Example sentences of "can number " in BNC.
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| 1 | For short words , the number of candidate strings produced can number in the hundreds , usually number in the thousands for longer words , and can reach millions for words over about twelve letters long . |
| 2 | However we have already seen ( see Appendix B ) that the total number of candidate strings can number in the thousands , so any correction techniques applied to these would reach explosive proportions in terms of time taken and number of additional candidates produced . |
| 3 | And oystercatcher and dunlin can number as many as 40,000 . |
| 4 | So we 're can no we can number them as such . |
| 5 | Among its many literary connections , Bath can number such great figures as Henry Fielding , Fanny Burney , Jane Austen , William Wordsworth , Walter Scott , Charles Dickens — and most famous of all , perhaps , Geoffrey Chaucer and The Wife of Bath 's Tale . ’ |