Example sentences of "an [adj] number of [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an unlimited number of ideas from which you can choose to back your picture , using any fabric from a dainty piece of real silk through tweeds , rough and raw silks and linens , to hessians , velvets , cottons and even several layers or pieces of different materials . |
| 2 | We now know that , far from the male imposing form on female matter , making a human being what he or she is , foetuses come from an equal number of chromosomes from the male and from the female . |
| 3 | On April 25 a committee to monitor the implementation of the pact was established , with an equal number of delegates from each side as well as representatives from Algeria , which had helped to broker the agreement . |
| 4 | He reflected that in his twenty year association with the Institution the lifeboat fleet had been adapted to cope with an increasing variety of casualties , from being tailored to serve merchant and fishing vessels it was now dealing with more than an equal number of calls from the holiday maker and the pleasure sailor . |
| 5 | However , a subsequent compromise reached in the Vermittlungsausschuss ( joint mediation committee consisting of an equal number of members from the Bundesrat and Bundestag ) enabled the government to apply the increased taxes on July 1 , while abandoning certain reductions in company taxation . |
| 6 | Led by Alberta Premier Donald Getty , the western provinces demanded that any constitutional reform package had to include a Senate which was wholly elected and which included an equal number of representatives from each province regardless of its size . |
| 7 | Chris Hampson sees an enormous number of pay-offs from this focus on the customer 's requirements . |
| 8 | On a recent visit to WACC 's offices in London , Lisa Vinebohm , the editor of AMARC 's newsletter InteRadio , said that AMARC is responding to an increasing number of requests from Africans to help set up community radio stations . |
| 9 | Police have recently been receiving an increasing number of calls from householders reporting the theft of ‘ wheelie bins ’ . |
| 10 | The winning issue carried an impressive number of topics from six pages of news items , to Thai Shell 's centenary and a meaty , commissioned article by political economist Susan Strange on corporate glue ; it 's the only corporate publication within the Shell group at a public level , ’ says Felton , adding that over the five years of his editorship , Shell has allowed him ‘ an awful lot of space ’ . |
| 11 | In addition , there are an unknown number of refugees from various countries , several of whom may have impairments associated with war , torture and so on . |