Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her character goes through a number of changes which is very interesting . |
| 2 | No more can x be " something which stands for a number " since one could equally well imagine it standing for a matrix or even the differential operator |
| 3 | If y stands for a number , then y + y + y + y stands for a number 4 times larger than y . |
| 4 | If y stands for a number , then y + y + y + y stands for a number 4 times larger than y . |
| 5 | ( ( a ) is done for you. ) unc Another shorthand technique is the following : example If K stands for a number , |
| 6 | Now is it not they 'll ask you , reasonable to recycle some of those savings and surely regain the into the provision of those ten fire officers that the service so badly needs for a number of years now the Fire Inspector 's report has identified the confidence levels as we in our service . |
| 7 | They may be historical , comparative or descriptive : Comparative This traces the movement by which the most primitive form of the language group develops into a number of different languages . |
| 8 | The action starts with a number of implausibilities and works its way towards a world-class coincidence . |
| 9 | Corbett rode quietly between them , keeping a wary eye on Ranulf who , after staring round-eyed at everything , began to mimic the strange accents , and drew dark looks from a number of passers-by . |
| 10 | The tendering process has in a number of cases been used by local authority managers to reassert their right to manage ’ ( 1988 , p. 187 ) . |
| 11 | As Davis has pointed out , the Supreme Court has in a number of decisions simply substituted judgment without reference to the reasonableness or rational basis test . |
| 12 | Indeed , where it has found that the statement of reasons fails to fulfil the requirements of Article 190 , the Court has in a number of cases annulled the measure in question . |
| 13 | As we shall see in subsequent chapters , the approach they have taken to fundamental freedoms has on a number of important occasions been radically different and altogether more liberal than has been the case here . |
| 14 | A muzzled ferret has on a number of occasions evicted a little owl . |
| 15 | This applies particularly to public libraries , which aim to satisfy a wide range of reading needs at a number of different levels . |
| 16 | The second looks at a number of countries ( ranging from the USA to Austria ) ; in each country , the project discusses the relation between the institutional structure and economic policy-making and outcomes at macro and micro levels , with reference to the following external shocks : OPEC 1 and 2 , world recession and rapid technological change . |
| 17 | He examines their foundation , their funding , their social constituency , and their organizational structure in detail , and in the process disposes of a number of myths and conventional wisdoms . |
| 18 | Each word in the window participates in a number of transitions . |
| 19 | Movement of the system thus results in a number of parallel images being produced for the second model at each event . |
| 20 | The choice of stock revision subjects depends upon a number of factors , foremost among these being the importance of the different subjects to the library 's objectives . |
| 21 | The form which is taken by international assistance in the service of process depends upon a number of , necessarily interrelated , factors . |
| 22 | He said that in the business of insurance and insurance broking , a successful enterprise depends upon a number of factors which vary according to the nature of the customer , or client , with whom business is done . |
| 23 | It occurs in a number of quite precise and extremely crucial contexts , from the Maccabean regime on into the first century A.D. Thus the High Priest at the period of Judas Maccabeus ( who died in 160 B.C. ) is referred to as a Zaddik and described as being ‘ a zealot for the law ’ . |
| 24 | Most of what we know about echolocation comes from bats ( and human instruments ) , but it also occurs in a number of other unrelated groups of animals . |
| 25 | The quality of an essential oil depends on a number of different interacting factors : soil conditions , climate , altitude and the time of harvesting — which is vital . |
| 26 | How many fish you can keep depends on a number of factors , size of the tank , size of the fish , filtration , and in some cases the fish 's need for territories . |
| 27 | Whether it translates into practice depends on a number of imponderables . |
| 28 | How quickly ‘ the ’ issues will be raised obviously depends on a number of factors — the difficulty of the issue , the ability of the counsellees to express their ideas , and the quality of the counselling relationship . |
| 29 | Their effectiveness depends on a number of factors , including personality , sensitivity , their parental and other models of marriage ( good and poor ) , and their understanding and level of commitment to each other . |
| 30 | Which two gratings are combined into the chevron depends on a number of factors . |