Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | I randomly tried a number of careers offices , and I received a fax showing the situation in Derbyshire : Alfreton 56 , Derby 832 , Ilkeston 184 , Long Eaton 105 , Matlock 37 , and Swadlincote 103 . |
| 2 | I still have a number of these in my possession . |
| 3 | I also count a number of trendsetting exhibitions among my achievements , such as : ‘ Tatlin 's Dream ’ ( Russian 1920s Avant-garde art ) ; ‘ Frank Lloyd Wright ’ ; ‘ Vienna Birthplace of Modern Design ’ ; ‘ Apocalypse and Utopia ’ ( major German Expressionist works ) ; and various exhibitions of the work of the Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele . |
| 4 | I also made a number of foreign trips . |
| 5 | I also attended a number of the introductory workshops to which potential recruits are invited . |
| 6 | Er I even visit a number of homes and delivered their sick money . |
| 7 | Artists who had been turned down ca n't expect assistance from a record company which already has a number of signed acts needing help and attention . |
| 8 | Nigel Smith in the introduction to his A Collection of Ranter Writings from the 17th Century — a book offering good evidence of highly individualistic writings which nevertheless share a number of common characteristics — emphasises that the term Ranter was one coined to refer to all those deemed to have extreme opinions . |
| 9 | Together with the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Democratic Movement they formed at the end of June a coalition government ( which also contained a number of unaffiliated ministers ) headed by the outgoing Prime Minister , Marian Calfa . |
| 10 | A considerable amount of detail covering the war years is contained within the 190 pages of this book , which also has a number of illustrations . |
| 11 | The elections , approved by the October referendum [ see p. 37795 ] , were boycotted by the three major opposition parties , who nevertheless had a number of their members standing as independent candidates . |
| 12 | You still have a number of financial commitments , and this appears to be an ideal time to ensure that you are adequately reimbursed for your time and talents . |
| 13 | But the star , who also had a number of bruises , later discharged himself . |
| 14 | The AOI itself also organises a number of seminars and talks on a wide range of topics . |
| 15 | We furthermore constructed a number of devices for easy handling of 32 P ( Fig. 1 ) : |
| 16 | You know we always invite a number of passengers to join us ? ’ |
| 17 | We always get a number of passengers who may be having treatment from their own GP for a particular condition , in which case they 'll bring their own medical notes with them . |
| 18 | We always have a number of our own arrangements on display . |
| 19 | We also observed a number of lessons in library skills , study skills , basic studies and IS which had been identified by staff as " to do with the library " , and the use made of the library at various times of the day ( including lunch-hours ) . |
| 20 | We also get a number of visits at the playgroup , including the local road safety officer who talks to the children . |
| 21 | We also get a number of aircraft and airlines who like to practice on our runway . |
| 22 | During the night we also get a number of organ transplant flights coming in , so it is vital that the airport remains open all the time . |
| 23 | As well as the regular chartered and cargo flights to various foreign and domestic airports , we also take a number of executive fights during the day . |
| 24 | But Willaert is well represented in Musica nova accomodata per cantar et sonar sopra organi et altri strumenti ( Venice , 1540 ) , and we also have a number of his three-part ricercari , notably eight in a collection of Fantasie et rechercari a tre voci accomodate da cantare et sonare per ogni instrumento ( Venice , 1549 ) , in which Rore is also represented . |
| 25 | We also have a number of collectors , one of whom I visited recently to discover a house so piled with neatly catalogued shoe boxes full of cards that I could not see how he and I might successfully get from the front door to the kitchen without a Sherpa . |
| 26 | We also offer a number of larger skippered Swans for worldwide charter . |
| 27 | Rovers suffered from something of a fadeout and we even had a number of home fans who felt inclined to boo . |
| 28 | We briefly describe a number of variations on this idea below , However , while such techniques can be used effectively when programming in an assembler language , it is much more difficult for a compiler to recognize which constructions in a high-level language call for their use . |
| 29 | They also have a number of plastic air powered ornaments which were included in an earlier review . |
| 30 | A Speaker takes charge of the Questions , so when a player lands on a Ballot Box they simply pick a number ( there are 120 questions for 50 , 216 questions for 25 ) and the Speaker asks questions ( giving clues if necessary but making sure no question is asked twice ) . |