Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personal preference has been examined in a number of statistical ways . |
| 2 | By early 1945 the " Caucasians " ( with a large number of women , children and camp followers ) were also in north Italy , near Tolmezzo and had been joined by a number of emigres , one of whom , Gen Sultan Kelich Ghirei , took command in April 1945 after the departure of their former German commander . |
| 3 | Although we are treated to a number of informative step-by-step demonstrations of work in progress , the real value of the book lies in the breathtaking range of styles , subject matter and techniques , which demonstrate the extraordinary versatility of pastels . |
| 4 | Since slides are treated at a number of different temperatures in the protocols , it is convenient if a sufficient number of water baths and ovens can be maintained at these temperatures without the need for continuous readjustment . |
| 5 | Shildon said : ‘ The deal was n't favourable , I think that 's been recognized by a number of people for a long time . |
| 6 | The analyses are limited by a number of constraints . |
| 7 | His leadership has been criticized in a number of particulars : the timing of the movement 's creation ( too early or too late ) ; the adoption of anti-communism , which had short-term benefits but turned Gaullism into a right-wing preserve ; the systematic hostility to parliament and refusal to negotiate with the parties ; the tactical mistake of refusing apparentements in June 1951 . |
| 8 | An increased risk of developing gastric cancer in the smoking population has been highlighted in a number of large scale prospective cohort studies and there is increasing evidence accumulating from postlabelling studies that DNA adducts can be correlated with smoking history . |
| 9 | ITED has been developed through a number of task groups , utilising the skill and experience of people from all sectors of the Group , and was piloted across a sample of UK businesses in 1991 . |
| 10 | Models of human information processing have been developed by a number of theorists of this persuasion and the interested reader is referred to the original publications for further details ( Broadbent , 1958 ; 1971 ; Neisser , 1967 ; Sperling , 1963 ; 1967 ; Atkinson and Shiffrin , 1968 ; Turvey , 1973 ) . |
| 11 | This idea has also been developed by a number of urban sociologists and geographers . |
| 12 | Policies that directly or indirectly impinge upon the objectives of the railways are formulated at a number of different sites within the state administration , and co-ordination between them is not always assured . |
| 13 | The courts have used regulatory rules in determining whether an obligation under the general law exists or has been broken in a number of ways . |
| 14 | However , by 1988 the city technology colleges had been designated in a number of major cities . |
| 15 | The T.E.C.A. group had been formed by a number of self-proclaimed socially conscious young teachers with specific aims in mind . |
| 16 | Hilda Lodge , in her new capacity of Chairman , welcomed everyone and said that apologies had been received from a number of teachers which had resulted in a smaller than usual attendance . |
| 17 | Both young and old , people are punished in a number of ways for the failure to achieve . |
| 18 | Niskanen 's approach has been modified by a number of other writers to include reference to other criteria apart from budget maximization . |
| 19 | While there is some truth in this assertion , there is a broad measure of agreement about the essential components of case management and these have been summarized by a number of authors and practitioners ( Challis and Davies , 1986 ; Kanter , 1989 ; Hunter , 1990 ; Onyett , 1992 ; Moxley , 1989 ; Thornicroft , 1991 ) . |
| 20 | Nineteenth century ephemera , including table games , playing cards , a hieroglyphic card ( one where small pictures are substituted for a number of letters or syllables ) and ( centre ) a ‘ zoetrope ’ or ‘ wheel of life ’ , an early motion-picture toy . |
| 21 | Designs by Dürer , Gianlorenzo Bernini and Lord Leighton are included with a number of items loaned from other institutions . |
| 22 | In Brighton , where the system has been installed for a number of years , one in four homes is on the cablephone network . |
| 23 | Tear the slip out and hand it in at any Midland branch ; or put it in one of the AutoDeposit machines that have been installed at a number of our branches . |
| 24 | Whilst it has been installed at a number of specialist publishers , such as Rhinegold , and more than a few local and regional newspapers , AM has never made much of an effort to actually sell the device on its merits to either the corporate market or the publishing community . |
| 25 | Equipment to monitor nitrogen oxides has been installed at a number of sites , including Wilton recreation club , in a jointly funded venture between ICI , Langbaurgh Borough Council , Enron and British Steel . |
| 26 | This strategy has been recommended in a number of structure plans for areas ranging from accessible Hertfordshire and Surrey to remote Cumbria and the Peak Park , although the Secretary of State has later modified some of these policies ( D. Clark 1981 ; G. Clark 1982a ) . |
| 27 | A man has been reported for a number of alleged motoring offences following the incident . |
| 28 | A man has been reported for a number of alleged motoring offences following the incident . |
| 29 | This is not to rule out the possibility of language convergence in terms of grammar , lexis and phonology , which has been reported in a number of cases . |
| 30 | Services are grouped into a number of vertical market segments serving , for instance , insurance , travel and education , and the horizontal market of interest here — Business Information Services , ( BIS ) , for which Mr Rosenbaum is Product Marketing Manager . |