Example sentences of "were a number of [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the days immediately following the coup attempt there were a number of demonstrations in support of Djohar . |
| 2 | In June there were a number of developments in Soviet-United States relations designed to repair the political damage caused earlier in the year by differences over the Gulf war , the Soviet crackdown in the Baltic republics , and difficulties in arms control negotiations . |
| 3 | Some of the older properties were occupied by elderly couples , and , as the life expectation of women is seven years longer than for men , there were a number of widows in the area . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman might be referring to the fact that on receipt of the Southern board 's investment appraisal for the refurbishment of Banbridge hospital it became clear that there were a number of deficiencies in the document , as certain issues had not been properly addressed . |
| 5 | Apart from the explosion in Patras [ see p. 38167 ] , there were a number of incidents in Athens which caused no casualties . |
| 6 | And he said there were a number of errors in the supervision of Moore after he had been discovered firing shots over the grave of a dead colleague . |
| 7 | There were a number of errors in the raw data which meant that the first attempt to convert it into system files failed . |
| 8 | There were a number of girls in the party and at the last minute the female teacher who was to chaperone them dropped out . |
| 9 | There were a number of questions in written tests to assess pupils ' performance in finding the area or the perimeter of rectangular shapes . |
| 10 | Dr Meldrum pointed out that there were a number of anomalies in the present system . |
| 11 | There were a number of rabbits in the net but I never believed that it was the sheer weight of the catch that was responsible . |
| 12 | Some of the changes raised some people 's incomes , and there were a number of increases in benefit rates . |