Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] a number [prep] " 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 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The question of an effective British veto on American use of British bases has surfaced on a number of occasions since 1952 . |
| 17 | Ruby 's solicitor has dealt with a number of asbestos cases connected with the Swindon Works . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Barbados has benefited for a number of years from a wide treaty network , including treaties with the UK , the US and Canada . |
| 20 | The relative esteem in which stones have been held at different times has rested on a number of factors . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Connie 's garden has achieved considerable fame in recent years and has appeared in a number of books . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | This concept of improved co-ordination has emerged in a number of urban projects . |
| 27 | Yes , I think for a lot of people that 's true and I do n't denigrate that because I think a lot of good work goes on in the Women 's Institute , but what we are particularly interested in is in the professional craftsman , the craftsman who has trained for a number of year to produce extremely good work , and what we try to do is to make that work more available to the public in a number of ways . |
| 28 | But liquidity has increased for a number of the larger issues of recent years and certain gilt-edged market makers are now active dealers in a range of non-gilt securities . |
| 29 | The role of small scale production units has increased in a number of industries . |
| 30 | There is a statutory requirement that the offender be given seven days ' written notice setting out the conditions of eligibility for deportation , and the exceptions ; additionally the Court has indicated in a number of cases that the sentencer should invite counsel to address the court with specific reference to the question of deportation , and give reasons where a recommendation is made . |