Example sentences of "a number [prep] [noun] that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a number of reasons that help to account for the success of building societies in the retail savings market . |
| 2 | Of course , very often garments require a number of stitches that do not work out at a neat number of pattern repeats , so you do n't HAVE to much patterns at side seams . |
| 3 | If your garment size requires that you have a number of stitches that give a half repeat , you might consider moving the N1 cam between the first and second piece as we discussed earlier , so that when seamed ‘ A ’ will be joined to ‘ B ’ at the side seam . |
| 4 | While there are also a number of texts that claim to be fabliaux but which are not now considered to belong to the genre , the common characteristics of the type ( described below ) are sufficiently clear for the same number of texts again to be identified with and added to the self-proclaimed fabliaux . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | Liberal democracy describes the political system in a number of countries that meet certain criteria , such as the freedoms to form and join organizations , to express opinions , to vote and to compete for votes and to stand for public office , plus the holding of free and fair elections and the existence of institutions which ensure that government policies reflect popularly expressed preferences ( Johnston , 1989d , after Dahl , 1978 ) . |
| 7 | Throughout the training programme we discussed the ways in which people are disabled — not by limited ability but by a number of barriers that keep them apart from the activities that the rest of their communities are involved in . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I 've worked at a number of occupations that put me into positions of possible danger . |
| 10 | Marcus ( 1990b ) reports that a group from IBM informally surveyed a number of parsers that claimed to be ‘ broad coverage ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Throughout the 1960s , a number of surveys that highlighted the growing problem of low income and poverty amongst pensioners were carried out . |
| 14 | The point was , however , that Cumberbatch and Bates had named a number of video-nasties that did not in fact exist , and yet the children claimed that they had seen them . |
| 15 | By replicating the sociolinguistic survey in various different places , sociolinguists have been able to identify a number of patterns that recur very frequently . |
| 16 | The difficulties of interpreting the law are shown by a number of cases that have arisen . |
| 17 | we have joined with other organisations and persuaded the World Bank to pull out of a number of projects that threaten to destroy forests . |
| 18 | He had invested his money in a number of schemes that required his attention , and his days seemed pretty full to her untrained eyes . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It includes a number of improvements that enable users to interoperate between Windows , MS-DOS and OS/2 on a SCO Unix server . |
| 22 | The early sociologists established a number of traditions that have subsequently moulded the place of women in sociology . |
| 23 | However , the report identifies a number of areas that need to be addressed in more detail as a result we are recommendatin it , recommending that a major consultation exercise be d be conducted this year to ensure that the many ideas that people have to improve our Health , Safety and Environment Service are considered . |
| 24 | To say the Pacific is criss-crossed is , perhaps , too strong — the Atlantic has a number of routes that cross each other , and its Jepperson high-altitude charts are so filled with intersecting lines that to an untutored eye , they resemble the early stages of weaving . |
| 25 | A number of sentences that describe a sequence of events are presented on the screen in random order . |
| 26 | In any actual reading , there are a number of factors that push the location of any particular metaphoric form leftwards or rightwards ( in other words , make it more or less easy to resolve ) . |
| 27 | Incontinence can be precipitated by a number of factors that influence this progression . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | A proper understanding of this subject requires consideration of the general factors , which may apply to a distinct group of nations ; of the special factors , which are perhaps unique to one nation ; and , furthermore , of a number of factors that do not fall neatly into either of these categories . |
| 30 | If it is accepted that ability to consume is the major determinant and indicator of economic status — and that is implicit in the common concern over the ‘ standard of living ’ of different groups in society — then the conclusion must be that retirement is only one of a number of factors that affect economic status , and retirement alone is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for economic dependency . |