Example sentences of "where a [adj] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is relatively rare for a firm to have an absolute monopoly of the market , but there are many instances where a small number of large firms dominate a market — this is called an oligopoly . |
| 2 | In cases where a small number of records is accessed very frequently , the saving is marked , and may even be dramatic . |
| 3 | I have developed considerable regard and affection over the years for Jack Profumo , who has worked his passage after having been what is technically described as ‘ disgraced ’ in circumstances where a great number of people would not have been over-censorious . |
| 4 | It also provides a glimpse of Flanders as a place where a substantial number of fighters could be expensively equipped and then encouraged to leave the county for long periods . |
| 5 | Fire , should it occur in a place where a substantial number of people gather , i.e. a bar or a hotel , may have tragic consequences . |
| 6 | Package contracts must be in writing and must also contain certain matters — included in these are the situation where a minimum number of customers must book before the package is on — the minimum number must be specified and the deadline for cancellation ( due to that number not being achieved ) must be stated . |
| 7 | It had been decided that while certain HN units and courses should be developed by colleges , SCOTVEC would undertake to develop HN units and courses particularly in those areas where a significant number of colleges were invited or where units of wider application could be identified . |
| 8 | For example station identification — particularly useful in countries such as Holland where a large number of FM broadcasts from neighbouring countries can be received . |
| 9 | The actual pattern varied from town to town and decade to decade but there is abundant evidence of a modest and continued prosperity in the smaller centres such as Petworth , Midhurst and Steyning where a large number of the houses have survived . |
| 10 | Huy understood why he had been dropped here , from where a large number of roads led off back to the various parts of the city , but guessed that they had underestimated his knowledge of the twisting muddle of streets that formed the harbour quarter . |
| 11 | GPSG is computationally economical and has been developed to a point where a large number of interesting syntactic phenomena may be dealt with in an integrated formal framework . |
| 12 | Well I think I feel a bit ambivalent on this point because and it 's quite possible I was smiling because I 'm thinking of parts of the report where a huge number of women say that they just deal with this on their own terms , and of course they do . |