Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this latter area Johnson Matthey has developed a number of technetium-labelled agents for medical imaging . |
| 2 | Mr Truman has made a number of discoveries and new attributions , not without correcting even the minutest mistake in the previous catalogue . |
| 3 | In order to prepare an informed and adroit response to the Welsh Office on its proposed package of measures , CPRW has invited a number of people with special skills , experience and expertise to meet under the chairmanship of Professor Michael Haines , to consider the Welsh Office 's proposals and offer advice on the most appropriate response for CPRW . |
| 4 | This continuing exploration of sequential thought forms has embraced a number of major movements of the twentieth century . |
| 5 | GRAMOPHONE has published a number of Rust 's discographical works , including British Dance Bands on Record , 1911–1945 ( in association with Sandy Forbes ) , and he was for many years a regular contributor to this magazine . |
| 6 | This reliance on ‘ self-lacerating ’ punishment strategies has led a number of authors to propose an alternative criterion of credibility , known as ‘ renegotiation proofness ’ . |
| 7 | In recent years the soap genre has hosted a number of gay characters . |
| 8 | In the geological field , Aberdeen University has produced a number of M Sc theses derived from research on the geology of North Sea oil fields , in part financed by the local oil industry , and most have been subject to restricted access at the behest of the funding authorities . |
| 9 | The University has established a number of Interdisciplinary Research Centres which initiate and develop interdisciplinary research in collaboration with industry , commerce , the public sector , research institutes and institutions of education , at both national and international level . |
| 10 | Mr Stewart has held a number of senior ICI posts on Teesside , the most recent as general manager of Phillips-Imperial Petroleum . |
| 11 | To assist the process of public consultation the Board has prepared a number of discussion papers tackling themes which will be covered in the strategy . |
| 12 | At present exploration companies are much interested in the nickeliferous laterites that overlie the serpentinites on Santa Isabel , and stream-sediment geochemical work carried out by the Ministry has revealed a number of nickel and other metal anomalies that warrant further attention . |
| 13 | For the moment , Mr V.P. Singh has retained a number of portfolios , the most senior of which is defence . |
| 14 | In the past few years the advent of AIDS has introduced a number of parasitic , bacterial and fungal diseases , some previously little known , that have proved to be highly pathogenic in immunocompromised patients . |
| 15 | In the past few years the advent of AIDS has introduced a number of parasitic , bacterial and fungal diseases , some previously little known , that have proved to be highly pathogenic in immunocompromised patients . |
| 16 | Once the agent has received a number of offers , it may well happen that each party is advised of the offers on the table and asked if they are willing to increase their offer . |
| 17 | I 've put the , the estate agent has put a number on the house . |
| 18 | During the past two–three years the Planning Department has undertaken a number of major consultation exercises , e.g. Opencast Coal Alteration , Green Belt : Review of Boundaries , Pentland Hills Regional Park Local Plan , Edinburgh Area Public Transport Study , Reservoir Strategy . |
| 19 | Eleanor has faced a number of challenges with one of the most memorable being the organisation of a Burns Day celebration . |
| 20 | It is hardly surprising that such a powerful attack on conventional macroeconomic policy as that outlined in the previous chapter has provoked a number of counter-attacks . |
| 21 | This chapter has made a number of points about the way in which PNP policy was formulated and communicated ; about the means and manner of its interpretation ; its substance ; and the strategies adopted to secure its implementation . |
| 22 | Hitchens Quality Homes has developed a number of properties close to the golf club , ranging from two bedroom detached bungalows ( £159,500 ) to three bedroom three storey houses ( £169,950 ) . |
| 23 | Coleraine has produced a number of outstanding athletes who have participated in the Commonwealth Games and the World Student Games . |
| 24 | Coleraine has produced a number of outstanding athletes who have participated in the Commonwealth Games and the World Student Games . |
| 25 | NEC has used a number of techniques to boost performance . |
| 26 | Foreign aid has received a number of critical analyses , the best known of which is by Lappé et al. |
| 27 | Mineral reconnaissance by the BGS north-east of Aberfeldy has located a number of geochemical and geophysical anomalies in the Ben Eagach Schist Formation around Glenshee ( Pease and others , 1986 ) where Zn-Pb-Ba mineralisation has been found ( MRP 88 ) . |
| 28 | , who joined us in May as national account manager , has also gained extensive experience in the food industry having spent a number of years working in technical and commercial roles with leading UK food and flavour manufacturers — being one of them . |
| 29 | The CPV had made a number of errors in the past ; it had taken too much time setting forth the initial stage of the transitional period to socialism and had made " many mistakes " in reforming prices , wages and money and in ideological and organizational tasks . |
| 30 | Now they were heard to ‘ twitter with execration ’ at the news that the Nazi SA had seized a number of Jews in the town of Worms , thrown them into a pigsty and beaten them . |