Example sentences of "[noun pl] do [verb] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As speech therapists , we are unable to cope with such a divergence of languages , although a number of therapists do speak a number of the West European languages ’ ( * ) . |
| 2 | The methodology , the results and the interpretation of those results have all been questioned and criticised ( see Parsons , 1978 ) but the Hawthorne experiments do suggest a number of considerations : |
| 3 | Public relations agencies do employ a number of assistants and a bright young person can sometimes get employed in this category . |
| 4 | The seventeenth- and eighteenth-century writers do describe a number of fruit fools , fools made from gooseberries , raspberries , strawberries , redcurrants , apples , mulberries , apricots , even from fresh figs ; but few of these dishes turn out to be the simple cream-enriched purées we know today . |
| 5 | Secondly , it was evident that young women did have a number of strategies of resistance . |
| 6 | Even though full-time workers still account for the majority of service sector jobs , the growth of part-time jobs does raise a number of questions about what type of ‘ service-based ’ economy is emerging in the UK . |