Example sentences of "number of [noun] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A small number of studies did make use of observational methods , but a high proportion of these also included supplementary interview data " to bolster their conclusions " . |
| 2 | Throughout Latin America , except for Cuba , abortion is illegal but , nevertheless , a considerable number of women do resort to abortion , which is often carried out in unhygienic and inadequate conditions . |
| 3 | Editor , — Ellis Field suggests that increasing the number of consultants to help reduce junior doctors ' hours would alter the nature of senior posts for the worse and advocates a substantial increase in junior staff . |
| 4 | Since it was revealed that Middlesbrough was to be given environment city status the borough council has organised a number of initiatives to help improve the town . |
| 5 | Their only hope was a university scholarship or exhibition and , though a small number of refugees did find their way into university by this route , it was more common for those who wanted to continue their studies to attend evening classes or sign on for correspondence courses . |
| 6 | Although a number of concessions helped pacify minority nationalists , the most militant remained unreconciled . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 ’ ( * ) . |
| 8 | The number of books does vary a great deal and your teacher will explain to you exactly how many books are required . |
| 9 | Of every hundred pounds that 's invested , round about forty pounds goes straight to the government in betting duty , round about thirty pounds goes to the football pools in expenses , commissions and profits , leaving round about thirty pounds to be returned in prizes , and so you can see that your rate of return on football pools is extremely small , but on the other hand a very large number of people do enter the football pools , and when they win they can win considerable sums of money and it can make absolute rational economic sense to go in for football pools because you are giving yourself a chance , no matter how small , of winning a sum of money that you would n't expect to come across in any other way of your life . |
| 10 | In discussing the findings the author concludes that while a number of people do have cause to complain about their medical examination , these results indicate that only a small percentage have problems . |
| 11 | In his thesis Andrew Fortune made a number of recommendations to help step up the improvements in customer service , which have been echoed in the recommendations of the Customer Focus Task Force . |
| 12 | None the less , the rapid rise in the numbers of monks does have a social implication . |