Example sentences of "and [verb] [art] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | They thus have an incentive to maximize the number of patients treated , maximize the length of stay , maximize the number of surgical procedures performed , and maximize the number of diagnostic tests carried out and drugs supplied . |
| 2 | By putting the elements in the radar out-of-step with each other to various degrees , the computer can use the array to make a radar beam that can flit across the sky and track a number of targets almost simultaneously . |
| 3 | On Nov. 1 , Israeli jets , in three raids , destroyed two bridges linking Nabatiyeh with the Iqlim Al Toufah region and attacked a number of Hezbollah bases in the area . |
| 4 | I took my godson , Dominic Robinson , round my laboratory the other day , which is a physics laboratory , and he enjoyed it immensely and asked a number of questions , and was absolutely intrigued and fascinated by the various bits of wires and plugs and so on like that , and he asked me the sort of questions that I do n't think I would expect sometimes my undergraduates to ask . |
| 5 | I took my godson , Dominic Robinson , round my laboratory the other day , which is a physics laboratory , and he enjoyed it immensely and asked a number of questions , and was absolutely intrigued and fascinated by the various bits of wires and plugs and so on like that , and he asked me the sort of questions that I do n't think I would expect sometimes my undergraduates to ask . |
| 6 | Analysts would dispute the ASB 's characterisation of their approach , but it is the unsophisticated user that Mr Bradfield is concerned about : ‘ FRS 3 gives the user a selection of information that lacks coherence and produces a number of meaningless headline figures … normally it will require translation . ’ |
| 7 | The region was established in Roman times , and produces a number of wines that are highly prized by the French . |
| 8 | He attempts to account for the prevalence of the placement model despite its lack of apparent success and offers a number of suggestions for reversing the trend to identify and exclude ever-increasing numbers of pupils as deviant . |
| 9 | Maxim wished he had made the call himself even if George had had to look up and dial the number for him . |
| 10 | He was forced to withdraw his dissolution , though only after more than two years of controversy , during which time the Council had gone about its business and drafted a number of decrees that restrained the power of the papacy , and laid down reforms throughout the Church . |
| 11 | pick a pound and pick a number out . |
| 12 | Such blocks at Ostia were built in the Imperial period and housed a number of people . |
| 13 | He next went to Paris and was persuaded by Bernard de Jussieu to visit London , where he met Sir Hans Sloane and Philip Miller and made a number of drawings in the Physic Garden before proceeding to Holland in 1736 . |
| 14 | The next day Modigliani turned up at Lipchitz 's studio and made a number of preliminary drawings of Lipchitz and his wife with speed and precision . |
| 15 | It was partly in recognition of these tender sprouts of leadership among Russia 's ‘ third estate ’ that during the 1550s Ivan the Terrible drew up a new legal code and made a number of important administrative reforms . |
| 16 | In a statement , the Department said Mrs McGonagle indicated she had obtained a copy of the specimen paper and made a number of photo-copies . |
| 17 | The final report outlined the case against the introduction of a national football membership scheme [ see p. 37158 ] and made a number of specific recommendations for the improvement of safety at sports grounds , including the progressive conversion of stadiums to all-seater accommodation . |
| 18 | Bangor ref Barr booked five players and made a number of decisions during the game that infuriated the home fans and caused puzzled looks in the press box . |
| 19 | Most of the more used ones are marked on it and given a number but there are thousands that are n't . |
| 20 | These can only be used by Charities recognised ( and given a number ) by the British Charities Commission . |
| 21 | It is a straight-down-the-middle view of the work , and given the number of rough edges I have to wonder whether it has anything more to offer than a dozen more successfully recorded alternatives . |
| 22 | An alternative system is the ‘ checklist approach ’ , where you decide in advance which verbal and/or non-verbal behaviours you are going to observe and devise a number of categories to monitor behaviour against . |
| 23 | Courses leading to masters ' degrees are normally designed to fulfil one of the following objectives : to follow directly from the study undertaken at first degree level ; to enable graduates of one discipline to acquire knowledge of another related discipline or subject area ; to develop and apply the student 's first degree knowledge in a related specialized area ; or to relate and synthesize a number of disciplines which the student may not have studied at first degree level . |
| 24 | Exporting is essentially about products and involves a number of aspects from product identification , design , packaging and market research through to market visits and after sales service . |
| 25 | Planning is detailed and involves the number of workers , working capital and raw materials that each firm can have . |
| 26 | To follow up initial discussions with interested parties and to arrange a number of presentations . |
| 27 | It was applied to the birds by the ornithologist William Swainson ( 1789–1855 ) , who wrote extensively and produced a number of well illustrated works . |
| 28 | Indicating continued reluctance to abandon Soviet superiority in land-based strategic missiles [ see pp. 37223 ; 38255 ; 38457 ] , Gorbachev offered to halt , rather than ban , the development of a small-dimension mobile inter-continental ballistic missile ( ICBM ) and to freeze the number of launching sites for rail-based multiple-warhead ICBMs . |
| 29 | One of them reacted at once , rising quickly from his station , crossing the room and checking the number below the flashing light . |
| 30 | The Nord-Pas-de-Calais strategy is clearly designed to pull it in the former camp and has a number of existing advantages to draw upon including a good geographical position and relatively low land prices , wages and corporate taxation rates . |