Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] have a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some communities have a number of branch houses , containing perhaps only three or four members , and some are reduced to a handful of elderly professed members . |
| 2 | However , the proposals for added emphasis paragraphs in respect of disclosures about inherent uncertainties have a number of drawbacks . |
| 3 | Usually conservation programmes and individual projects have a number of elements , some contrary to the interests of the state elite , others neutral , and occasionally others which could provide opportunities ( e.g. contracts for earthworks , labour recruitment for building of dams , or tax advantages for conservation undertaken on private land ) . |
| 4 | Its internal structuring , however , may be on a geographical basis in terms of area offices and on a client basis in terms of individual officials having a number of cases to deal with . |
| 5 | Public relations departments in large organisations have a number of channels open to them and they should utilise a mixture of these to disseminate information — notice boards , in-house journals , videos , briefings and meetings . |
| 6 | These results have a number of possible implications for a graduated test scheme which will be taken up in more detail in later chapters . |
| 7 | Compressed hops have a number of advantages , including reduced liability for oxidation , reduced storage volume and ease of handling . |
| 8 | Similarly , many Eastern languages have a number of names for " rice " depending on the state of growth of the plant and the manner in which it is cooked . |
| 9 | Equally , the responses to this problem were not pre-ordained by the state of the economy , and the choice among those responses had a number of highly significant political as well as economic ramifications . |
| 10 | This novel and distinctive economic backcloth to the inter-war years had a number of important consequences for town planning . |
| 11 | Such professional groupings have a number of implications for organisations . |
| 12 | However , compared to skilled manual workers , lower professionals have a number of market advantages which include greater security of employment , wider promotion opportunities , annual salary increments , and more valuable fringe benefits . |
| 13 | A focus upon changing aspects of a rapidly developing local community embracing social , technological and ecological perspectives had a number of advantages in the eyes of the library committee : ( 1 ) they wanted to begin something that was ongoing and to which resources could be added ; |
| 14 | These various approaches have a number of problems . |
| 15 | These various approaches have a number of problems , and it was established that contextual information is necessary in addition to a pattern recogniser . |
| 16 | Only in the last 150 years have a number of these buildings been demolished , but even so it is only in Paris , Chartres and few other instances that an open space in front of the building offers a clear view . |
| 17 | By the inter-war years such Sikh artisans had a number of Kenyan assistants adopting their skills ; by the 1950s the Sikhs were moving on to the role of investor and entrepreneur in both construction and industry , leaving the way clear for their former assistants to take on the role of artisan . |
| 18 | Unification-grammar formalisms have a number of advantages for natural language processing . |
| 19 | Fairview New Homes has a number of sites in North East London designed and priced for first-time buyers . |
| 20 | Most areas have a number of these — the freesheets that will come through your letterbox as well as the ones that you can buy in a newsagent . |
| 21 | To achieve this most hotels have a number of systems , all provided by different suppliers , on which the staff come to rely totally , ’ she says . |