Example sentences of "number [prep] [noun pl] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It left her vulnerable to a number of infections which eventually killed her . |
| 2 | The general structure of this unitary grant system was well designed to achieve these purposes , but the detailed arrangements incorporated a number of elements which either detracted somewhat from the equity of the system or added to its complexity . |
| 3 | If that were true , why is the species producing a large number of males who never mate ? |
| 4 | An advocate of the charting device with its versatility for creating personalised knitwear garments , Rita was always surprised by the number of students who never used this accessory . |
| 5 | However , these improvements have drawn attention to a number of shortcomings which also require attention . |
| 6 | The wasp will remember exactly what to do at each burrow , according to its stage in the cycle , and the number of caterpillars it already contains , even though she may not have visited it for several days . |
| 7 | We therefore conclude with a brief examination of a number of studies which either explicitly compare bargaining structures of different countries at a sub-national level , or which seek to identify systematically by means of quantitative methods inter-industry determinants within a single , national industrial relations system — the results of which may then be compared as between countries . |
| 8 | Ever since the Peace People organisation was formed it has run a number of services which still continue today . |
| 9 | Still increasing their number of titles which now stands at 23 , their newest , the Dromore Leader , purchased in October last year and the Castlereagh edition of the Ulster Star , are progressing well and fit in with Morton 's corporate goals , said the group 's senior executive John Morton . |
| 10 | Under it , the cost of software is tied to the number of users who actually use the software rather than an arbitrary number of perceived users . |
| 11 | American car companies now reckon they will use about half the number of suppliers they once did . |
| 12 | But the number of adults who quite clearly used the line as others would use a footpath , was a surprise . |
| 13 | But the number of adults who quite clearly used the line as others would use a footpath , was a surprise . |
| 14 | For a number of reasons they normally fail to reproduce , and are present only for the lifetime of the individual(s) . |
| 15 | In the buildings with a number of storeys they frequently used a different order on each storey , whilst the columns were lined up one above the other and the entablatures acted as string courses . |
| 16 | Emeritus Professor Roger Wilson was one of a number of Quakers who strongly influenced the development of the School of Education . |
| 17 | For a large number of firms it also represents a substantial lost business opportunity . |
| 18 | Erm it is a social gathering and whether people get er , er get rooked er , they get done or whether they get a bargain or whatever happens , they , they seem to enjoy it , but nevertheless it 's done according to whether you want to make money , the person owning the land wants to make a bit of money , there are a number of entrepeneurs who actually arrange and the middleman who actually goes round booking up the sites and so when you 're talking about charity a charity will get it organised for you by an entre , entrepeneur and then there 's the er the er the traders themselves , some of whom may be purely independent , some the , some may be obviously dealing with that ta erm that kind of aspect which is not exactly possibly legal . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ We do n't judge our progress by the results we achieve , rather by the number of players who eventually go on to play for the full Ulster side . |
| 20 | ( This correlation is somewhat inflated by the number of topics which hardly anybody in either group dreamed about- but using only the 15 topics dreamed about by at least half of one of the groups still gives a fairly high correlation of + .63 between the groups . ) |
| 21 | There are a number of issues which still concern me about continuing education for students with disabilities , just as they did when I entered college life — for example , the fear and ignorance that often surrounds this seemingly homogeneous condition known as ‘ disability ’ , and the unmitigated prejudice and stereotyping of people who do not ‘ fit ’ into a mythical category commonly known as ‘ normal ’ . |
| 22 | The result has been a noticeable increase in the number of pilots who suddenly find themselves faced with a situation far beyond their control , usually a situation that they had not even considered at the start of the flight . |
| 23 | Systems consist of a very small number of terms which thus constitute closed sets . |
| 24 | As we saw earlier the successful candidates are those who can muster a quota of votes , the same for all of them however great the disparity in the number of votes they respectively received at the first count . |
| 25 | Also , in contrast to the golden years of the multi-racial , multilingual , multi-ethnic Commonwealth , Poland was unhappy about the number of non-Poles who now resided within its borders . |
| 26 | The existence of a meaning distinction is backed up furthermore by the opinions of a certain number of grammarians who all have more or less similar impressions as to the nature of the semantic contrast here . |
| 27 | In his 1955–56 Annual Report , at the end of a year when insufficient Terminal courses had been provided to use up all available Ministry grant , he commented that ‘ we may find it increasingly difficult to resist a reduction in the number of tutor-organisers we now employ , let alone claim a further appointment , if additional Terminal courses are not successfully organised in both established and new centres ’ . |
| 28 | However , not all plants do this and a number of trees which normally produce straight , stress-carrying boughs can be grafted so as to behave like weeping willows . |
| 29 | While the course organisers were able to operate in this way in a majority of cases , for a small number of courses which either finished early in the year , or employer.based project work was being carried out over the summer months , organisers posted on the questionnaire on behalf of [ MS . |
| 30 | These entries are reminiscent of the leases mentioned in some probate inventories , the wording of which occasionally implies that they were valued on the basis of the number of years they still had to run , calculated perhaps as a proportion of the original fines . |