Example sentences of "and a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the summer months our casual trade has been fairly steady and a number of these casuals are now regular customers . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | Delahunty 's reports from the burning stand that afternoon won him worldwide acclaim and a number of top international radio and journalistic awards . |
| 4 | We have the old favourites — The Silent Scream and a number of new hits as well . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , the decision to sell Saatchi 's ailing business consultancy division has put additional strains on Saatchi management and a number of senior managers have had to be moved to new positions . |
| 9 | There was some shooting and a number of people lay dead on the church steps . |
| 10 | Also present was the Chairman and a number of members of the Swiss Branch who paraded their Branch Standard . |
| 11 | Monetarism was a particularly controversial policy and a number of colleagues argued for a reversal of strategy , as unemployment increased remorselessly and the government 's popularity in opinion polls and by-elections slumped . |
| 12 | Historians are certain to acknowledge that she dominated the political landscape of the 1980s and a number of her policies will leave a mark in post-Thatcher Britain . |
| 13 | If there are aspects of the science of art that Kemp fails to engage adequately , the scope of this book is nevertheless very impressive and a number of the issues he discusses impinge on my concerns as an historian of science . |
| 14 | Industrially the area is dominated by light engineering and manufacturing in the major industrial estates of Park Royal , part of East Acton , Wembley trading estate , East Lane Wembley and a number of independent factories scattered throughout the borough . |
| 15 | Other attractive features , which help to show the age and history of the house , are two winding back stairs with oak treads , a small amount of panelling , cupboards with a delicate dentil cornice , the pamments ( great clay tiles ) on several of the floors ( now relaid over insulation ) , and a number of the original latticed tripartite windows ( an oriel flanked by two small windows ) . |
| 16 | Sheep graze within view of the house and also a herd of Aberdeen Angus , and a number of horses , some with foals . |
| 17 | MGM , Fox , Warner and RKO made a substantial number of films out of London , many of them spectaculars rather than authentically British productions , and a number of producers like Albert ( ‘ Cubby ’ ) Broccoli and Sam Spiegel moved from America to the UK . |
| 18 | On May 3 , Dai Qing and a number of Chinese intellectuals , marking the 70th anniversary of the May 4 Movement , called on the Party to continue with the liberal reforms and supported the demands of the students . |
| 19 | He described the ‘ indirect link ’ between sugar and a number of serious diseases and drew specific attention to the report 's conclusion that sugar may contribute to excess food consumption and obesity . |
| 20 | Police said a number of suspect devices were found inside a vehicle at a checkpoint in Coalisland , Co Tyrone , and a number of arrests were made . |
| 21 | The SNO 's new home , the Glasgow International Concert Hall , opens in October , and a number of visiting orchestras , including the Berlin Philharmonic , help celebrate with concerts there . |
| 22 | There are spokespeople ( or speakers ) and individuals whose characters and strong views shape the movement : Sara Parkin , who lives in Lyons and is co-secretary of the co-ordinating body which links the European parties ; the Swiss Daniel Brélaz who , in 1979 , became the first Green to be elected to a national parliament ; Petra Kelly , the uncompromising driving force in the Fundi ( fundamentalist ) faction of Die Grünen , whose pragmatic factions , the Realos ( realistic reformers ) and Superrealos , seek to establish working relationships with the mainstream Left ; and a number , not very large number , of others . |
| 23 | In the United States , the strict new Clean Air Bill passed by the senate in April 1990 would cut carbon monoxide emissions by 70 per cent and a number of other gases by 22 per cent . |
| 24 | That year Nestlé — which accounts for a tenth of the Swiss stockmarket — opened its register to overseas investors , and a number of other companies have followed suit . |
| 25 | There were as many Probate Courts as there were dioceses , in addition to the Prerogative Courts of the two Archbishops , and a number of courts in places called Peculiars , places outside a bishop 's jurisdiction , and under a special ecclesiastical jurisdiction of their own . |
| 26 | 1 became convinced that with better management and a number of policy changes we could achieve a better service for the patient . |
| 27 | Also the division had been responsible for organizing 5 cinema meetings and a number of smaller meetings during the campaign weeks . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , equipment from the now disbanded NVA is being sold by public auction , and a number of vehicles have been despatched as part of aid packages to Mozambique and Eritrea . |
| 29 | Throughout the summer of 1971 there were lengthy discussions between Paisley , Boal , and a number of other dissidents within the Unionist Party about the formation of a new unionist party . |
| 30 | When the DUP was being planned in late 1971 , Desmond Boal kept pushing Unionists such as Austin Ardill to join the new party and received assurances from him and a number of others that they would join . |