Example sentences of "number [am/are] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The principles of number are at the heart of the universe .
2 But a number are outside the borough boundaries and some are as far afield as Northallerton , Thirsk and Wolsingham 26 miles away from Darlington town centre .
3 But a number are outside the borough boundaries and some are as far afield as Northallerton , Thirsk and Wolsingham 26 miles away from Darlington town centre .
4 However , a study of specimens of A. grandis identified by Koehler shows that the ridged ventral arm plates do not appear to be constant feature and that differences in arm spine number are within the normal range found in A. otteri .
5 Today , a growing number are from the Bristol region and the north .
6 Very few local authorities responded to these recommendations and of those that did a number are in the process of returning to the five to eleven pattern .
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