Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Madam Chairman , you will know that I have written a number of letters . |
| 2 | I have lost a number of fish , which were completely covered with them . |
| 3 | ‘ I have devised a number of exquisite tortures for little boys who break bottles ’ he wrote , ‘ such as circumcising them with the jagged fragments ’ . |
| 4 | At the same time , I have asked a number of questions which I , if I may so , have not been answered . |
| 5 | Indeed I detect a genuine and growing support for Agriculture in schools , evident from pupils and their parents , whenever leadership is given by an enthusiastic teacher , and I have met a number of these , giving freely of their own time and sometimes of their limited funds as well . |
| 6 | I have received a number of requests recently from clients who have been sent claims for payment which , while clearly including a VAT element , contain the words ‘ this is not a VAT invoice ’ . |
| 7 | I have received a number of dog faeces through my letterbox this week from some of our more fanatical ‘ supporters ’ after our defeats against Botham and at Sidcombe last Tuesday evening . |
| 8 | My right hon. Friend and I have received a number of representations from the Combined Heat and Power Association . |
| 9 | I have received a number of representations on that subject . |
| 10 | I have received a number of letters on the subject , and most people who are knowledgeable about the subject tell me — and I am sure that they are right — that the root cause is bad watchkeeping , mainly by merchant vessels but also occasionally by fishermen . |
| 11 | I have received a number of representations from milk producers and processors , hon. Members and members of the public . |
| 12 | I have received a number of representations recently about the Fenchurch Street line . |
| 13 | I have received a number of representations about ECGD cover for Iran and Russia . |
| 14 | I have received a number of representations from business men about the need to cut regulatory burdens . |
| 15 | The maps of the Linguistic Atlas of Late Medieval English ( McIntosh , Samuels and Benskin , 1986 ) show a distribution of final consonant loss also in medieval written English , and I have noted a number of examples in Havelok and other texts . |
| 16 | In the less demotic phases of my career I have given a number of lectures , most of them described as the Disraeli lectures , some as the Macmillan lecture and some even as the Macleod lecture . |
| 17 | I have seen a number where three colours are used : a burnt umber and prussian blue with an introduction of terre verte in trees and foliage . |
| 18 | Equally , the whole House will have seen for itself how far we have moved down the Order Paper today and that I have called a number of English Members on hospital trust matters . |
| 19 | ‘ I have viewed a number of plants where the inception of computer equipment is viewed as a way to further de-skill the worker , and thereby lower his wage , ’ Melman added . |
| 20 | I would also like then the information in relation to the ‘ Public Inquiry ’ head of the budget that I have requested a number of times previously — amount spent , individual commitments made but not yet received , likely costs in relation to Millerhill . |
| 21 | I have read a number of letters to the ZBS arguing in roughly the following terms : ‘ The national motto of our country is ‘ One Zambia One Nation' ’ . |
| 22 | I am happy to tell the hon. Gentleman that I have had a number of meetings with President Vassiliou during the year and that I have already met Turkish Ministers , as has my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary . |
| 23 | In addition , I have had a number of informal bilateral discussions with European Community colleagues . |
| 24 | I have had a number of informal discussions with the chairman of the Occupational Pensions Board in recent months . |
| 25 | In paragraph four , page six , we do make a small point about the financial implications er on of course that has been resolved because of er the resolution carried forward in the budget debate and a note there about central training which I could er just , just explain slowly because I have had a number of questions about this . |
| 26 | I have included a number of screendumps so you can choose which ones you would like to use . |
| 27 | And I have got a number of family services that just do Communion . |
| 28 | In the following paragraphs we look in more detail at the reasons which have encouraged a number of large manufacturers to start making or make greater use of temporary workers , at the terms and conditions under which these temporary workers are engaged , especially the forms of contract which are used , and at the characteristics of the temporary workers themselves . |
| 29 | Now whilst the minister quite understandable pays tribute er to those who spent some considerable time and effort in getting the practice notes right and responding to the government 's proposals , it is fair to say that there are many , not just in the auditing industry , but those who represent the companies who are audited who have expressed a number of concerns , a minister has mentioned some , the relations with the client for example . |
| 30 | Derby , who have bought a number of players recently , could only draw 2–2 with relegation-threatened Oxford . |