Example sentences of "a number of [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of the usual stonings and demonstrations , a number of Arabs took it upon themselves to launch unprovoked knife attacks on Israeli civilians . |
| 2 | Northern Ireland Electricity has a number of schemes to help you pay for your electricity more easily . |
| 3 | Hindu teachings allow abortion only where a pregnancy constitutes a danger to the mother 's life , Islamic law allows abortion up to as late as 120 days and under Jewish law the foetus is regarded as a subsidiary of the mother and abortion is permitted as long as a number of doctors recommend it . |
| 4 | The reports given can be in a number of formats to help you decide which directory must go . |
| 5 | A number of factors make it a complex task to estimate the degree of success in twenty-five years . |
| 6 | This was the first time I 'd been into a prison and a number of things struck me during the day . |
| 7 | Now , centuries later , it had decided to invite a number of experts to advise it on cosmology . |
| 8 | Erm that was a bad time er a critical time , they did n't know if he were gon na live or die then erm he 's had a number of transfusions to keep him alive but er he 's stable at the moment . |
| 9 | At this point mail may be sent to a number of users requesting they assess the module . |
| 10 | Although it was T U C policy for member unions to refuse government money for ballots , a number of unions defied it . |
| 11 | A number of staff pressed me to make a second , and longer visit in the future , and this I would certainly like to do . |
| 12 | ‘ A number of people asked us if we could save the ponds and we thought we might be able to do more than that . |
| 13 | A number of people told me that the film The Exorcist was positive because ( they thought ) it put the fear of the Devil into people . |
| 14 | It 's apparent from the meeting here that a number of people feel they have a grievance about the theatre and the way it 's run , would it not be an idea for the board on a regular basis to invite users of the theatre to attend . |
| 15 | A number of MPs said they would continue to support Mr Clarke because they were strongly opposed to possible successors from the right wing of the party . |
| 16 | He asked a number of men to tell me what they had seen and found the night before . |
| 17 | This solid , reliable book has a number of features to recommend it as a starting point in the discovery of Picasso , not least the interesting thematic chronological charts which cover topics such as ‘ Stages in the discovery and appropriation of primitivism ’ e.g. ‘ Autumn 1906 , Derain and Matisse return to Paris , each having acquired his first African mask ’ , and ‘ Stages of the revolution in papier colles ’ . |
| 18 | At the Third Reading , the UnderSecretary of State for Scotland , Mr Robert Hughes , laid a number of amendments to make it clear that the Bill was intended to apply to children 's hearings . |
| 19 | You know we always invite a number of passengers to join us ? ’ |