Example sentences of "number [prep] [noun] you [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 There 's no limit on the number of cheques you can issue , but do make sure you have enough money in you account to cover them .
2 There are a number of activities you could record .
3 And there 's no limit on the number of calls you can make in any one year .
4 There are a number of routes you could take if you want to work in a job where you 'll be looking after the countryside .
5 The greater the number of lectures you must attend , the tighter and more automatic must be your techniques , or else you will find after a week or two that you have only a mass of undigested scribbles as the poor product of the many lectures you have attended .
6 However , there are a number of things you can do at home to keep the coat healthy and to minimise your trips to the salon .
7 I think it 's the diversity really , the number of things you can do in it [ that appeals ] .
8 ‘ If the answer is no then there are still a number of things you can do to make your workstation more comfortable . ’
9 Using these in different combinations the number of phrases you could cope with is almost limitless .
10 You know your own body , its capabilities and limitations , I do not want to specify the number of times you should attempt each exercise .
11 you can write down these words , that would then be given you a clue things that you could be saying to your customers , where , right , if you start thinking about the job that you 're doing and I give you the word where , right you think of the number of times you can use the word where , with a customer , right
12 If you want to go back to basics and try to assess the sort of person you are , and the kind of working environment best suited to you , then there are a number of exercises you can do with an honest friend .
13 ‘ 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 . ’
14 Count the number of strips you 'll need , and then multiply by the length of the cushion , adding a 1.5cm seam allowance top and bottom and on each side of the cushion .
15 In fact at various times there would be BBC rulings issued down concerning the number of breaks you could have in a recording , so you had to choose your breaks with great discretion to make best use of them .
16 I 'm sorry , I just wanted to make a couple of points in response to erm things that people have said in relation to my opening statement , erm Mr Brook er mentioned the fact that er none of the employe none of the new settlement proposals of which he was aware , erm included an employment element , erm I just wanted to place on record the fact that our suggested reworking of policy H two does provide for an explicit land er amount of land for employment purposes , erm as part of the new settlement location , I wanted to say that because I , I 'm not invited to appear on your employment day , and I do feel that this is an important component of the the H two strategy , and clearly that employment component will be drawn from the Greater York allocation , the second point , Mr Sexton erm I believe said that in his view you could not find a site for a larger new settlement er within the or outside the Greater York er greenbelt , erm which would not result in physical coalescence with the existing villages in the area , now I 'm not sure whether he was referring to any particular size of larger new settlement , but I invite you to look at the er land range at one to fifty thousand er map of the area , and you will see that the area outside the greenbelt is characterized by erm a very rural area with sporadic villages , and my believe is that there are erm sites available within that area which could accommodate a larger new settlement , the planning point is of course the larger the new settlement becomes , I think the less that that the reduced number of sites you will have available to accommodate erm that proposal , because of its scale , and the third aspect I want to comment on Mr Cunnane and Mr Thomas erm said that Barton Willmore had not made a need argument for the new settlement , well if I 'm not mistaken that 's what we spent most of this morning discussing under policy H one , and I do n't erm I do n't wish , and I do n't suppose that I 'd be invited to repeat the comments made by Mr Grigson this morning , I do n't think there 's any need for that , but that establishes in our mind very clearly there is a need for a new settlement in the range of two thousand to two thousand five hundred dwellings , erm in the period up to two thousand and six , and I wo n't say anything more on that .
17 To have an infinite number of pebbles you 'd have to have a rubber sheet that was more or less flat and just went on and on for ever .
18 It 's amazing the number of snags you can stumble across by removing dirt and grime from every accessible — and not so accessible — spot .
19 I was absolutely horrified at the number of flaws you could very quickly find in reading one of these papers for half an hour .
20 You can spend part of your holiday in Amsterdam and part in the Other Holland ; simply tell us the number of nights you would like to stay in each place and we will make all the arrangements .
21 I mean , thought Dorcas , we can keep warm and there 's plenty of food , although there is a limit to the number of ways you can cook rabbit and potatoes .
22 There are a number of ways you will reach the consumer .
23 It 's simply that six legs is the smallest number of legs you can have such that you can take exactly half of them off the ground and not fall over .
24 The resulting plants are likely to be better because there is minimal root disturbance , and each seedling has a generous amount of compost without competition — but the number of seedlings you can raise at once will be very limited , so use this method for plants like tomatoes , where you do n't need many , or those worth special treatment , such as bedding geraniums .
25 The maximum number of children you can have in a class is twenty
26 The Z88 's operating system imposes a limit on the number of files you can have open at any one time .
27 All you have to do is indicate the number of guests you will be feeding and the sort of food you wish to serve and the Safeway team will do the rest .
28 If dealing with a large number of candidates you may like to ask the candidate if you may take a polaroid picture for the application form if this has not been supplied already .
29 For further help set a limit to the number of paragraphs you will use .
30 What was the maximum number of cows you could let us have ?
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