Example sentences of "which [vb -s] [verb] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | An old and convivial haunt which has undergone a number of recent changes but outwardly at least still retains much of its fishing port atmosphere . |
| 2 | Underwriters in the insurance markets in London and New York are making no bones about being more willing to insure craft launched with the American orbiter than with Europe 's Ariane rocket , which has suffered a number of teething problems . |
| 3 | Jeremy Woodhouse is Registrar at Marlborough , which has led a number of ambitious expeditions , including a six-week stint living 10,000 ft up Mount Kenya helping local people with projects . |
| 4 | They have organized a powerful and disciplined committee which has won a number of major concessions from the prison authorities and which , with the help of the Committee of Mothers and other human rights organizations , has kept the existence of political prisoners in the public eye , to the discomfort of the government . |
| 5 | In a nation which is as sports-crazy as Brazil , and which has produced a number of greatly distinguished drivers , of which Emerson was the first world champion , the interest is hardly surprising . |
| 6 | Last month , the Senate appropriations committee passed a bill that would cut $1.8bn ( £1.1bn ) from the Trident D-5 programme , which has experienced a number of embarrassing failures in tests of the weapon . |