Example sentences of "a number [prep] [noun pl] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a number of products on the market intended fro damp-proofing the interior of damp walls . |
| 2 | Currently available speech recognition systems typically impose a number of constraints on the user , such as a limited vocabulary ( possibly only a few hundred words ) , speaker dependence ( new users require individual training ) and the use of disconnected speech ( rather than the more natural continuous speech ) . |
| 3 | The Bibliography contains references to a number of texts on the subject . |
| 4 | There are a number of texts on the nature of volcanic activity and the development of volcanic landforms . |
| 5 | Although it might be thought that it would be difficult to capture the phenomenon of union growth across a number of countries on the basis of a single behavioural equation of this kind without making allowances for additional socio-political factors , or resorting to ad hoc explanations for individual countries , in fact the model performs surprisingly well . |
| 6 | She told Richard a number of stories on the subject , some of them taken from the daily papers , and suggested that he might turn the matter over in his mind . |
| 7 | Most maintenance companies are able to provide a number of options on a wide range of originally installed equipment . |
| 8 | They are divided into a number of groups on the basis of details of structure of the individual ‘ boxes ’ that housed the zooids , and the construction of the colony . |
| 9 | The ten London United cars on the Mitcham route were displaced by an extension of route 30 to West Croydon late in 1933 and being shedded at Sutton , they took over a number of workings on the Sutton route , but not all . |
| 10 | A number of vacancies on the RSC Council and boards are due to be filled at the AGM on 16 July 1992 in London . |
| 11 | But we 're battling away and have a number of projects on the go . ’ |
| 12 | If so , how does he justify the fear that there may be a number of fingers on the disintegrating Soviet strategic deterrent , when at the same time he seeks to justify the proliferation of nuclear strategic deterrents in the hands of France , the United Kingdom and the United States ? |
| 13 | Thank you erm I hardly ever comment on these but I just , I was n't sure what because quite often these things go under another guise , but there are a number of schemes on the drawing board for investigation as you all know and Mr will know some of those they 've been around for , for some years . |
| 14 | Conditions may also be imposed to require the caravans to be removed at the end of each season or to require a number of pitches on a site to be reserved for touring caravans . |
| 15 | ( And why should n't the kind of holism that I am espousing not help to make processes such as mental imagery more intelligible to us — Piaget published a number of experiments on the development of imagery . ) |
| 16 | In the run-up to the final , played a number of games on a knock-out basis , culminating in an area final followed by the County semi-final , before winning the County overall on at the Otley Bowls Club near Ipswich . |
| 17 | The book edited by Davies and Runcom ( 1980 ) contains a number of papers on the various suggested mechanisms . |
| 18 | As well as the usual precautions that apply when running a site with more than 300 people on it , Wimpey has had to be especially careful in a number of areas on the Gyle project . |
| 19 | Some of it , notably parts of the two reports from the ACPS chimed with , although were not attributable to , the political beliefs of a number of Conservatives on the back benches in the House of Commons . |
| 20 | Erm , there 's going to be a number of questions on the ho of er selection and testing , including stuff on reliability and validity . |
| 21 | Since the 1985 unrest , and particularly after the 1987 General Election , the Government has announced a number of initiatives on the inner city , and it has presented these as part of an effort to rejuvenate depressed areas on a sound basis . |
| 22 | The reason for the increasing size of forecasts of the demand for HE into the 1990s has been the recognition of the offsetting effects of a number of factors on the falling numbers of eighteen-year-olds . |
| 23 | I have received a number of letters on the subject , and most people who are knowledgeable about the subject tell me — and I am sure that they are right — that the root cause is bad watchkeeping , mainly by merchant vessels but also occasionally by fishermen . |
| 24 | It may be helpful to visualize the difference between the two approaches by envisaging two circles , the one is given a precise central dot which is clearly defined , the other does not express the centre but has a number of lines on the circumference of the circle which point towards the centre . |
| 25 | PROTOKOL comes in the form of a ROM chip and operates with a number of programs on a master disk which also contains datafiles . |
| 26 | A number of leaflets on the industry , which explain the various ways to invest , are available from the Association of Investment Trusts , telephone 071 588 5347 . |
| 27 | The driver was hit a number of times on the head and back , either with fists or with an implement , and suffered injuries to the face and eyes as well as bruising . |
| 28 | I was pleased to find that a number of pamphlets on the town had been published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by a keen amateur local historian . |
| 29 | AMES has been involved in important educational work and has published a number of pamphlets on the social and working conditions of women , within a general analysis of their double oppression . |
| 30 | A number of resolutions on the environment were adopted without a vote on Dec. 22 . |