Example sentences of "a number [prep] [noun pl] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No systematic attempt is made at this point to resolve the many doubts about the details of Hocazade 's career , particularly the dates of his various appointments , since his career impinges on those of a number of Muftis and the conflicts are more appropriately discussed in detail where they arise in these contexts . |
| 2 | However , we have to bear in mind that , because of the complexity of scribal histories and the fact that the provenance ( date and place of writing ) of the text is not usually divulged , the medievalist faces a number of difficulties that the present-day dialectologist does not face ( for discussion see McIntosh , Samuels and Benskin , 1986 I ; J. Milroy , forthcoming ) , but if these can be solved , the general similarity that I have suggested here is still valid . |
| 3 | East Berliners have been offered free tickets for a football match today in West Berlin as well as to a number of concerts and the opera . |
| 4 | There is a statutory requirement that the offender be given seven days ' written notice setting out the conditions of eligibility for deportation , and the exceptions ; additionally the Court has indicated in a number of cases that the sentencer should invite counsel to address the court with specific reference to the question of deportation , and give reasons where a recommendation is made . |
| 5 | It was held in a number of cases that the certificate required by this statute must state the judgment of the court : see Reg. v. Ackroyd ( 1843 ) 1 Car . |
| 6 | The idea was that the private sector would build and finance a number of roads and the department would pay a rent for them on the basis of how much traffic used them . |
| 7 | Thus , even if space is left within and at the end of each index , updating will involve the shifting and shuffling of a number of records or the use of pointers and links to the new records . |
| 8 | Abandoning art after 1914 , she established a number of clinics and a day nursery in east London during the war . |
| 9 | So whether you have a number of blanks or a number of punched holes side by side you 'll get floats . |
| 10 | The proposed Directive sets out a number of principles that the supervisory authorities are to use as guidelines when discharging their functions and especially when granting exemptions to the rules provided in the proposed Directive . |
| 11 | We 've had a number of quotations and a number of reports here . |
| 12 | As Robert Sklar has suggested , there was no such thing as a typical depression movie ; rather there were a number of formats and an emphasis on production standards and conventions , but now in this new post-1933 dispensation there tended to be far less experimentation . |
| 13 | In another school the project became subsumed within a major review of the lower-school curriculum , and , as we have seen above , in School G the project gave birth to a completely new initiative , providing a mutual focus for the distinct aspirations of a number of departments and a shared resource base for more closely integrated interdisciplinary work . |
| 14 | ‘ Designing a ring is always a lengthy process which involves me producing a number of drawings until the customer and I get it right between us . |
| 15 | Producing the estimate involves , already , a number of decisions and a lot of work by both the agency producer and the production company . |
| 16 | The first Plan identified a number of initiatives and the following progress has been made : |
| 17 | The ten l.e.d.s concerned here are placed at various positions in the ‘ field ’ , each representing a number of runs or a no-score , plus a couple which may lead to a catch or an appeal for lbw . |
| 18 | Producing elisions is something which foreign learners do not need to learn to do , but it is important for them to be aware that when native speakers of English talk to each other , quite a number of phonemes that the foreigner might expect to hear are not actually pronounced . |
| 19 | But when we 're dealing as we are in this case , with fraud , then clearly there has to be regulations , there has to be er primary legislation er so that was the point I 'm making but as I say , it 's not just me , it 's the stock exchange , the S I B , all of them believe that we need a single enforcement body to look at these matters and I do wish perhaps the minister does but the government must acc eople and a number of ople obviously with a number of traumas and a number of di exploit the different rules and regulations and to get through them because they know they are never going to be caught and the little chance of being prosecuted and even if they are prosecuted er then the chances of being convicted are remote and even if they are convicted I 'm afraid that the judicial shi system shows er that the worst they can expect is a few hours mowing the grass in front of an old folks home or perhaps a few months er in the country residence , albeit owned by Her Majesty . |
| 20 | Erm and this can leave people obviously with a number of traumas and a number of difficulties to deal with later on in life . |
| 21 | Following the earlier reduction of similar size Amdahl says it has been able to restructure or consolidate a number of operations and the new cuts represent a further streamlining . |
| 22 | Following the earlier reduction of similar size Amdahl says it has been able to restructure or consolidate a number of operations and the new cuts represent a further streamlining . |
| 23 | Each song was repeated a number of times until the audience had learned the tune , then copies of it were offered for sale . |
| 24 | But when someone has AIDS , he or she may be unwell from a number of illnesses because the body 's defence or immune system is not working properly and can not fight infections . |
| 25 | We clarified a number of points before the legislation was introduced . |
| 26 | The List came in for copious criticism and there were a number of insinuations that the List — which had first appeared on a piece of lavender-coloured notepaper — was largely the work of Lady Falkender . |
| 27 | Thus a LECTURER gives a number of MODULES and a COURSE consists of a number of MODULES . |
| 28 | It is necessary , therefore , to assess the reliability of the process across a range of domains , which requires the selection of a number of domains and the acquisition of appropriate data samples . |
| 29 | Technical services director Edward Carswell said rain had caused serious flooding in council houses on a number of occasions and a new drain was needed . |
| 30 | Quick action by staff resulted in the rescue of a number of carriages before the fire took hold of the entire building . |