Example sentences of "number of [noun] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dock strike failed because the transport workers did not have the strength to defend the labour monopoly enjoyed by registered dockers in a number of ports once the Government removed its statutory underpinning . |
| 2 | In the small number of institutions where the DipHE was established and survived there was both strong commitment and , at least initially , interest by schools , further education colleges and the press . |
| 3 | The passing of the Occupiers ' Liability Act 1984 means that there should now be an insignificant number of cases where the court is asked to find implied permission . |
| 4 | There are also a number of cases where the Commission has held that the banning of meetings and procession for a restricted period because of fears for public safety , such bans being under the democratic laws of a State , were not in contravention of the Convention . |
| 5 | We have encountered a number of difficulties where the calculation of the scheme charge is certainly not what the customer expects to see on his bill . ’ |
| 6 | New ventures : LASMO is investigating new venture possibilities in a number of countries where the Company already has a presence , as well as countries in which LASMO is not presently represented , included the CIS . |
| 7 | Diversion — bringing up any number of reasons why the treatment of the individual sufferer , or consideration of the secondary effects upon the family , is not the prime problem requiring consideration at this particular time . |
| 8 | The atlas vertebra is distinctly more massive in the male ( Boyd & Trevor , 1953 ) with a number of dimensions particularly the breadth , greater than in the female . |
| 9 | The number of surfaces where the test applies is extremely limited and includes : |
| 10 | The number of families where the head of household faced an implicit marginal tax rate greater than 70% in fact doubled after 1988 to over half a million . |
| 11 | If the acceleration of a system occurs over a small number of steps then the phase excitation timings can be generated by digital integrated circuits . |
| 12 | There are a large number of organisations where the converse is true : it is not possible to find much talent and they do not occupy the time and effort of executive searchers . |
| 13 | To that general principle , however , there would seem to be a number of exceptions where the court will not simply accept the verdict of the solicitors as expressed in their own agreement . |
| 14 | ‘ I have viewed a number of plants where the inception of computer equipment is viewed as a way to further de-skill the worker , and thereby lower his wage , ’ Melman added . |
| 15 | Ideally one could construct a model of the fossil to test out these various functions in experiments , but the number of examples where the analysis has been pursued this far are limited . |
| 16 | Now is it not they 'll ask you , reasonable to recycle some of those savings and surely regain the into the provision of those ten fire officers that the service so badly needs for a number of years now the Fire Inspector 's report has identified the confidence levels as we in our service . |
| 17 | The number of occasions when the Bank has had to intervene in the last 18 months to prop up sterling inside the ERM has been small . |
| 18 | I 've worked in a number of centres where the fire alarm has been set off by the heat from our lights . |