Example sentences of "number [prep] [noun] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There is a phone in number for viewers to air their opinions and he called in and said he was furious about what had happened to this poor woman and wanted to give her the money so she could buy presents for the boys . |
| 2 | The number of Germans registering their official exit from the church — the only way to avoid the charge — surged to a record last year as people sought to offset the one-off ‘ solidarity surcharge ’ imposed to meet the astronomical costs of unification . |
| 3 | A number of departments have their own specialist libraries and archives and all postgraduate students , whether novices or more advanced , are given the opportunity to learn or improve their computing skills . |
| 4 | Kathleen and Jimmy both visited London a number of times to find their sister but she had vanished . |
| 5 | A subdued murmur became a roar as a number of soldiers pushed their way through the crowd towards the tower . |
| 6 | But , although these two set precedents , there was no conspicuous increase in the number of slaves gaining their freedom . |
| 7 | An equally extraordinary number of replies found their way back in a deluge to Manchester . |
| 8 | A number of companies extended their interests from Carboniferous rocks in the Republic of Ireland , in which important base metal discoveries had been made , to similar rocks in Northern Ireland , but without success . |
| 9 | The number of parents sending their children to private schools has risen for the eighth year running , despite a downturn in the economy and an upturn in school fees , the Independent Schools Information Service revealed . |
| 10 | Between us and the lagoon a number of rivers made their way seaward . |
| 11 | Overwhelmed by the number of donors pushing their desire to lend , recipient governments were frequently unable to sort out their own priorities in a meaningful way . |
| 12 | During the 1980s , a number of underwriters opened their doors offering whole turnover type cover or the ‘ excess of loss ’ ( catastrophe ) type policies . |
| 13 | A large number of men put their names forward in a a perfectly proper way . |
| 14 | A number of children told their parents about the new-style scripture teaching . |
| 15 | Under Imperial rule , a number of emperors added their own forum bearing their name ; one forum was not large enough for the needs of the whole city . |
| 16 | A number of missions owe their existence to the initiative and financial support given in the first place by the Association . |
| 17 | A record number of pupils received their A-level results today , but many will be left wondering if they 'll get the place they want at university . |
| 18 | Accordingly , during the 1930s and 1940s a large number of psychologists turned their attention to just this . |
| 19 | I AM walking over hot coals , supended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs . |
| 20 | ‘ I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs , ’ he said of the fight against anti-Europeans in his own party . |
| 21 | The apparent discrepancy was explained by the fact that a number of wives said their response would depend on the form of the emergency . |
| 22 | Norma clearly recalls one day during the Battle of Britain when a number of airmen left their overcoats at the Alma , thinking they would survive the night 's mission . |
| 23 | Another , more important reason for the escalating cost of this form of welfare has been the increasing number of people buying their own home . |
| 24 | In London on 4 November 1710 , a number of people had their windows smashed by Tory groups " for Illuminating them on K. William 's Birth-Day " . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , Callaghan primed sympathetic colleagues to counter Benn , as Bill Rodgers , then Transport Secretary , remembers : ‘ Jim Callaghan tipped off a number of people to have their questions ready and [ Benn 's paper ] was completely massacred … . |
| 26 | With the increase in the number of people having their own transport , those who have left the area are able to return for the show . |
| 27 | Protester Richard Keeble , a Labour member of Braintree District Council , said the number of people having their water supplies disconnected — which they put at nearly 2,000 — meant more would be suffering from ill health including dysentery . |
| 28 | Of course , a number of people start their period of being alone in some distress . |
| 29 | The growing number of people registering their interest in investing are being driven by the greed factor alone . |
| 30 | Now I would say to sa say that that is almost a bit like the story of the boy crying that he did n't have many holidays because he did n't go to school and that because Harrogate 's er unemployment is so low or has been historically so low compared with other areas , a relatively small increase in the number of unemployment has an enormous increase as compared with what it 's been in the past and so the same number of people living in Harrogate who lose their jobs has an impact on the unemployment figures as perceived locally greater than a similar number of people losing their jobs in Leeds or Selby or somewhere else , and so I think to some extent this the rhetoric has outrun the reality on that point . |