Example sentences of "[adj] of [art] number of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't be afraid of the number of Options ) |
| 2 | The Enterprise Centre 's ‘ local ’ LEC — LEEL has been supportive of a number of areas of the centre 's activities and sponsored the 1993 Napier Enterprise Lecture . |
| 3 | In some problems we require to obtain x for each of a set of values for p ; e.g. the elements of p may be functions of an independent variable , and we require x for each of a number of values of the variable . |
| 4 | Multiple aptitude batteries are able to provide a measure of the individual 's standing in each of a number of traits , producing a profile on which job decisions can be made . |
| 5 | It was decided instead to select a few films from each of a number of categories ( i.e. types of driving situation ) and thus ensure that within each category there was enough similarity to create sufficient potential distractors for each target . |
| 6 | The three-man commission — League president Gordon McKeag , Bury chairman Terry Robinson and Lincoln chairman John Reames — said in a statement : ‘ Barnet have been found guilty of a number of breaches of Football League regulations , mainly in connection with the keeping of proper books of account and players ' contracts . |
| 7 | Does my hon. Friend agree that one statistic that needs to be found is that of the number of Londoners who would lose if the upper earnings limit on national insurance contributions were to be removed ? |
| 8 | The predominance of a small minority of cases is further illustrated if we use two further measures of the extent of the coverage in addition to the gross number of reports , that of the number of days and the number of pages in which each rape case is featured . |
| 9 | Erm , I am tentatively erm provisionally very hopeful , but I am fearful of a number of things , I three observations in respect , observations in respect of them . |
| 10 | However , the difference , in practice , is that whereas human understanding involves the identification of the most consistent of a number of interpretations , computer recognition usually involves the identification ( and hence elimination ) of the least consistent ones . |
| 11 | If the gym was n't very full you were really conscious of the number of screws ; they 'd be all round the back , all round the perimeter , and there was apparently a spy hole over the basketball net which they watched through . |
| 12 | The 10,576 crowd on Saturday , as subdued as the players , was 7,000 short of the number of tickets Portsmouth have sold for tonight . |
| 13 | No systematic attempt is made at this point to resolve the many doubts about the details of Hocazade 's career , particularly the dates of his various appointments , since his career impinges on those of a number of Muftis and the conflicts are more appropriately discussed in detail where they arise in these contexts . |
| 14 | Also the size of the model is independent of the number of words in the dictionary . |
| 15 | In any learning task , the proportion of cells in each chip which should be set to 1 is likely to be independent of the number of cells in the chip ; so the number of learning cycles will be roughly proportional to the size of a chip . |
| 16 | The resultant " static position error " depends on the external torque , but is independent of the number of steps previously executed ; the position error is non-cumulative . |
| 17 | ‘ The world is so full of a number of things |
| 18 | The world is so full of a number of things that it would be hopeless to try to study every kind of animal or plant . |
| 19 | The difficulty is that the world is so full of a number of things that there are many difficult names to be learnt ; chemistry seems necessarily to involve a rebarbative vocabulary . |
| 20 | As a result , investigators are finding situations where the methane could come from one or more of a number of sources . |
| 21 | THE seller who makes a false statement in connection with the supply of goods can find himself liable in one or more of a number of ways . |
| 22 | The analysis of labour markets is complicated further by the fact that they can be defined by reference to one or more of a number of characteristics . |
| 23 | The term is now used more commonly in a broad sense in which it connotes a looser grouping of individuals , each exercising power and united by one or more of a number of features such as wealth , social origins or pre-eminence in achievement in a particular field . |
| 24 | And it is in no way ashamed of the number of votes received . |
| 25 | Campese , the first of a number of players to sign lucrative contracts to play in Italy , said the Australian Rugby Union has ‘ got to start paying players if they want to tell them when they can and ca n't play . ’ |
| 26 | In the early 1890s , in loyal imitation of the Queen , Gladstone made the first of a number of visits . |
| 27 | In 1976 , Henry Blake published the first of a number of books that showed that he had studied the horse 's mind in depth . |
| 28 | It must have been towards the end of 1920 that Lord Darlington made the first of a number of trips to Berlin himself , and I can remember the profound effect it had on him . |
| 29 | At any age an individual could enter one of a number of states such as university , work or a polytechnic . |
| 30 | Mr Nick Cox , a marina owner and yacht chandler , is one of a number of businessmen who has issued a writ against the authority for damages . |