Example sentences of "of [noun] for a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Total unpaid contributions approximating US$988,000,000 had brought the UN to " the brink of insolvency for a number of years " , according to a report by the outgoing UN Secretary-General , Pérez de Cuéllar . |
| 2 | He regarded this system as inimical to the rule of law for a number of reasons : first , because it undermined the principles of equality and universality of law ; secondly , because it placed the State in a privileged position and would therefore threaten the historic achievement of bringing the Crown under law ; and , thirdly , insofar as it resulted in the establishment of special courts , it infringed the principle of the separation of judicial and ministerial powers . |
| 3 | While many hitherto disinterested onlookers could , perhaps , stomach the loss of several insect species ( even dragonflies and butterflies ) , there were few who were not moved by the prospect of extermination for a number of species of birds . |
| 4 | Local housing authorities have been starved of cash for a number of years by the Government . |
| 5 | The new building is of importance for a number of reasons . |
| 6 | The catering vehicle will be based on the underframe and some of the body members of former 42-seat passenger coach No. 3 which has been out of service for a number of years . |
| 7 | Matters have not been helped by the disastrous fire in the Piper-Alpha field which put a lot of potential production out of commission for a number of months . |
| 8 | There is also a systematic neutralization of the proximal-distal dimension when it is not especially relevant , so that I can say , searching through a tin of needles for a number 9 , either : ( 75 ) This is it ! ( 76 ) That 's it ! |
| 9 | He was chairman of the Methodist College Board of Governors for a number of years and died in 1938 . |
| 10 | Changes in the abundance of mRNAs for a number of proteins have recently been identified in single CA1 cells 30min to 3hours after tetanization . |
| 11 | The third major change is the advent of self-validation of courses for a number of polytechnics and colleges , which like all the other ‘ public sector ’ institutions , have until now had their degree courses validated and degrees awarded by the Council for National Academic Awards ( CNAA ) , a national body established in 1964 to develop and regulate courses and qualifications in public sector higher education . |
| 12 | People facing retirement might find themselves responsible for the care of others for a number of different reasons . |
| 13 | I 've got number of jobs for a number of companies . |
| 14 | The nature of the distribution of futures price changes ( or returns ) is of interest for a number of reasons . |
| 15 | In part it is due to the proximity of the duchy of Lancaster lordships of Pontefract and Tickhill , which provided an additional source of reward for a number of royal servants in south Yorkshire . |
| 16 | In part it is due to the proximity of the duchy of Lancaster lordships of Pontefract and Tickhill , which provided an additional source of reward for a number of royal servants in south Yorkshire . |
| 17 | This is an acceptable solution if we expect to concentrate on one form of arithmetic for a number of instructions , but if we are using several forms ( for example , floating-point calculations with address computation in fixed-point format ) then we have to change the contents of the mode register continually . |