Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | However they have done well to sign a number of top-grade sponsors , such as Fosters , Mars , Hewlett-Packard and Mitre , while selling the TV rights to Japan , South Africa , Argentina , New Zealand , France and Italy , with several hours of highlights on Eurosport and possibly ITV . |
| 2 | ‘ We should take industrial action against any bidder who did not meet a number of conditions relating to employee practices . ’ |
| 3 | We can note with interest that court records which list the instruments of the grand and petit choeur of the Opera orchestra ( Acadèmie Royale de Musique ) , of which Jacques was a member , do not include a number of instruments ( musettes and cromornes ) inventoried above . |
| 4 | So , before you can go any further you must ensure that , if NI contributions are due and your employees do not have a number , they obtain one . |
| 5 | You do n't choose a number . |
| 6 | You do n't choose a number ? |
| 7 | ‘ Reubens said two-thirds of painting was grey — that 's the tertiaries , and that if you do n't have a number of greys you wo n't get colour to work . ’ |
| 8 | If you do n't have a number , ring the Coastguard who will be only too pleased to hear from you and give the relevant contacts . |
| 9 | I do n't have a number . |
| 10 | because I think er Mr 's motion is erm , similar to er Rosie 's erm except that , I mean I think what we 're actually saying is that we do actually have a number of waste planning sort of policy panel , er and this is something look , needs to be looked at in , in some detail , erm and if we just do it via a sort of straight report to the Environment Committee and I mean look at the sort of agenda we 've got today er you know how much time can we spend on the details so I mean I hope the Liberal Democrats would accept that erm yes it will obviously come to the Environment Committee eventually er but that it actually should go to the Waste Planning to the Policy panel and other bits no doubt to the Waste Disposal sort of Sub Committee for this is the policy er committee of course . |
| 11 | The time demanded in maintaining roses is not great , it does not mean a number of hours or days a week , but it does mean a regular tour around , if only of a few minutes ' duration , perhaps in the evenings , with secateurs in hand to snip or prune away faded flowers , and a puff or spray here and there as and when you find aphids or other pests . |
| 12 | Each star has a name , but each does not have a number . |
| 13 | Hence sentence 10 does not have a number of parses since it exhausted the storage of the LISP system , having already allocated 25 MBytes . |
| 14 | ‘ She does n't say who she is ; she does n't leave a number . |