Example sentences of "limited number of [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also clear that current merger policy has been somewhat permissive , for while it has been effective in preventing a limited number of individually important mergers , it has had little impact upon the level of merger activity as a whole . |
| 2 | Apart from a very limited number of highly specialist areas of the environment where changes will automatically trigger responses within the enterprise ( e.g. the financial markets , meteorology ) , an enterprise can not respond to changes in its environment unless someone , or some people make(s) a positive effort to transfer information about the changes to the person or persons within the enterprise charged with responding to the changes ( or not , as the case might be ) . |
| 3 | Under the criminal law , he argues , a victim can not , except in a limited number of quite specific circumstances , consent to the commission of an offence against themselves . |
| 4 | Japan 's economic structure has , for the last century , been distinguished by the continuing existence of a limited number of very large producers and a very large number of very small producers . |
| 5 | On the morning of my visit the courts were only dealing with a limited number of very minor matters , mostly drink related . |
| 6 | Moreover , if only a limited number of more senior places are available , very able corporals and subalterns will get tired of waiting for promotion to sergeant and captain respectively , and will be inclined to leave at that stage . |
| 7 | The Richmond Fellowship , for example , provides hostels , run as small communities , which offer a secure environment and an opportunity to regain confidence in social relationships and an enthusiasm for living to a limited number of mentally disturbed adults and young people . |