Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [art] number of " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can just count up the number of rooms that you 're planning to do , ca n't you ? |
| 2 | The assumption was that she would bring in a number of new people whose loyalty she could count on . |
| 3 | Erm at that erm meeting members did er bring up a number of points er , the comments and questions which have been put to the Environment Trust and the answers to them are there on page ninety five under progress to date and , and on onto page ninety six er , the main ones really are the question as to whether er , any rented housing could be provided erm , in the scheme is dealt with there the Environment Trust only develop for sale or for equity share er , they 're not a housing association , they 're a charitable body erm so they did n't feel that they were able to er , take on the role of er , provided rented housing in the scheme . |
| 4 | But while Ireland did show up a number of flaws in the English team 's make-up , one game does n't make a tournament . |
| 5 | There is a loyal work force who have flexible working arrangements in that the workers can each carry out a number of different jobs without demarcation disputes . |
| 6 | You can work out the number of fish a pond is able to support from the surface area and size of fish . |
| 7 | Members of staff will be issued with a ‘ lift card ’ which will clock up the number of times staff use the lift . |
| 8 | You can then set up a number of pair group " plays " which can perhaps later be merged into small groups of fours or sixes . |
| 9 | If these were to be conceded , they would rule out a number of technical options . |
| 10 | As illustrated in Figure 1.9 , we can make out a number of levels more basic than this ; the electronic circuits themselves , the logical functions ( such as gates and flipflops ) , and the functional units ( such as adders and registers ) . |
| 11 | The Doctor followed the narrow road down through a small valley , before climbing back up towards a bare hilltop where he could make out a number of tiny wooden crosses , like a forest of lifeless bonsai trees . |
| 12 | Manchester at first lost out very badly on rail investment , but now it has some compensation in the Windsor Link and is going ahead with an advanced tram system that will take over a number of heavy rail routes . |
| 13 | Chapter 6 formalises a decision-making model in which a household may take up a number of different income opportunities according to its capability and the ‘ entry costs ’ of such opportunities . |
| 14 | Charcoal will take up a number of harmful or nuisance substances by adsorption . |
| 15 | Even then , if a file is very large , it may spread over a number of disks . |
| 16 | This utility will total up the number of bytes each directory is using across a given path . |
| 17 | We used to stand for hours beside the railway line or leaning over a bridge waiting for the next one to come rushing past , and we would write down the numbers of the engines and also their names ( King George V , Dunraven Castle ) . |
| 18 | I feel that the minimum of £20 would put off a number of potential annual members , since I guess that many such persons contribute to a number of worthy causes , £10 would be reasonable , plus the £5 for the magazine … |
| 19 | On a larger scale , in very wet ground , lenses of ice several metres thick may accumulate over a number of years , causing hummocky ground ; on thawing they create pits from which originate many tundra ponds . |