Example sentences of "a number of groups [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alun Morgan and Dr Jon Saunders of the department of genetics and microbiology at the University of Liverpool , working with Dr Roger Pickup of the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology , Windermere , form one of a number of groups of scientists developing techniques to spot a GEM . |
| 2 | On the other hand , States may have received representations from a number of groups of individuals whose concerns may conflict , and the traditional theory of State responsibility allows the State to synthesise or ignore those arguments and to present the position that best represents its own interests . |
| 3 | In this and the previous chapter we have discussed a number of groups of computer instructions , oriented to the principal data-types and operations for which the computer is designed . |
| 4 | This supports the results of Pope and Yadav ( 1992 ) that there are a number of groups of arbitrageur , each facing different transactions costs . |
| 5 | Until well into the nineteenth century the nation 's coalminers were not regarded as a race apart , living and working in closely-knit communities dominated by the colliery 's winding gear and huge , ugly muck stacks , but merely as one of a number of groups of village craftsmen and labourers . |
| 6 | They are divided into a number of groups on the basis of details of structure of the individual ‘ boxes ’ that housed the zooids , and the construction of the colony . |
| 7 | Focusing upon the development and activities of a number of groups in contrasting counties , the study pays close attention to their social composition , ideology and role in attempting to ensure that a consensus can develop around the provisions of the Act . |