Example sentences of "limited number of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only market failure can justify vertical integration , for example where F is one of a limited number of sources of a critical supply , or where the supplier-customer relationship requires trust and secrecy which can not be secured at arm 's length . |
| 2 | Most LEAs are engaging in programmes of governor training , this is often aimed at a limited number of governors on the assumption that this will cascade through to the remainder . |
| 3 | Our Canadian housing business continues to rely on a limited number of sites for its housing activity and Millcroft and Creditview subdivisions were the main sources of that activity in the later months of the year . |
| 4 | There are , in fact only a limited number of sites in the world with sufficient tide range to make such schemes cost effective . |
| 5 | The three dances by Gardano ( tracks 13–15 ) provide further proof of the Sienna organ builder 's skills , and of Marshall 's imaginative use of the apparently limited number of stops at his disposal . |
| 6 | Critical success factors are the limited number of areas in which results , if they are satisfactory , will ensure successful competitive performance . |
| 7 | Some small subsidies are still paid on non-profit-making routes , and companies such as Red Rover Buses of Aylesbury , Buckinghamshire , now operate a limited number of routes in local areas to meet local needs . |
| 8 | But the testers from the Driving Standards Association say they are only a limited number of roads in Henley suitable for three point turns , and there 's nothing they can do to stop instructors give their pupils a pre-test rehearsal . |
| 9 | Both he and Mickey Skinner have a limited number of appearances at Twickenham to look forward to and they will surely be anxious to go out on a high note . |
| 10 | Some of the courses include a limited number of visits to the theatre , and discussion of these productions will be included in the overall schedule . |
| 11 | It is true that there are a limited number of agreements between canoeists and landowners and other groups but these cover less than 0.5% of the total length of rivers in Britain . |
| 12 | It is only small because a very limited number of Conservatives on the back benches are not totally reliable on too many occasions . |
| 13 | Craigievar Castle too has special problems in that it is a tower house and can only take a limited number of visitors at any time . |
| 14 | Under our agreement with Waterloo University , where the accessing software , PAT , was developed , we are able to distribute only a limited number of copies of the tape for research purposes and we have nearly reached our ceiling . |
| 15 | A limited number of copies of the directory for the North West , North East , Midlands and East , South East , South West , Wales and Greater London [ £3.50 each inc p+p ] and for England and Wales as a whole [ £10.00 each inc p+p ] are available from Campaign for Bedsit Rights , 7 Whitechapel Road , London E1 1DU . |
| 16 | In response to your letter of 16 November 1992 , a limited number of copies of the Pentland Hills Regional Park Subject Local Plan are available for sale at a cost of £10 a copy . |
| 17 | Inner London bureaux are normally staffed by a small team of paid advice workers with perhaps one or two volunteers , opening for a limited number of hours to the public , whereas outer London bureaux are staffed largely by volunteers and are open for longer hours . |
| 18 | Multi-stage sampling helps to concentrate the work on a limited number of groups by sampling groups first before the individuals are reached . |
| 19 | WUS provides a limited number of scholarships in the United Kingdom , primarily for South Africans in exile , but it is also prepared to consider emergency applications from inside South Africa . |
| 20 | She reckoned that she could only take on board a limited number of surprises in any given period , and her quota for the year had just been reached . |
| 21 | For the age range 14 and under 17 , prosecution is only possible for a limited number of offences on the authority of a magistrate , and the extended care , protection and control procedure is used in most cases . |
| 22 | In any case , as John Bevan has pointed out , it would have been educationally unsound and probably physically impossible to have attempted , as at one time seemed possible , to concentrate all advanced further education provision in a limited number of institutions within the remit of a grants committee like NAB . |
| 23 | The writers of fabliaux commonly draw attention to themselves by naming themselves , signing their work at beginning or end , and they don a limited number of disguises as their narratorial personae — as in the case of Boivin de Provins described above . |
| 24 | At present the world depends for its platinum on refining copper nickel ores from a limited number of mines in Canada and southern Africa . |
| 25 | The limited number of urns per fabric may reflect , Russell suggest , a number of pottery-making occasions or different potters , perhaps even the maintenance of a clay-pit or different years of pottery-making . |
| 26 | A limited number of periods of contrast will make for brevity ; adequate periods can lead to long themes . |
| 27 | Studies undertaken to observe browsing in the shelf consultation show that the user handles a limited number of items in the process and ultimately selects but a few . |
| 28 | They require special skills for their effective performance and there are a limited number of individuals with the necessary ability to acquire such skills . |
| 29 | Sport becomes relegated to the peripheries , whereas , for many black kids , it retains centrality — not because the other areas are seen as worse risks , but because they are seen as less accessible , they believe there are only a limited number of entrances to the upper reaches of the employment world . |
| 30 | More significant is the fact that they are concentrated in a limited number of types of job . |