Example sentences of "[vb infin] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not yet have a complete consistent theory that unifies general relativity and quantum mechanics , but we do know a number of the features it should have . |
| 2 | If we wanted to hold our address book on the computer , we would need a number of records each holding the name , address , telephone number , etc of one person . |
| 3 | One submission to BACS can initiate a number of payments to beneficiaries who then receive value two working days later , the same day that the company account is debited . |
| 4 | While this book is primarily about the various methods social workers can develop in work with elderly clients and their families it is necessary to first explore a number of major theoretical issues which bear on practice as follows : |
| 5 | LAMDA ( London Academy of Music and Drama ) runs a one-year course for overseas students only , which although not set up as a post-graduate course may include a number of students with extensive university theatre experience as well as some professional experience . |
| 6 | The Book review does include a number of British journals ( but not British newspapers ) . |
| 7 | Illuminative evaluation , in particular , emerged from these projects as a strategy which could include a number of different evaluation methods ( tests , questionnaires , interviews etc ) . |
| 8 | Sponsors will include a number of major Italian companies with Russian connections such as Alitalia , INA , SIP and STET . |
| 9 | they feel confident in using the term ‘ success ’ to describe the experiences of the majority of these families and children and there is little evidence that a group of similarly aged white children growing up with their natural parents would not include a number of children experiencing similar or greater difficulties'. ( pp. 132–3 ) |
| 10 | These might include a number of individual sessions , or a place in an anxiety management group , or even perhaps no further involvement . |
| 11 | The main board will normally be made up of a chief executive , who will hold the office of managing director , or possibly chairman , or both , and will include a number of ‘ heads of department ’ , for example the finance director , personnel director , technical director , and so on . |
| 12 | During the next 12 months we shall continue to promote the case studies and guidelines material , and this will include a number of regional conferences and seminars . |
| 13 | This presentation will be based on the following outline and will include a number of practical demonstrations . |
| 14 | The new council which will be meeting in the Guildhall from next month onwards will include a number of new faces . |
| 15 | The CO2 system would normally include a number of specially designed CO2 snowing horns contained in a stainless steel shroud custom built to suit the tray or box . |
| 16 | We can note with interest that court records which list the instruments of the grand and petit choeur of the Opera orchestra ( Acadèmie Royale de Musique ) , of which Jacques was a member , do not include a number of instruments ( musettes and cromornes ) inventoried above . |
| 17 | Coupon techniques may be used by one producer or supplier as a promotion for its goods or services , or the plan may include a number of different producers ' products under one name . |
| 18 | Everyone at Didcot , myself included , are truly elated about it because we 're in the business of winning , Nigel 's a winner ; if we can provide him with the right technical equipment next year , I 'm sure he 'll win a number of races and indeed his ambition and our objective jointly is to win a driver 's , a world championship driver 's title before he retires . |
| 19 | Why did I buy a number of odd cones of cotton ? |
| 20 | You can buy a number of products which will allow your fish to feed while you are away , including automatic feeders and holiday blocks , but for a normal two week vacation your adult fish will do just fine on what they can find in the tank . |
| 21 | With acid clay , you can enjoy a number of extra-special plants that are harder to maintain elsewhere . |
| 22 | Friday 's meeting , to be held at Walsall 's Bescot stadium , will also discuss a number of changes to League rules . |
| 23 | The 7.30pm meeting , at the village institute , will discuss a number of topics , including home watch schemes . |
| 24 | The Westlakes Research Institute , to be located at the Westlakes Science and Technology Park , Whitehaven , will pursue a number of core activities including epidemiology , bio-safety , molecular biology and environmental issues ranging from pollution prevention to waste disposal . |
| 25 | The letter continues : ‘ It is no secret that a future Labour Government would abolish a number of the tax planning opportunities that currently exist . |
| 26 | The letter said it was time to make tax plans and added : ‘ It is no secret that a future Labour Government would abolish a number of the tax-planning opportunities that currently exist . ’ |
| 27 | This chapter will describe a number of teaching methods and media . |
| 28 | Clients with agoraphobic tendencies will describe a number of situations that they avoid because of the common element of entrapment and distance from a place of safety , i.e. crowded shops , lifts , queues , buses , trains , distance from home , etc . |
| 29 | The seventeenth- and eighteenth-century writers do describe a number of fruit fools , fools made from gooseberries , raspberries , strawberries , redcurrants , apples , mulberries , apricots , even from fresh figs ; but few of these dishes turn out to be the simple cream-enriched purées we know today . |
| 30 | We shall , therefore , introduce a number of alternative formulations . |