Example sentences of "a number of [noun] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | I 've worked in a number of centres where the fire alarm has been set off by the heat from our lights . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |