Example sentences of "[coord] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( You are rarely able to sample rhythms as often as you would like. ) ( a ) Are your 4 hours of observations made in a single session or a number of sessions ? ( b ) If it is a single session , is this at the same time or at different times each day ? ( c ) If it is at different times , then how do you arrange them ? ( d ) If it is a number of sessions , then how many ? |
| 2 | Inexpensive seed propagators consist of a transparent plastic lid that fits over a normal seed tray or a number of small plastic or expanded polystyrene ‘ cells ’ held in an outer drip tray . |
| 3 | The role of providers , ie directly managed units , self-governing hospitals and private suppliers , is stated to be the delivery of ‘ contracted services within quality and quantity specification to one or a number of clients in return for agreed levels of income ’ ( DoH , 1989f ) . |
| 4 | Premises on a single floor , or a number of floors , in a larger complex may again produce an identity problem for the sub-tenant ; and if the space itself is not flexible that may spell problems for the company wishing to sub-let . |
| 5 | So whether you have a number of blanks or a number of punched holes side by side you 'll get floats . |
| 6 | Data collected by this method are usually in the form of x , y co-ordinates , and are passed into a pattern recogniser , which will aim to produce characters , or a number of candidate characters as output , usually by matching against a database . |
| 7 | OUR reader has listed only some umpiring decisions which may have disappointed Pakistan , without referring to such concerns as Ramprakash 's dismissal in the Edgbaston Test to an equally ‘ dubious faint edge ’ , or a number of slightly questionable lbws against England during the series . |
| 8 | And I I wonder whether we should infer from that whether all staff or a number of staff get a pay cheque |
| 9 | Furthermore , if we take seriously Black 's claim that his specimen metaphor ‘ man is a wolf ’ serves at once to render man wolf-like and to humanize wolves , a reversible metaphor could be imagined at the level of a word , a sentence , or a discourse in which each term was engaged in a metaphoric interaction with one or a number of other terms , organizing them , structuring them and in turn being structured by them . |
| 10 | Such models attempt to clarify the relationships between the variables that influence the buying situation , and may assist the marketer to predict the outcome of change in any one or a number of purchase variables . |
| 11 | The effect of using the Fast Best Fit option on a range is to make every column accommodate the longest entry — be it a label or a number — without any spaces to spare . |
| 12 | For a corporation like Unilever , which has a number of companies in its overall control , the boundary may be defined to include one or a number of these companies . |
| 13 | In a real world where you face managerial decisions and you have to make a decision , you can do one thing or a number of other things , but you ca n't do them all at once , it 's just not possible . |
| 14 | Under such leases , the builder/developer would be responsible for erecting a building or a number of buildings upon a particular site , and detailed provision might be made for the manner of their construction and continuing maintenance , even down to the type of subsequent letting of the buildings which was to be permitted . |
| 15 | Londons could also carry eight 20 lb and eight 8-½ lb practise bombs or a number of flares and/or smoke floats . |
| 16 | The first character of the function name can be an underline ( or a number ) |
| 17 | The first character of a procedure name can be an underline ( or a number ) . |
| 18 | By keying in one or a number of search terms e.g. subject keywords , author or format , the user can broaden or narrow a search without any predesigned classification structure . |
| 19 | In presenting the main commentary , remember that readers will either have the original table before them or a number of tabular extracts presented by you to clarify points of interest . |
| 20 | A parcel or goods , goods or a parcel , or a number of parcels from one address to another |
| 21 | Not even a torrent of verbal abuse from Ron Atkinson , nor a number of disciplinary fines , could jolt him out of his depression . |
| 22 | Not even a torrent of verbal abuse from Ron Atkinson , nor a number of disciplinary fines , could jolt him out of his depression . |
| 23 | neither Judge Sirica nor a number of pressmen at the trial were satisfied by this story . |
| 24 | During the summer months our casual trade has been fairly steady and a number of these casuals are now regular customers . |
| 25 | ‘ In return for a cessation of violence , amnesties have been granted to the Furs and a number of them are to be co-opted onto the Government . |
| 26 | Delahunty 's reports from the burning stand that afternoon won him worldwide acclaim and a number of top international radio and journalistic awards . |
| 27 | We have the old favourites — The Silent Scream and a number of new hits as well . ’ |
| 28 | Although he took his diploma from the Krakow Conservatoire in violin , he studied composition there as well and a number of works , including a symphony ( 1957 ) and a concerto for orchestra ( 1976 ) to his credit . |
| 29 | Mr Major and a number of diplomats joined the Archbishop of Canterbury , Dr Robert Runcie , and Mr McCarthy 's family and friends at the service for Sheila McCarthy , 66 , who died in July . |
| 30 | A huge volume of Ferranti shares has changed hands since they returned to trading just over a week ago and a number of other potential bidders are believed to have built up small stakes . |