Example sentences of "a number of [noun sg] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you will see , your task is principally to respond to the statements by a number of school children on the kind of meals they eat and to say whether or not this constitutes a healthy diet . |
| 2 | There are a number of vapour barriers on the market which can be used or polythene sheeting can be used . |
| 3 | The other pointers indicate the location of a number of index records at a lower level . |
| 4 | The 1977 white paper , Policy for the Inner Cities ( HMSO , 1977 ) , proposed a number of development programmes including the creation of industrial sites and units within the older urban cores , and extensive refurbishment of the housing stock . |
| 5 | Prior to its third seminar , in 1980 , it invited five experts from developing countries to study and evaluate a number of development programmes in the United Kingdom . |
| 6 | One such coroner , who was both a lawyer and a doctor , presided over an inquest on the death of the occupants of a Viking aircraft which crashed on a number of council houses at Southall not far from Heathrow Airport . |
| 7 | His experience in retail and shopping centre management includes managing a number of shopping centres in New Zealand . |
| 8 | In this way Tao gets money , but also retains its independence : Charig says that Tao Systems has turned down a number of buy-out bids from the US in the last few months . |
| 9 | In this way Tao gets money , but also retains its independence : Charig says that Tao Systems has turned down a number of buy-out bids from the US in the last few months . |
| 10 | For this purpose , a plasmid containing both promoters was relaxed with topoisomerase I in the presence of increasing amounts of ethidium bromide , so obtaining a number of plasmid preparations with a superhelical density ranging from 0 ( relaxed plasmid ) to -0.071 ( fully supercoiled , see methods ) . |
| 11 | The unrivalled versatility of ‘ The Brig ’ was shown by the contributions he made to the solution of a number of machine ciphers during World War II . |
| 12 | Is the Minister aware that a number of stud farms in my constituency , including two owned by Her Majesty the Queen , and also stud farms in general make a tremendous contribution to the rural economy ? |
| 13 | In what was widely seen as an attempt to draw Israel into the conflict , Iraq had launched a number of missile attacks on Tel Aviv and Haifa [ see pp. 37936-37 ; 37984 ] . |
| 14 | There are a number of showcase venues around London , most of them connected to studios . |
| 15 | AT the outbreak of World War Two in September 1939 Coastal Command still had a number of biplane flying-boats on operations including , Saro Londons , Short Singapores and Supermarine Stranraers . |
| 16 | The debates over the merger had precipitated a number of leadership changes in the old parties and alliances in the months leading up to the final agreement . |
| 17 | He could be depicted in a number of animal forms including the hippopotamus and the crocodile . |
| 18 | A number of test cases on Sunday trading and the possible conflict with the treaty of Rome have already come before the European Court and all have been referred back to the various countries involved . |
| 19 | A number of test cases through the Seventies had established precedents for what courts would and would not accept as ‘ fair ’ in existing contracts . |
| 20 | Archaeologists from Newcastle University have already made a number of test excavations at the site of the extension and found nothing of historical value . |
| 21 | Work a number of test pieces before finally deciding on the tension you are going to use and sample . |
| 22 | If someone throws a number of tennis balls at you , it is easier to catch a single coloured one than to catch one that is identical with all the rest . |
| 23 | She ran the gallery for 13 years , organising a number of photography shows during that time , one noticeably being the successfully staged Kertesz exhibition in 1978 . |
| 24 | The Westlakes Research Institute , to be located at the Westlakes Science and Technology Park , Whitehaven , will pursue a number of core activities including epidemiology , bio-safety , molecular biology and environmental issues ranging from pollution prevention to waste disposal . |
| 25 | In Frankfurt , for example , the Bundesbank is protected by barriers with armed police , there have been a number of terrorist kidnappings of leading business figures and many top bankers and others are protected by personal bodyguards . |
| 26 | A number of range names from a number of |
| 27 | More of the Oberland mountains including the Niesen and Blumlisalp have now come into the panoramic view , and can be seen from a number of vantage points in striking perspective across the Lake of Thun . |
| 28 | He also invested in a number of trading voyages to the East Indies , and between 1657 and 1662 the East India Company elected him to their court of directors . |
| 29 | There has been something of a revolution in raising standards of quality in a number of manufacturing firms by encouraging departments within a factory to operate almost as separate companies . |
| 30 | Lesbian and gay trade union groups became increasingly common from 1974 onwards , and the Gay Rights At Work campaign played a prominent part in a number of defence campaigns for dismissed workers . |