Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1950s and 60s he took over or formed a number of firms — Sun Resta Ltd , Multi Resta Ltd , Sleepy Valley Ltd etc , and one , Multi Spring Ltd in Mitcham Surrey , which according to its headed note paper are ‘ contractors to HM Government ’ . |
| 2 | Whenever a file is opened or saved a number of extra buttons appear in the dialogue box . |
| 3 | He leased or bought a number of buildings along the Bath Road , in towns used as overnight rests by the coaching companies . |
| 4 | On Nov. 1 , Israeli jets , in three raids , destroyed two bridges linking Nabatiyeh with the Iqlim Al Toufah region and attacked a number of Hezbollah bases in the area . |
| 5 | I took my godson , Dominic Robinson , round my laboratory the other day , which is a physics laboratory , and he enjoyed it immensely and asked a number of questions , and was absolutely intrigued and fascinated by the various bits of wires and plugs and so on like that , and he asked me the sort of questions that I do n't think I would expect sometimes my undergraduates to ask . |
| 6 | I took my godson , Dominic Robinson , round my laboratory the other day , which is a physics laboratory , and he enjoyed it immensely and asked a number of questions , and was absolutely intrigued and fascinated by the various bits of wires and plugs and so on like that , and he asked me the sort of questions that I do n't think I would expect sometimes my undergraduates to ask . |
| 7 | He was forced to withdraw his dissolution , though only after more than two years of controversy , during which time the Council had gone about its business and drafted a number of decrees that restrained the power of the papacy , and laid down reforms throughout the Church . |
| 8 | Such blocks at Ostia were built in the Imperial period and housed a number of people . |
| 9 | He next went to Paris and was persuaded by Bernard de Jussieu to visit London , where he met Sir Hans Sloane and Philip Miller and made a number of drawings in the Physic Garden before proceeding to Holland in 1736 . |
| 10 | The next day Modigliani turned up at Lipchitz 's studio and made a number of preliminary drawings of Lipchitz and his wife with speed and precision . |
| 11 | It was partly in recognition of these tender sprouts of leadership among Russia 's ‘ third estate ’ that during the 1550s Ivan the Terrible drew up a new legal code and made a number of important administrative reforms . |
| 12 | In a statement , the Department said Mrs McGonagle indicated she had obtained a copy of the specimen paper and made a number of photo-copies . |
| 13 | The final report outlined the case against the introduction of a national football membership scheme [ see p. 37158 ] and made a number of specific recommendations for the improvement of safety at sports grounds , including the progressive conversion of stadiums to all-seater accommodation . |
| 14 | Bangor ref Barr booked five players and made a number of decisions during the game that infuriated the home fans and caused puzzled looks in the press box . |
| 15 | It was applied to the birds by the ornithologist William Swainson ( 1789–1855 ) , who wrote extensively and produced a number of well illustrated works . |
| 16 | There is only one proviso ; the programs have been tested and used a number of times , but we can not say with certainty that they are bug free . |
| 17 | It noted that Ealing Council , which , like Hounslow , is Labour-controlled , had made a grant of £50,000 , and listed a number of events : ‘ April 1986 , organised a meeting at Southall Town Hall on the seventh anniversary of Blair Peach 's death , called for full inquiry … |
| 18 | In its Memorandum , circulated at the start of the revision process , the United States Government argued that ‘ Letters rogatory are a useful but scarcely perfect technique for securing evidence from persons abroad ’ and listed a number of limitations of the technique , limitations which were especially important where the two legal systems involved differed in their practice . |
| 19 | He worked very hard , even in the holidays : he threw himself into all the activities of the school and contributed a number of well-received papers to conferences on education . |
| 20 | Finally , he made a calculation , the nature of which eluded Dougal , and scribbled a number on the pad . |
| 21 | He was awarded his BA in 1898 , and during the years between that date and 1903 he worked as a schoolmaster and tried a number of other jobs . |
| 22 | Daily operation was usually carried out by a miller who , like a number of other employees , was actually paid a salary and granted a number of other privileges . |
| 23 | Fortunately , while this project was under discussion , Dean at Leicester Aquatics started using a new supplier of unusual fish , and received a number of interesting species including several Synodontis . |
| 24 | Members of Village community made use of the second and third but not the first social argument against school closure listed on page 35 , and added a number of other way of life arguments of their own . |
| 25 | They might have had one if Bill could have explained his idea because that 's exactly what Harry Nilsson later did with the song , turned it into a big ballad and scored a number one hit with it . |
| 26 | Council confirmed its response to comments and approved a number of amendments . |
| 27 | Edwards has heavily cleaned , prepared and climbed a number of new routes in the area in the last ten years . |
| 28 | She took a cigar box from a cupboard , opened it and displayed a number of sticks of greasepaint . |
| 29 | John Wesley , however , greatly admired Herbert and adapted a number of his poems , usually for the worse , as hymns . |
| 30 | The charges arose out of deals involving arms and technology purchases by the IAF from US defence contractors and raised a number of questions over Israel 's handling of the annual US military grant worth US$1,800 million . |