Example sentences of "[num] and a number of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This year 184 dealers took part compared to 176 in 1992 and a number of participants expressed cautious optimism . |
| 2 | The museum was opened to the public in 1977 and a number of publications on the collection have been written to date . |
| 3 | the EEC directive in 1977 and a number of national projects , particularly MOTET have recommended training as an essential means for providing an adequate supply of teachers . |
| 4 | On July 16 seven asylum seekers in the embassy seized the original group of five and a number of Czechoslovak diplomats , threatening to blow the embassy up if their demand to leave Cuba was not met . |
| 5 | Despite a few institutional innovations in 1961 and a number of others in 1969 , the WTO remains an administrative , training and ( only since 1969 ) a consultative organisation . |
| 6 | As a result , two nuclear reactors in Armenia were closed in 1989 and a number of stations under construction throughout the Soviet Union ( and subsequently the Commonwealth of Independent States , CIS ) have been halted . |
| 7 | More than three million hens have been destroyed at a cost of more than £5 million and a number of egg producers have been forced out of business as a result . |
| 8 | The two sides exchanged artillery fire on Nov. 8-10 and a number of Lebanese civilians were wounded . |
| 9 | Historians are certain to acknowledge that she dominated the political landscape of the 1980s and a number of her policies will leave a mark in post-Thatcher Britain . |
| 10 | The number of ministries had been slimmed down from 32 to 24 and a number of non-party " technicians " were included . |