Example sentences of "one [noun sg] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , in one case a number of Staffordshire businessmen were keen to make a bid for a £75 million contract for the construction of security fencing around a British military base in Germany . |
| 2 | Thus , the study concluded , on the one hand a number of the best practice companies relied on technology ( existing and new ) to generate a stream of new ideas , while on the other less successful companies could improve their position significantly by upgrading their technological competence , and by forging links with other companies and academia possibly with the help of government support schemes . |
| 3 | One year a number of musical instruments were incorporated and visitors enjoyed spotting them , the numbers they found varied from fourteen to twenty-one . |
| 4 | In one school a number of " themes " were identified : homes , school , religion and the Church , trade , and communications ( roads , seafaring ) . |
| 5 | There were at one time a number of city-states , each with its own god . |