Example sentences of "[conj] for a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that case , one way of inflicting a loss of profit in retaliation for reneging on the agreement would be to revert to the NE of the one-shot game , either permanently or for a number of periods sufficient to wipe out the gains from reneging , if that is possible . |
| 2 | However , it is known that for a number of avionic items removed there are a varying number of components which are subsequently diagnosed as ‘ no fault found ’ . |
| 3 | On the one hand , the antisemitism of ‘ anti-immigrant ’ fascist parties might be seen as an anachronism , arising from the fact that for a number of years such parties were led by a generation who were raised in conditions of widespread antisemitism . |
| 4 | That must be extremely dubious , considering that for a number of years the payments were made under protest . |
| 5 | ‘ The peasant economy can be defined quite simply as that Form of farm production ( and associated activities ) in which the producer and his family till the land themselves , generally utilising their own means of production ( tools and instruments ) , with the object of directly satisfying their basic needs , although for a number of reasons they may find themselves required to sell a part of their produce on the market in order to obtain goods which they do not produce . |
| 6 | We have already mentioned Equity , and for a number of reasons the entire question of how to enter the actors ' union needs discussion at this point . |
| 7 | Secondly , there is distortion introduced in the power amplifier following conversion since unavoidable rise and fall times of the output power stage introduce non-linearity if they are not equal which , in practice and for a number of reasons , they will not be . |
| 8 | Providing the necessary care is obviously problematic — and for a number of very different kinds of reason . |
| 9 | Robert 's birthday is in June , and for a number of years , his birthday treat was for all the family to go to Cambridge on the bus , to go punting on the Cam , and then to have a strawberry and cream tea . |
| 10 | And for a number of reasons not just one . |
| 11 | And for a number of reasons … |
| 12 | And for a number of reasons Lisa 's moral support would have been welcome . |
| 13 | If it is thought that it means that any decision should be taken at the lowest possible level , that unfortunately makes me believe that the concept is not all that it is cracked up to be , and for a number of reasons . |
| 14 | Voting was also held for all State Assembly seats in Haryana and West Bengal and for a number of State Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh . |
| 15 | For a radical social theorist such as Sahlins ( and for a number of feminists ) sociobiology is no more than a means of justifying the status quo as inevitable and ‘ natural ’ . |
| 16 | Arnold Denney , of Trumpet Terrace , Cleator , who has worked on the production line for 42 years as either a machine knotter or twister and for a number of years has been a foreman . |
| 17 | Courses are also given to students reading for the degree in Human Sciences , and for a number of postgraduate degrees in area studies . |
| 18 | And for a number of reasons we we felt that this was n't appropriate er primarily because it 's it 's an inflexible approach . |
| 19 | Stephen of Blois , the son of William I youngest daughter , was favoured by the Barons and was crowned King of England by the end of 1133 , but for a number of years he was imprisoned by the Barons during civil war . |
| 20 | The city of Kaohsiung , the third largest container port in the world after Rotterdam and Hong Kong , is an important production base not only for Yamaha , but for a number of other multinational corporations , including Philips , Brother and Panasonic . |
| 21 | I had acquired his confidence , which I believe I still retain , but for a number of reasons which were quasi-political we drifted apart towards the end of his second premiership , and although we have remained on friendly terms , the intimacy has long vanished . |
| 22 | The logic of the inhibitor approach is obvious , but for a number of years I was reluctant to get involved in doing such experiments , as it was n't clear to me that using broad spectrum inhibitors such as those for protein synthesis would tell me anything precise about the biochemical processes I was trying to unpick . |
| 23 | Dealings have to be in specified multiples : in the case of the 12% Halifax PIBS and 13.625% Leeds Permanent the dealing multiple is £50,000 ; Bradford & Bingley 's 11.625% and 13% PIBS have £10,000 as the multiple , while for a number — such as Britannia 13% , North of England 12.625% and Coventry 12.125% — the multiple is only £1,000 . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ They might have suspected me , I suppose , but for a number of lucky circumstances . |
| 25 | Wilkinson , who might have been sporting a more cheerful expression this morning but for a number of glaring misses by Eric Cantona , said : ‘ Whipping the people responsible is not the answer . |