Example sentences of "number [prep] [noun] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when you 've handled a number of homicide cases you learn to recognize a pattern . |
| 2 | Since our sample was self-selected it is impossible to say what proportion of the total number of self-evaluation activities it represents , or whether the range of activities is in any way typical . |
| 3 | The CML also argued that solicitors should make annual returns on the number of conveyancing transactions they completed each year . |
| 4 | She had given up counting the number of marriage proposals she had turned down over the years . |
| 5 | A number of marriage counsellors I have spoken to all agree that they have never in fact come across a case where infidelity has improved a marriage . |
| 6 | At this point I would like to stress that the tank was overstocked but the number of water changes I made helped avoid any problems . |
| 7 | To find out what has happened roll a further D6 add the number of steam points you have declared you will use this turn , and consult the table below . |
| 8 | He was merely quoting his old textbook from the Ecole de Viticulture et d'Oenologie at Avize which examines the practices of Champagne in the 1940s ; no doubt , the breakdown of cuvée and taille merely indicated the number of press operations it took , in less sophisticated times , to squeeze out these two parts of extraction . |
| 9 | Techniques developed by botanists and historians have shown that it is possible to assess the age of a hedge by the number of shrub species it contains . |
| 10 | On large jobs , it will pay to have a pipe bending machine ; this will repay its hiring cost in terms of the number of elbow fittings you will no longer need . |
| 11 | ‘ Such an antiquity , ’ he wrote , ‘ is necessary to account for the number of animal forms it possesses , which show no relation to those of India or Australia . ’ |
| 12 | NeXT , as ever , told Reuters that this is just one of a number of licensing deals it is discussing . |
| 13 | Even if there were such a description it would be difficult to imagine the number of working years it would take to arrive at a complete frequency description of a novel , let alone " the language as a whole " . |
| 14 | The proof of this is found in the number of championship trophies they brought home from national competitions , in different parts of the British Isles . |
| 15 | You may need to specify the number of tap holes it has : two for pillar taps , one for a ‘ monobloc ’ . |
| 16 | The number of core units you can afford will depend on the total points value of the army . |
| 17 | With an eye on the number of recording breaks he could schedule , he elected to use one to do a ‘ locked-off roll-back and mix ’ . |
| 18 | EOS is still tussling with the fact that shrinking the board 's size reduces the number of memory banks it fits from eight to six . |
| 19 | EOS is still tussling with the fact that shrinking the board 's size cuts the number of memory banks it fits from eight to six . |
| 20 | The first difference we may note is the reduction in the number of performance errors he makes . |
| 21 | Thomson offers customers its services through a number of design centres it has across Europe , the US , Asia Pacific and Japan and will collaborate with customers from the schematics design stage through to prototyping if required . |
| 22 | ICL Plc almost doubled the the number of Unix servers it now offers by adding seven new models to its Sparc RISC-based DRS 6000 line yesterday . |
| 23 | The number of power bases you can draw upon . |
| 24 | To a growing number of health professionals it was self-evident that Israel 's priority was the application of a system which ensured dependence and control rather than the good health of the community . |
| 25 | 1 became convinced that with better management and a number of policy changes we could achieve a better service for the patient . |
| 26 | On the plus side , the young , all-action staff are enthustiastic and remain good-natured despite the number of postcard messages they are called upon to deliver to your table — for you to follow-up your ( hopefully ) successful telephone chat . |
| 27 | It has become an indicator of status , the number of television screens you own a factor in your popularity . |
| 28 | Special patterns were produced in magazines and newspapers and instead of quoting the width and yardage needed for a garment , they stated the number of parachute panels you needed . |
| 29 | You know coming from seventy to hundred a sixty five in fact when had their sales meeting last Friday it was observed that the sales force in the er which were gathered which we do every two months in the in the major suite the training suite er conference suite at head office er that was the total number of sales execs we had in January the previous year . |
| 30 | Not only clever , but extraordinarily attractive to women — and wealthy , of course , and it 's a sad fact of life that there are people in this world who only see money , only see advantage — and you would n't believe the number of begging letters he receives . |