Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cray is also introducing a company-wide wage freeze in 1993 ; executive officers will forego 1992 bonuses ; it will defer or eliminate a number of its current activities ; and will consolidate the Rice Lake , Wisconsin manufacturing operations with the Chippewa Falls base . |
| 2 | Forget the idea of spreading material over a period of time or developing a number of different characters . ’ |
| 3 | Conditions may also be imposed to require the caravans to be removed at the end of each season or to require a number of pitches on a site to be reserved for touring caravans . |
| 4 | They may be planned deliberately to give the undergraduate a good general education , for example by sampling or balancing a number of types of knowledge , or they may he planned in terms of an applied , problem focus such as environmental control , or a broad theme such as modern urban society , or in terms of some concept of individual development . |
| 5 | A common situation which creates problems is the use of a single report to identify a large number of failures , or to mix a number of failures in with a variety of suggestions . |
| 6 | A common situation which creates problems is the use of a single report to identify a large number of failures , or to mix a number of failures in with a variety of suggestions . |
| 7 | Fill a small greaseproof piping bag with a little white royal icing and snip a tiny hole in the end , or use a number 1 writing nozzle . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | Whenever a file is opened or saved a number of extra buttons appear in the dialogue box . |
| 10 | He leased or bought a number of buildings along the Bath Road , in towns used as overnight rests by the coaching companies . |
| 11 | The mechanics of map drawing are no longer a constraint or a deterrent to the use of maps for the user can , given a suitable package such as GIMMS , modify and refine his or her map or generate a number of maps without difficulty . |
| 12 | Following the earlier reduction of similar size Amdahl says it has been able to restructure or consolidate a number of operations and the new cuts represent a further streamlining . |
| 13 | Following the earlier reduction of similar size Amdahl says it has been able to restructure or consolidate a number of operations and the new cuts represent a further streamlining . |
| 14 | Comparing two objects , or sequencing a number of objects is an activity that can help to deepen understanding of change and continuity . |
| 15 | THE Thomson Corporation , owner of The Scotsman , is to sell or close a number of its free weekly newspapers in the United Kingdom as part of a restructuring of its worldwide newspaper interests . |
| 16 | ‘ We have reviewed in depth our newspaper operations and have decided to sell or close a number of newspapers in North America and the United Kingdom . |
| 17 | By putting the elements in the radar out-of-step with each other to various degrees , the computer can use the array to make a radar beam that can flit across the sky and track a number of targets almost simultaneously . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Analysts would dispute the ASB 's characterisation of their approach , but it is the unsophisticated user that Mr Bradfield is concerned about : ‘ FRS 3 gives the user a selection of information that lacks coherence and produces a number of meaningless headline figures … normally it will require translation . ’ |
| 22 | The region was established in Roman times , and produces a number of wines that are highly prized by the French . |
| 23 | He attempts to account for the prevalence of the placement model despite its lack of apparent success and offers a number of suggestions for reversing the trend to identify and exclude ever-increasing numbers of pupils as deviant . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | pick a pound and pick a number out . |
| 26 | Such blocks at Ostia were built in the Imperial period and housed a number of people . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |