Example sentences of "in [noun] a number [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meikle [ 1990 ] Crim.L.R. 801 , where it had been made clear that prosecutors are fully entitled to bring any number of offences against a single defendant at different times and so cause to be in existence a number of custody time limits not coinciding wholly with one another . |
| 2 | It was recognised by the defendants that when the employment of an agent came to an end it was likely that there would be in existence a number of policies which would have been effected during the period of the plaintiff 's employment in respect of which commission would normally be paid in future years if the employment had continued . |
| 3 | Individually two Englishmen on the continent fared better ; both William Brade ( 1560–1630 ) from 1609 onward , and Thomas Simpson ( 1582–after 1625 ) from 1610 onward , published in Germany a number of sets of instrumental dances , nearly all their own . |
| 4 | In addition a number of works by the living artists represented by the company were sold . |
| 5 | It is a reflection of this fact that there have been cited to your Lordships not only the full range of English authorities , and also authorities from Commonwealth countries and the United States of America , but in addition a number of academic works of considerable importance . |
| 6 | In addition a number of smaller samples is examined in detail since they are expected to show up any differences in perspective as between the police and the Crown Prosecution Service . |
| 7 | Although the 200 soldiers and police officers in the Fort had been supplied with provisions by the Sri Lankan Air Force throughout the siege , conditions had been harsh and in addition a number of soldiers had fallen victim to LTTE snipers . |
| 8 | This information can be accessed by students and staff from their desktop computers ; in addition a number of special , easy to use ‘ Information Points ’ have been set up throughout the campus [ for example in the library , the Cottrell Foyer and the Pathfoot Resource Centre ] . |
| 9 | In social stratification theory and its application in research a number of assumptions made about the role of women serve to guarantee their invisibility . |
| 10 | In December a number of PFLP detainees were released [ see p. 37136 ] , and on Jan. 20 , 1990 , Badran issued a circular to all government departments allowing for the re-employment of any civil servant who had been discharged since the April 1989 riots on the strength of the country 's martial law regulations . |
| 11 | In Scotland a number of health boards and social work departments are having discussions with the housing associations with the intention of providing accommodation for dementia suffers where the building is provided by the housing association . |
| 12 | In Orkney a number of events concerning the operation of the Children 's Hearing system caused great concern . |
| 13 | In drama a number of people agree to abstract from what they know of the ‘ hiding ’ function and to combine that knowledge with what they have understood about a particular ‘ hiding ’ context , say , King Charles and his followers hiding from the Roundheads ( hiders are therefore labelled Cavaliers , and the seekers Roundheads ) and to behave ‘ as if ’ only that function mattered . |
| 14 | ‘ The operation was carried out in Britain a number of years ago but failed and doctors here are unwilling to try it again . ’ |
| 15 | In Europe a number of countries participate in the European Monetary System which attempts to stabilise exchange rates and thereby facilitate trade and investment flows between trading partners . |
| 16 | In Europe a number of other , lower potencies are more often used . |
| 17 | In Notting Hill , for example , there were allegations of assaults by the police , and the planting of drugs , while in Nottingham a number of forced entries into black people 's homes and a series of street searches caused widespread anger . |
| 18 | In hospitals a number of new drugs were being used . |
| 19 | In reality a number of formal principles are employed in deciding on the support for , and recommendation of , schools for inclusion in the project . |
| 20 | In Trieste a number of nations converge — Albanian and Yugoslavian , as well as Italian and Venetian ; here the Scandinavians and the Calvinists and the hard Canadian men of the oil lift the city 's atmosphere out of a local milieu . |
| 21 | Courses were still expected to provide ‘ as balanced an educational experience as possible ’ , and to aim at developing in students a number of abilities : |
| 22 | The result has been that the majority of boards produced today fall under the blanket description of being funboards , although there are in fact a number of different designs . |
| 23 | In fact a number of sociologists have argued that there is no objective way of measuring the functional importance of positions . |
| 24 | From conversations , it appeared that they were not against education per se ; in fact a number of them had left school to go to further education . |
| 25 | There were in fact a number of possible candidate keys , for example , ‘ module-name ’ and ‘ course-name ’ , but we chose the primary key as above . |
| 26 | But it 's obvious from a quick glance that that plan that in fact a number of those settlements are already coalescing in the form of a definition of a one kilometre cordon around the the village and there are actually very few areas outside of the greenbelt in that zone which could possibly accommodate a new settlement of the size we 're contemplating , without causing coalescence . |
| 27 | Basically everything we all agree at the Institute the question of improving the lot of the Third World is the responsibility of Third Worlders , and in fact a number of us would add that in very many cases , certainly not in all , it would not be achieved through slow incremental technical change , but would require in some cases very major social structural changes that in some cases erm will only be brought about very major social upheaval erm and there all we can do is add to perhaps the element of increasing consciousness and awareness of the problems , which furthermore is a two way street , I mean when we have this study activities we learn as much from the people who attend the seminars as we tell them . |
| 28 | But as time went on and techniques advanced , they found that peculiar sorts of molecules turned up , rather unusual ones , things that were n't expected — molecules that are very uncommon on the earth and in fact a number of molecules were discovered in interstellar space before they were discovered in the laboratory . |
| 29 | There we identified and discussed in detail a number of factors critical to the quality and impact of any such course : the clarity and appropriateness of the messages conveyed ; the degree of match between messages as intended and as received ; the appropriateness of the methods used to convey the messages in question . |
| 30 | At least where a right to trial by jury exists , the courts are reluctant ( in cases where national security is not involved ) to allow the Attorney-General to side-step it by approaching the High Court for an injunction to stop the publication or for a declaration that the publication is unlawful : The Voluntary Euthanasia Society published a booklet entitled " A Guide to Self-Deliverance " which discussed the pros and cons of committing suicide and described in detail a number of efficacious methods for so doing . |