Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] a limited number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further validation is needed , says the NII , before it will accept CEGB assurances that only a limited number of rods will experience significant ballooning . |
| 2 | Though in this form the list looks a long one , it must be remembered that only a limited number of schools have introduced more than a few changes . |
| 3 | Davis and Moore assume that only a limited number of individuals have the talent to acquire the skills necessary for the functionally most important positions . |
| 4 | The hon. Member for Ogmore said that the opinion polls demonstrated that only a limited number of people would be interested in total deregulation . |
| 5 | This ‘ molecular bridging ’ approach was successful ( but inefficient ) when viral particles were coupled to human MHC class I and class II antigens 27 , but not to the human transferrin receptor 28 , and suggests that only a limited number of cell surface antigens can function as surrogate receptors for MoMLV particles . |
| 6 | This type of award is , however , highly competitive and only a limited number of candidates will be successful . |
| 7 | There are only a limited number of possibilities for public launches of campaigns and campaign materials , and only a limited number of points in the year at which materials can be promoted centrally . |
| 8 | Moreover , if only a limited number of more senior places are available , very able corporals and subalterns will get tired of waiting for promotion to sergeant and captain respectively , and will be inclined to leave at that stage . |
| 9 | Even if only a limited number of the more extreme pipe dreams become part of everyday life , the developments are likely to have far reaching effects , especially in agriculture . |
| 10 | Ratio and proportion are difficult concepts and therefore a limited number of questions was used , but it is not suggested that these represent the only possible ones for lower attainers . |
| 11 | Debbie uses three ideas common to the science students : one , that science degrees are more useful in enabling students to gain jobs ; two , that a degree is a process of ‘ gaining knowledge ’ which can be applied ; three , that the knowledge gained in a degree such as history can be applied only in limited ways and therefore a limited number of jobs is open to the history graduate . |
| 12 | These patterns varied from language to language , but only a limited number of such patterns seemed to occur , so that the same pattern of kinship terminology was found among totally unrelated peoples speaking totally unrelated languages . |
| 13 | I write as someone who 's always been able to take or leave Harrison Birtwistle 's music : the oeuvre as a whole arouses my respect , and impresses by its fiercely-defined character and self-consistency , but only a limited number of pieces ( among them The Triumph of Time , The fields of Sorrow , Melancolia I , Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum ) have spoken to me strongly and cried out for repeated listening . |
| 14 | Since only a limited number of stated capacities grant possessory rights and enable liability those capacities must be easily ascertainable . |
| 15 | Since only a limited number of booklets had been issued to each school , it seemed possible that many teachers might well have seen and used it , a section at a time , in the form of photocopied sheets . |
| 16 | Since only a limited number of hypotheses could be tested prospectively , other potential risk factors , such as a previous history of slow ulcer healing , were tested exploratorily either because it was not felt necessary to confirm their reported effect on healing or because they were considered to be less important to ulcer healing . |