Example sentences of "seen a number [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had seen a number of figures dressed in blue , patrolling the streets . |
| 2 | The last year has seen a number of developments which we hope will provide the basis for greater student participation in the Institute . |
| 3 | 1992 has seen a number of developments on this front . |
| 4 | The mill has seen a number of alterations and was extended in the 19th century when dormers were added . |
| 5 | For reasons which I do not claim to understand , Australia has seen a number of cases of scandalising the court in recent years . |
| 6 | They have subject limited statutory duties in the insurance companies act , but the fact they 're subjected to duties in the same way that the underwriters , the underwriters are subject to duties does not make them regulators , but in any event even if we were wrong on that there is no exemption under article eighty five , one for regulators and , and your Lordship has seen a number of cases and I sha n't go back to them is fully subject to the competition rules whether as a regulator or not . |
| 7 | Bernice had seen a number of films where that had succeeded , and more importantly thought it likely that everybody had seen at least one film where that less than daring idea had been tried . |
| 8 | We have already seen a number of examples of this . |
| 9 | But then they had seen a number of man-things leap from the line of vehicles in front of the blazing building , and spread out in a loose line . |