Example sentences of "a number of forms [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Since in some building projects it is impossible to define the extent of the work in advance , a number of forms of agreement are available where the contractor is reimbursed his costs for carrying out the work .
2 While there were more opportunities for lesbians and gays to meet one another , to make friendships , to form relationships , to have sex , this attracted a number of forms of hostility .
3 It fits the principles set out by Conrad ( 1980 ) in allowing language stimulation by making available a number of forms of code .
4 Economic change in turn restructures the rest of society , in a dialectical development of social systems from the primitive communism of tribal societies , through a number of forms of class-divided society , to the final goal of advanced communism — a complex , differentiated unity devoid of class conflicts or resource deprivations .
5 The investigation will explore : ways of asking about sensitive issues ; the prevalence of a number of forms of sexual abuse ( for example , incest , rape , involvement in pornography ) ; whether the abuse was reported to anyone ; what coping strategies were used at a time ; and what the impact has been over time .
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