Example sentences of "have [been] [vb pp] [prep] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agency has been recognised in a number of international contexts . |
| 2 | The effect has been recognised in a number of studies , not least in my own . |
| 3 | Erm and it it it , it has been defended on a number of grounds . |
| 4 | The established system has been defended on a number of grounds . |
| 5 | ITED has been developed through a number of task groups , utilising the skill and experience of people from all sectors of the Group , and was piloted across a sample of UK businesses in 1991 . |
| 6 | An increased risk of developing gastric cancer in the smoking population has been highlighted in a number of large scale prospective cohort studies and there is increasing evidence accumulating from postlabelling studies that DNA adducts can be correlated with smoking history . |
| 7 | His leadership has been criticized in a number of particulars : the timing of the movement 's creation ( too early or too late ) ; the adoption of anti-communism , which had short-term benefits but turned Gaullism into a right-wing preserve ; the systematic hostility to parliament and refusal to negotiate with the parties ; the tactical mistake of refusing apparentements in June 1951 . |
| 8 | This notion has been adopted by a number of animal learning theorists ( e.g. Spear 1973 , 1981 ; Hirsh 1980 ) . |
| 9 | One corporate-centred bargaining strategy in the form of ‘ coalition ’ bargaining has been adopted by a number of US unions since the 1960s . |
| 10 | In the business sector , the users ' needs approach to accounting theory has been adopted in a number of authoritative statements . |
| 11 | The volume of complaint about the difficulties encountered by pedestrians is certainly high and has been recorded in a number of surveys in recent years . |
| 12 | This has been done in a number of papers and in this sections we outline the results of a study by Attfield and Duck ( 1983 ) ( henceforth AD ) . |
| 13 | Using large fragments of flanking sequences , brain-specific expression has been observed for a number of neuronal-specific genes in transgenic mice ( 31,32,33,34,28 ) , including the HF-H gene ( 35 ) . |
| 14 | Braverman 's radical analysis of work organisation at the operational level has been extended by a number of writers concerned to explore its implications for these wider organisational issues . |
| 15 | The desirability of continued economic growth has been raised by a number of economists over the past decade and the titles of their publications make their conclusions clear — Does Money Buy Happiness ? |
| 16 | What happens when a majority voting equilibrium does not exist has been explored in a number of studies . |
| 17 | The significance of these regimes for economic policy has been explored in a number of papers , notably in Muellbauer and Portes ( 1978 ) and Malinvaud ( 1977 ) . |
| 18 | It has been supported by a number of outside bodies previously , but the Authority were not able to find it from their base allocation this year in order to continue . |
| 19 | The automatic recognition of word meanings has been demonstrated in a number of experimental investigations . |
| 20 | The type of employment offered by manufacturing industry in rural areas has been questioned for a number of reasons . |
| 21 | It will be available after 1997 and is essentially a travel document whose validity has been questioned by a number of countries . |
| 22 | Yates , 25 later this month , has been tracked by a number of top clubs , including both Liverpool and Spurs , but manager Neil Warnock yesterday admitted : ‘ His injury is not responding as well or as quickly as we had thought . |
| 23 | ( S. ) 320 , and has been applied in a number of subsequent decisions , such as Fleming and Dodge ( 1984 ) 6 Cr.App.R . |
| 24 | However , when the sexual behaviour of thousands of gay men has been studied over a number of years , sucking has n't shown up as a risk . |
| 25 | The composition of phospholipids in human hepatic and gall bladder bile has been studied by a number of investigators during recent years . |
| 26 | Such an example is the alternation between [ in ] and [ i ? ] on the ing form of verbs , which has been studied in a number of places . |
| 27 | Increased lung-cancer fatalities in uranium miners who inhale radioactive gas during the course of their work has been studied in a number of countries . |
| 28 | Implementation ‘ has been precluded for a number of years by the absence of realistic resources to undertake the task ( in terms of funding and/or staff ) . |
| 29 | It was Molly , of course , who introduced Medau work in the Special Needs sector and she has been followed by a number of our teachers who all deserve recognition for their work in this field . |
| 30 | This situation has been influenced by a number of factors . |