Example sentences of "[det] [subord] a [adj] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , it may be worth pointing out that most shareware distributors offer a policy whereby users buying more than a certain number of disks pay less per disk . |
| 2 | This option is chosen automatically when more than a certain number of measurements fall outside a certain tolerance . |
| 3 | Very few people will have the time and desire to follow up more than a small number of the leads that are referenced ; and those who do will usually be aware of the older literature , in any case . |
| 4 | Training teams were not specifically mentioned by more than a small number of respondents although ‘ involvement in training ’ of all professional or supervisory staff , or all senior management , was more likely to be noted . |
| 5 | Where the returns from criminal work had been too limited to support more than a small number of firms , they had now increased while other firms felt under economic threat . |
| 6 | For a trait influenced by more than a small number of genes we can not work out the genotype by a Mendelian experiment . |
| 7 | The poll early next year would elect a coalition government made up of all the parties winning more than a minimum number of seats to lead the country to majority rule in the year 2000 . |
| 8 | So take a tip from none other than Graham Greene : " A story has n't room for more than a limited number of created characters . " |
| 9 | However , most laboratories which produce more than a modest number of thin sections are now equipped with appropriate automatic and semi-automatic systems . |
| 10 | The owner is company director Paul Scott , who says the giant painting in his entrance hall cost no more than a personalised number plate . |
| 11 | He reflected that in his twenty year association with the Institution the lifeboat fleet had been adapted to cope with an increasing variety of casualties , from being tailored to serve merchant and fishing vessels it was now dealing with more than an equal number of calls from the holiday maker and the pleasure sailor . |