Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [prep] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been brought to my attention on a number of occasions by reputable bodies such as the stock exchange , that because of the multiplicity of regulations , er because of the complex nature of the legislation concerned and the er er the the comparatively large number of regulatory or supervisory bodies er that there is no er an and because of the fact that there are so many differences and standards and so on , that there is a need for a central enforcement body to bring together whatever evidence is available er so that these matters can be prosecuted , if I use that that general term . |
| 2 | He had a lovely hand , and wrote about him that ‘ this man has been my coachman for a number of years and I have no hesitation in highly recommending him … ’ . |
| 3 | Indeed , as I was making my way back to this guest house this evening , I glanced back over my shoulder on a number of occasions and was met each time by a view of the sun setting behind that great spire . |
| 4 | Applying Shirk 's concept of ‘ adaptive behaviour ’ ( Shirk 1982 : 5 ) , their enthusiasm for a number of major student ‘ tides ’ such as going abroad to study , doing business and having love affairs , can be viewed as strategies for escaping from the depressing reality of everyday life in contemporary China . |
| 5 | We are unhappy about the way in which the Respondent presented its case in a number of respects . ’ |
| 6 | Rather than once again review the authorities in chronological order , therefore , I propose to encapsulate their effect in a number of propositions which can , I believe , be so stated as to reflect the law as it is presently understood with a reasonable degree of accuracy . |
| 7 | Although Actomite is now available to destroy the House Dust Mite , you can complement its action in a number of ways : |
| 8 | These protests will be all the stronger , because the Cabinet has already changed its mind on a number of issues . |
| 9 | The Johnson Fry Portfolio enables investors with a minimum of £20,000 to spread their investment across a number of PIBS . |
| 10 | This stock could be thinly spread over the entire population , or be given over in its entirety to a number of friendly societies ( a new role for the friendly societies is proposed below ) . |
| 11 | In announcing its deal with Metromedia , McCaw also said it planned to sell its stake in a number of smaller cellular franchises in Alabama , Kentucky and Tennessee to Contel Corporation for $1.3bn . |
| 12 | We may note that in its targeting of a number of these figures , the fabliaux present a morality that does not offer a blanket indulgence to sexual desires ; in some respects fabliau morality is very conventional . |
| 13 | They act out their role in a number of scenarios with an actor , such as meeting for the first time , attracting the man 's attention , and putting him off the trail . |
| 14 | With a view to persuading your Lordships to restore the order of Buckley J. , the plaintiffs , who are the appellants in the circumstances described , have put their argument in a number of different ways , but only the last need , in my opinion , seriously occupy your Lordships ' attention . |
| 15 | Schools varied in their concern for a number of other issues . |
| 16 | Rasmussen and Milner ( 1975 ) summarise data collected in their clinic over a number of years ' use of the Amytal test ( see Wada and Rasmussen , 1960 ; Branch , Milner and Rasmussen , 1964 ) . |
| 17 | That was her style in the Falklands and it remained her style in a number of the confrontations that she faced over the next years . |
| 18 | Following the issuing of the Tribunal Recommendations on the outstanding merger issues , a meeting was sought with the Bank to clarify its understanding of a number of the recommendations . |
| 19 | Its gratitude to a number of people for their advice is recorded in Appendix 2.8 . |
| 20 | The centre has been opened to provide facilities for third parties to validate and convert their software for a number of different multivendor systems , including 27 types of workstation — DS/90 series , the S Family bought OEM from Sun Microsystems Inc , Fujitsu 's proprietary A series , the FM G series personal computers , as well as Hewlett-Packard Co Apollo , IBM RS/6000 , and Sony News , a number of different personal computers including Apple Computer Inc Macintosh and NEC Corp machines , and various local and wide area network software . |
| 21 | But although the Act affects to recognize that lawyers are a ‘ good thing ’ it proceeds to undermine their utility in a number of important respects . |
| 22 | A girl with dark-rimmed eyes and long straight blonde hair appeared on the screen , picking her way through a number of abstract decorative shapes at the back of the studio . |
| 23 | Although it was eventually pushed out of the company 's programmes by the success of Pineapple Poll , another comedy in which John developed further the idea of sailors getting their come-uppance , Tritsch Tratsch has never lost its popularity as a number suitable for galas and concert programmes . |
| 24 | A number of younger members present , already the worse for drink , interrupted her speech on a number of occasions as they chanted ‘ Bring on the stripper ’ and ‘ Let's get inflation down to nought per cent ’ . |
| 25 | Beside giving them access to a number of secret SimFic files — files which gave them the location of several special projects Berdichev had instigated — they had also contained several items of particular interest . |
| 26 | His business grew as Parliament gave him control of a number of ironworks , including the former royal ironworks in the Forest of Dean . |
| 27 | He supplemented his income with a number of anthologies , of which the most celebrated is Invective and Abuse ( 1929 ) , and by working as literary editor of Punch ( 1942–4 ) and the New English Review ( 1945–9 ) . |
| 28 | Saddam Hussein draws for his support on a number of different causes — Iraq , united Arab nationalism and Islam . |
| 29 | He had invested his money in a number of schemes that required his attention , and his days seemed pretty full to her untrained eyes . |
| 30 | George Vafa says that in spite of a six-year campaign and taking up his case with a number of legal firms , the Law Society of Scotland , the Scottish legal ombudsman and the Faculty of Advocates , he has failed to gain justice and has been treated like a criminal . |