again it is crucial to stress that this can be a lengthy process taking some months or years depending on circumstances , availability of help and a number of other variables . |
| 27 | There were SS guards here and there , but no great evidence of people , and then a door opened , a young corporal emerged and behind him Devlin saw a room crammed with radio equipment and a number of operatives . |
| 28 | Structure , comprising the old core and a number of peripheral estates , which has been socially and spatially divisive . |
| 29 | The candidates are the NRPB , the Medical Research Council and a number of university departments that are skilled in epidemiological techniques . |
| 30 | The advice on how to put planning for development into practice can be supported by the experiences shared by the Council and a number of bodies over the last three years . |