Example sentences of "has [vb pp] [prep] [art] number " in BNC.

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1 Grieco , in a fascinating and detailed series of ethnographic studies of working-class networks in this country , has pointed to a number of advantages which workers and employers gain from ‘ the network ’ : .
2 Previous research has pointed to a number of socio-demographic factors that contribute to the likelihood of a child coming into the care of local authorities .
3 It has fallen for a number of reasons .
4 The Enterprise Centre has responded to a number of requests from departments to provide staff development opportunities that meet ‘ departmental ’ staff training needs .
5 South Buckinghamshire district council has objected on a number of grounds .
6 Pressure has come from a number of sources in the economic , political , social and legal environment , and there is survey evidence to demonstrate a growth in the number of consultative committees now in operation .
7 After six months of work under the direction of Guy Cogeval , conservateur du patrimoine , the museum has reopened with a number of improvements and alterations to the building .
8 A working group made up of clinicians , consultants , GPs and other health professionals has looked at a number of options and has recommended that services be consolidated , and accommodation improvements made , at the Chest Hospital .
9 Notwithstanding the recent flurry of statutory and quasi-statutory regulatory activity in relation to insider dealing in the UK , there has operated for a number of years a range of sanctions aimed at deterring insider abuse in both the corporate/ unorthodox context and the individual/traditional context .
10 I am aware he has met on a number of occasions with our members , and he was instrumental in selecting a team , which met with the General Secretary of USDAW who said that they had had a er a er reasonable meeting with him .
11 It said : ‘ The council has written to a number of stores requesting undertakings that they cease trading in contravention of the Sunday trading provisions of the Shops Act .
12 This change in the law and in the locus of power will not end the debate , which has prevailed for a number of years , about control of the curriculum of schools ; such a debate emerged once the content of the curriculum become a controversial subject in the 1960s and has continued since .
13 In Zambia itself the ruling party , UNIP , took virtual control of the Times , but even before this the president had acquired the power to hire and fire its editor : a power he has used on a number of occasions .
14 Instead he has thought of a number .
15 I , of course , accept that if the privilege against self-incrimination is to be abolished or abridged , then this must be done by Parliament , as has occurred in a number of statutes .
16 The breeding stock has increased steadily since 1958 , and some increase has occurred in the number wintering .
17 Energy generation from renewable resources , such as wind or water , can help conserve fossil fuels and reduce emissions of pollutants ; the Trust has embarked on a number of schemes to exploit renewable energy , as at Aberdulais ( see below right ) , and will assess properties for their energy-generating potential .
18 The question of an effective British veto on American use of British bases has surfaced on a number of occasions since 1952 .
19 Ruby 's solicitor has dealt with a number of asbestos cases connected with the Swindon Works .
20 Although much attention has focused on the number of people out of work in recent years , less attention has been given to the number of family members who are also affected .
21 Frustrated by his colleagues ' lack attention to the problems of literacy , partly because of their tradition of studying ‘ pre-literate ’ societies , Goody has attempted in a number of articles and books ( 1963 , 1968. 1977 ) to describe the importance and ‘ potentialities ’ of writing .
22 Barbados has benefited for a number of years from a wide treaty network , including treaties with the UK , the US and Canada .
23 The relative esteem in which stones have been held at different times has rested on a number of factors .
24 In more recent years , Whessoe has laid off a number of men , and moved into more specialist fields , but it is still one of only a few companies listed on the Stock Exchange to have its headquarters in the North-East .
25 During the last six months , the Guild has spoken to a number of representatives of caterers , dieticians , nurses , doctors and , in particular , the Patients ' Association and the College of Health , and discovered that the quality of hospital food is highly variable .
26 Part of its fascination has derived from the number of levels at which the debate has taken place .
27 On 7 May the applicant was admitted to bail , and so far as we are aware has been at liberty ever since , although it appears that he has appeared on a number of occasions at the Guildhall Magistrates ' Court , to what effect we do not know .
28 Connie 's garden has achieved considerable fame in recent years and has appeared in a number of books .
29 ‘ The first film I did was with these other guys who were a little camera shy , ’ recalls Rod , who has appeared in a number of Sara 's group sex films .
30 Since 1987 it has emerged as the number one buyer of privatised bus companies , picking up operators from Inverness to Hampshire .
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