Example sentences of "number of [noun pl] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A conflict of interest will exist where : ( 1 ) there are significant cross-shareholdings between the offeror company and the target ; ( 2 ) a number of directors are common to both companies ; ( 3 ) a person is a substantial shareholder in both companies . |
| 2 | The harem system requires , of course , that a large number of males are unlucky in the breeding season and must remain on the fringe of the reproductive groups . |
| 3 | The figures are broadly similar although a slightly greater number of students is involved in each practice than is the case among Schofield 's group . |
| 4 | Apart from any need to counter persistent infringement of the rules of dress and display , the number of enactments is indicative of considerable uncertainty , for not only did the legislature feel impelled to extend the terminology of rank with monetary equivalents , these latter were made the subject of continual amendment within the broad permanent framework . |
| 5 | The number of chromosomes is constant for a given species , for example in humans all the somatic body cells have 46 chromosomes ( diploid number ) . |
| 6 | A number of things are apparent from Table 1 . |
| 7 | A large number of projects are devoted to informal , grassroot communication education programmes designed to help improve the quality of life for thousands of people living in marginalised communities throughout Africa , Asia and Latin America . |
| 8 | By December 1990 , the World Health Organisation ( WHO ) had received reports of over 305,000 people with AIDS from 179 countries , but they estimate that the true number of cases is likely to be more than 800,000 , with between 8–10 million infected with HIV . |
| 9 | A number of professions are involved in all these areas ; town planners , and surveyors , for example . |
| 10 | The number of reports is important for another reason . |
| 11 | To take account of differences in language and culture a number of services are available for women from ethnic minority communities . |
| 12 | To take account of differences in language and culture a number of services are available for women from ethnic minority communities . |
| 13 | A number of processes are involved in this level ( Wright , 1989 ) . |
| 14 | At first , only a small number of companies were involved in the DTI Link programme , but participation has now improved . |
| 15 | Dr Schussler , who had a particular interest in physiology , considered that a number of diseases were due to a deficiency of one or more of these salts and thought that if a patient exhibited the symptoms of a remedy — for instance Natrum muriaticum — there was a deficiency of this salt in the patient 's body . |
| 16 | The problems of evaluation are well known , and a number of approaches are available in the writing of Easterby-Smith and others ( Easterby-Smith , 1981 ) . |
| 17 | As in the UK , only a relatively small number of farmers were interested in training — probably 12–15% . |
| 18 | A number of actuaries are responsible for individual company pension schemes with funds amounting to hundreds of millions of pounds . |
| 19 | A number of factors are integral to good primary practice . |
| 20 | In this balancing act , a number of factors are likely to be influential . |
| 21 | A number of factors were involved in this . |
| 22 | A model was now starting to emerge which indicated that a number of stages were involved in the business of assessing the role of the message in communication ( Ackerman , 1983 ) . |
| 23 | It is a characteristic of the wave-generating mechanism that the number of peaks is dependent on the size of the system and a moderate widening could allow another peak to form . |
| 24 | When a misspelling is identified , it is highlighted , and a number of options are available to the user . |
| 25 | However a number of options are open to offer mentally handicapped people a comparable opportunity to work in the community . |
| 26 | Excursions : A number of excursions are available from Westendorf . |
| 27 | A number of scholarships are available at entrance , undergraduate and postgraduate level . |
| 28 | These characteristics suggest that a number of preconditions are necessary before the addition of Rhizobium to either plant or soil will be effective in promoting nitrogen enhancement . |
| 29 | A number of issues are common to national and international contexts . |
| 30 | In any group activity a number of roles are likely to be performed — for example , the roles of leader , peacemaker , ‘ ideas man ’ , ‘ humourist ’ and ‘ devil 's advocate ’ to name but a few . |