Example sentences of "number [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Dialplus , users need call only one PSS number , instead of there being a separate number for each modem speed . |
| 2 | Publishers were not slow to realize the potential of the new market , releasing a spate of books and magazines which were the successors to the elitist Victorian guide book and the predecessors of the glossy coffee-table number for contemporary leisure motorists . |
| 3 | Well we generally aim to have I suppose most of our lectures at an A level standard , but we have a significant number for those doing O level , indeed some lectures which can be tailored for either , so anybody very mucg below O level we probably could n't cater for — I think probably because we would n't feel competent , rather than because we do n't want to do it . |
| 4 | Action : Wrong version number for this header format . |
| 5 | The number for heavy duty front springs is NRC2119 ( these are actually standard rear as well ) . |
| 6 | Further information from Telephone number during normal office hours from the UK is |
| 7 | There were lower numbers for eight migrant species spending their winters in Africa and affected by drought conditions on that continent . |
| 8 | They contain telephone numbers for classified computer systems . |
| 9 | Vital names/addresses/phone numbers for any address book are : |
| 10 | A number of audio-visual tape/slide presentations dealing with various aspects of library user instruction had been produce d under the SCONUL tape/slide programme , at a number of British university libraries . |
| 11 | In many cases , this association of boundaries with mills means either that the mills were in existence when the boundaries were defined ( thus indicating an increased number of Anglo-Saxon mill sites and a more extensive interference with river courses than we formerly thought ) , or that special arrangements were made to alter parish boundaries when new mills were built . |
| 12 | The number of total hip replacement operations performed in Britain is now starting to stabilise at about 40000 a year . |
| 13 | The change , which affects sellers and buyers where they are both VAT registered or are liable to be registered as a result of a transaction and the buyer is making the purchase in connection with his or her business , was made in an effort to combat the growing number of serious VAT frauds involving smuggled gold . |
| 14 | Too much fat can also mean you 're not eating enough starch and fibre-rich foods , and this dietary imbalance may lead to a number of serious health problems . |
| 15 | Although I myself believe that this statement is broadly true there are a number of serious research workers who now believe that it is false . |
| 16 | Its qualities as a cruiser offshore were soon recognised by an increasing number of serious cruising yachtsmen and women . |
| 17 | Azidothymidine or zidovudine ( AZT ) , the only drug yet approved to treat AIDS , was shown to have a number of serious side effects and was linked to an increased incidence of various forms of cancer . |
| 18 | Today , the mill is in reasonable condition and , although most of the milling machinery has long been removed , there are a number of overhead drive shafts and wheels still in position as well as the six grain bins which occupy the upper floor . |
| 19 | The average number of BrdU-labelled oligodendrocyte precursor cells fell by 80% in the TTX-treated nerve , but there was no significant change in the numbers of BrdU-labelled cells in the remaining population , indicating that TTX specifically blocks proliferation of the oligodendrocyte precursor cells ( Fig. 2b ) . |
| 20 | The number of illegal border crossings and attempted crossings in Hungary had risen by 400 per cent compared with 1988 , he said . |
| 21 | The number of illegal border crossings and attempted crossings in Hungary had risen by 400 per cent compared with 1988 , he said . |
| 22 | Page 235 states : ’ In our surveys the British samples reported the greater number of vocational learning experiences . |
| 23 | The company also has a number of strategic distribution partnerships . |
| 24 | These sequences contain one copy of the AUUUA motif that is known to mediate RNA instability in a number of short-lived cytokine transcripts ( reviewed in [ 25 ] ) . |
| 25 | Since the start of the Troubles , a number of loyalist trade unionists had tried to create a province-wide organization of unionist workers and by late 1973 the plans of men such as Billy Kelly , a power workers ' shop steward , Billy Hull , ex-Northern Ireland Labour Party , and Hugh Petrie , a precision engineer from Shorts , were sufficiently advanced for them to propose to the loyalist politicians that the province could be brought to a halt by a strike . |
| 26 | You will almost certainly have a large number of powerful shock troops such as Silver Helms , Dragon Princes and Tiranoc charioteers . |
| 27 | This research is aimed at investigating the educational potential for the mathematics classroom of a small number of powerful computer applications . |
| 28 | This is consistent both with Home Office figures for the annual number of notified drug addicts resident in Wirral during the 1980s ( rising from four in 1980 to 320 in 1985 ) , and with the experiences and estimates of local professionals concerned with heroin use . |
| 29 | In the past year the number of catalogued CD-ROM titles has more than doubled to more than 2,000 and looks likely to continue to grow just as fast . |
| 30 | A RECORD number of 737 snooker professionals will be competing in next season 's nine world-ranking events and that means nearly 5,000 matches will be played . |