Example sentences of "number of [noun] [conj] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Branson had drawn up what was to become known as the ‘ Million List ’ — the number of things that had to be taken care of in the next three months before the airline could fly . |
| 2 | Hearst published a number of newspapers and had refused to bargain collectively with a union representing newsboys who distributed the papers on the streets . |
| 3 | On climate change [ see also p. 37291 ] , Resolution 44/207 recalled an earlier resolution ( 43/53 — see p. 36778 ) and noted the number of conferences that had been held on this issue in 1989 . |
| 4 | These contained a number of allegations that had never been raised with her at all . |
| 5 | Now , in Dodds v Walker [ 1981 ] 2 All ER 609 , the House of Lords , no less , decided that in calculating the period of a month or a specified number of months that had elapsed after the occurrence of a specified event such as the giving of a notice or suchlike , the general rule was that the period ended on the corresponding date in the appropriate subsequent month , irrespective of whether some months were longer than others . |
| 6 | At the entrance to the Hall was a superb display of photographs and a number of items that had survived the raids . |
| 7 | When Friends of the Earth researched the tapwater survey of England and Wales run in the Observer in 1989 , they found that lead exceeded the legal limit in a far larger and more widely distributed number of supplies than had previously been supposed . |
| 8 | He had been landlord of the village inn for a number of years and had developed the publicans ' inborn instinct for recognising potential trouble . |