Example sentences of "a number of [n mass] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a number of species in the universe which do n't suffer death as you understand the concept . |
| 2 | One even comes across the occasional flattering remarks in the French press , which shows that there are a number of people in France , and not just Gaullists , who understand the British defence of their parliamentary sovereignty quite well . |
| 3 | During the following few days a number of people in the bus will go down with a cold and will likely blame the poor soul who was suffering on his journey home . |
| 4 | How can we be sure that the topics were put to a number of people in the same way ; that is , were they all responding to the same stimuli ? |
| 5 | ‘ We have interviewed a number of people in connection with this incident , but we would like help from any other witnesses , ’ he said . |
| 6 | This greeting will ring hollow to a number of people in the auction business : 1991 opens on a somewhat shattered world for a number of employees of the two main auctioneers , Sotheby 's and Christies . |
| 7 | The trainers introduced an exercise that I believed was too complicated for a number of people in the group to understand . |
| 8 | And there are quite a number of people in Turkey who do know him , people in his own field . ’ |
| 9 | Is the Minister aware that a number of people in the west midlands and elsewhere who took the opportunity of buying their accommodation now find that their homes have been repossessed as a direct result of Government economic policy ? |
| 10 | the sentencing to death of a number of people in Iraq on charges of spying for Iran and Israel ; |
| 11 | We seem to have a number of people in Scotland who have dropped off the bottom of the matrix list . |
| 12 | The position is , looking at appendix one , and if you take the first triangle , which has got nineteen ninety three , ninety four below it , that 's showing that we started off with no clients , and then by the end of the year we expect to have a number of people in our care , receiving services , to which we have a degree of commitment . |
| 13 | I simply say that on the debates we 've had on the Policing Bill , I 've learnt what the functions of your Noble House is all about and the speech that 's just been made from across the Chamber from me , sums up entirely my views on the matter , and I say to your Lordships House that on the basis of experience as Northern Ireland Secretary when one is a Home Secretary for a province and there 's a number of people in this House who 've had a job to do including the Noble Lord , The Noble Viscount Whitelaw who set the tone of the way we all proceeded , I accept that , the one of the things we had to do there was bring democracy back to policing and the primary force of policing is taking a long time to do and that here as Home Secretary , everything I learned there was , stop the growing centralisation and the weakening of the police authorities and police force and this Bill does exactly that But now one of the questions I 've asked myself and it 's the only point because all the points have been made that I really want to ask the Government is what are these appointees for ? |