Example sentences of "a number [prep] [noun] [conj] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | This allows us to by-pass a number of problems that have been discussed in the literature on two-sector models , including the uniqueness of momentary equilibrium ( see , e.g. , Dixit , 1976b , Ch. 6 ) . |
| 2 | So far as compulsory sheep dipping is concerned , er , there are a number of counties that have put the view that erm , it should be made compulsory again . |
| 3 | A number of companies have gone to great pains to point out to the shareholders that the goodwill adjustment does not affect the company 's net asset value , but Company Reporting named a number of companies that have actively avoided showing the full extent of losses on disposal . |
| 4 | A reason why a number of companies that have adopted some form of matrix management have declared it a failure is to be found in inadequate preparation and briefing of those involved . |
| 5 | Reactive oxygen species seem to play a part in inflammation and tissue injury in a number of diseases and have recently been implicated in the inflammation and tissue injury in the gastrointestinal tract . |
| 6 | The difficulties of interpreting the law are shown by a number of cases that have arisen . |
| 7 | And I 'd like to erm try and get you all to see what you can tell by simply observing the building , and I 'd like to concentrate if we may on the central part of the building , because there are a number of changes that have been made to that building erm which tell a story . |
| 8 | This meeting has now been arranged for 11th March at which a number of matters that have also been brought up at the various members ' meetings will be queried . |
| 9 | The early sociologists established a number of traditions that have subsequently moulded the place of women in sociology . |
| 10 | Clearly a number of factors that have to do with the history of English ( chiefly the reported merger of meat/mate in the sixteenth century ) , with patterns of language maintenance , and with phonological theory and description , have also motivated the choice of this variable , and we shall return to these in chapter 5 . |
| 11 | You will find that since Mr Madison 's British visitors left Washington , we have added a number of attractions and have greatly improved the roads . |
| 12 | If , if you er go down and visit the toilet block you will see above the doors there are a number of bricks that have come loose on both sides . |
| 13 | Erm I was going to pick up on a number of points that have been raised by previous speakers , but erm Mr Grigson and Mr Curtis seem to have er dealt with a few of those , erm just with regard to the the table put in by C P R E , with their figures , I would just agree with Mr Cur er Mr Grigson that there is a very substantial degree of double counting in those figures , there is also a very substantial degree of over provision in the allowance for for conversions , er past conversion rates in Greater York have averaged something like twenty nine dwellings per year , over a fifteen year period your talking about four hundred and thirty five dwellings , which is the figure that both York City Council and ourselves have have made allowance for for conversions , that compares with a figure of a thousand dwellings referred to by the C P R E and I see no foundation for that figure , erm , as I say Mr Curtis already picked up on the point about windfalls rates by Mr Thomas , erm just turning to the difference between the tables er submitted by the County Council and York City Council on the the residue within the er Greater York area , I would accept the figure , the figures put in the tables by Mr er by Mr Curtis , I think that they have picked up the the more recent planning permissions and the completions information , and they also take on board there more recent work on erm development within the city , and I I accept that table . |
| 14 | But having said that , er you are quoting a national statistic at me , er there are a number of workforces that have had increases substantially higher than the one you 've just mentioned , to whit some , the car workers and the settlements recently there . |
| 15 | There are a number of schools that have introduced a more interventionist approach , without sacrificing the enthusiasm and creativity of their pupils . |
| 16 | Erm , I mean I think if we 're wishing to analyse the application , I I think we must consider what it does n't do for the village , and I think there are a number of aspects that have to be considered , erm , first of all as a village , and I 've heard in this very Parish Council that the reputed view made that there is a need for small village accommodation , this development certainly does not provide that , we 've also expressed a view that it would be nice to retain the existing bungalow , because that is small village accommodation , and although it only has a very limited history , again it would be nice to retain it as an integral part of the village . |
| 17 | Its main ideologist is Boris Kagarlitsky , a young Marxist who has written a number of books that have been published abroad but not yet in the USSR . |
| 18 | While making it easier for people to build up considerable capital assets , and to pass these on intact , the Government has taken a number of measures that have allowed many people to acquire capital assets for the first time . |