Example sentences of "[adv] a number of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So a number of theories of perception erm came on to the market as a response to the work of people like in the fifties and towards the end of the fifties we started to get theories of perception which were based on feature detectors . |
| 2 | It is a good idea to take along a number of copies of your c.v . |
| 3 | The conference will bring together a number of authorities in various aspects of chemistry , agriculture and the environment . |
| 4 | Tai chi chuan is a highly sophisticated system of self-defence , bringing together a number of skills into one form to establish a series of set principles and methods . |
| 5 | Rosenthal ( 1983 ) draws together a number of criticisms of the argument which can be listed as follows . |
| 6 | In some cases there may not be sufficient time to bring together a number of financiers at the outset , or , in the case of a bid , considerations of confidentiality may prevent approaches to multiple investors . |
| 7 | It would seem that groupings of authorities and academic institutions which are geographically close have much to recommend them in terms of the potential savings on travelling expenses , and this is clearly also true in terms of projects for the creation of teaching materials which need to bring together a number of practitioners from different schools on a regular basis . |
| 8 | In the broadest terms , it has been concerned with one aspect of youth history : how and why , and with what consequences for age relations , middle-class reformers put together a number of images of working-class adolescents . |
| 9 | The ten London United cars on the Mitcham route were displaced by an extension of route 30 to West Croydon late in 1933 and being shedded at Sutton , they took over a number of workings on the Sutton route , but not all . |
| 10 | Moreover , the Attorney-General 's contentions are inconsistent with the practice which has now continued over a number of years in cases of judicial review . |
| 11 | There are already a number of cameras at railway stations and other spots . |
| 12 | Already a number of clients from Arab countries have had transplants arranged in Indian hospitals and Indian newspapers have reported cases of Indian donors being flown to Frankfurt and Los Angeles for the benefit of patients there . |
| 13 | There were always a number of children in the street . |
| 14 | Although there are still a number of problems to be solved , in contrast to the difficulties of comparing data reported for different spatial units , these aspects of data integration are fairly well developed and understood . |
| 15 | The Plant Manager 's review indicates that by the end of that year , although there were still a number of issues to be resolved , the following results had been achieved ( Perry , 1984 : 191 ) : |
| 16 | There were still a number of examples of parallel boilered Scots in service at that time , and someone suggested that it was one of these engines fitted with experimental types of chimney and smoke deflectors . |
| 17 | Security will be tight : Peru 's Maoist guerrillas , Sendero Luminoso , expressed their disapproval of the whole business by setting off a number of bombs in Ica last week and murdering the wife of the rector of the local university . |
| 18 | Eventually a number of layers of organic Viton-B compound were applied to seal the pin-hole leaks . |
| 19 | There are also a number of variations on each approach . |
| 20 | There were also a number of landslides in the area . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , you certainly are clearing up a number of problems in prehistory for us . |
| 22 | TRUE to the traditions of cup competitions , rugby union 's Pilkington version threw up a number of surprises in the last round , not least the demise of all three big West Country clubs . |
| 23 | Later this month , Anna 's taking her cabaret act to Cyprus to entertain the Army and the Magic Circle 's lined up a number of shows in London for when she returns . |
| 24 | DETECTIVES were yesterday following up a number of leads after an appeal on national television for information about a Darlington building society robbery . |
| 25 | But while Ireland did show up a number of flaws in the English team 's make-up , one game does n't make a tournament . |
| 26 | Sandra Maggs of Fimbra , who is organising the concert , is looking for firms or companies which would be willing either to provide sponsorship or to buy up a number of tickets for staff and guests . |
| 27 | N C V O has taken the initiative in putting up a number of ideas to the Prime Minister 's and the Home Office , to make this commitment a meaningful one , and a constructive one for voluntary organisations in this country . |
| 28 | An author of a hypertext document sets up a number of alternatives for his readers which define pathways among nodes . |
| 29 | Heavy seas early in the twentieth century washed up a number of whales along Whitsand Bay . |
| 30 | There are probably a number of books with the Coats bookplate , many in Gaelic , to be found in private collections . |