Example sentences of "[noun prp] have a number " in BNC.

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1 Within these two broad roles the Bank of England has a number of different functions .
2 Orkney had a number of young part-time farmers who saw this as a potential constraint but in their cases it was linked to their desire to become full-time farmers as soon as possible .
3 The SKLP had a number of loyal supporters including some among the local police .
4 I 'm not sure because erm Martin has a number of things that come out of his er salary , there 's erm his pension of course and erm there , there 's some insurance scheme they run at work as well .
5 To say the Pacific is criss-crossed is , perhaps , too strong — the Atlantic has a number of routes that cross each other , and its Jepperson high-altitude charts are so filled with intersecting lines that to an untutored eye , they resemble the early stages of weaving .
6 The House of Commons had a number of functions , but the elective function of choosing the Cabinet was the " most important " .
7 Certainly , the Parliament of the United Kingdom has a number of other functions and one of these , the exercise of control over the Executive , is of fundamental importance to the constitution of the United Kingdom .
8 Though Craig and Jo have a number of sexy scenes together in Home and Away , she says the advantage of her real-life relationship with someone in the same industry is that her partner fully understands that romantic clinches with an international heart-throb are just part of the job .
9 To be sure , Reagan had a number of strengths .
10 Warwickshire have a number of dual-purpose players and no-one has done better than Dermot Reeve , with 2,525 runs and 73 wickets in the last two championship seasons .
11 Although the National Co-operative Research Act in the US and the block exemption in Europe have a number of attractive and sensible features , there exists little hard evidence to suggest that they will actually have much of an effect on the rate of innovation in the US or in Europe .
12 Sonny has a number of different slides he uses for different occasions .
13 Although he would be at a considerable financial loss , Serampore had a number of significant advantages : far more people , a good site only two hours boat journey from Calcutta , complete freedom to engage in evangelism and the chance to operate a printing press freely .
14 Although Taylor had a number of players out injured , Hateley was left out for the next match .
15 To this end Mr Suharto has a number of gifts to distribute .
16 The University of Edinburgh has a number of Inter-university Co-operation Programmes ( ICPs ) with EC partner institutions enabling students at Edinburgh to study in Europe .
17 India has a number of diseases all her own , but if there is any suggestion that a foreign filly has been on the loose in a British stud she is rejected as unclean .
18 The maleos of Sulawesi have a number of natural predators .
19 Cauterets has a number of walks of the undemanding sort , designed for spa-goers , through woods and to viewpoints or waterfalls .
20 From the start , the NAPSS had a number of energetic women members , and also concerned itself with the question of women 's employment .
21 Fleury , too , had grown stout and perhaps rather opinionated ; he and Louise had a number of children whom Fleury was inclined to hector with his views , showing extreme displeasure if they disagreed with him .
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