Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , there is a recession in a number of countries . |
| 2 | A function of a number . |
| 3 | The time that it takes to perform a search in a system is a function of a number of factors , including the user 's previous experience with the system , aspects of system design and the nature of the search . |
| 4 | He had refused and had been put before a firing-squad with a number of the villagers . |
| 5 | ‘ Lots of reasons , the main one being that he was basically a crook with a number of little operations going at the factory . |
| 6 | I selected this particular variable as a case-study for a number of reasons . |
| 7 | Public policy plays a part in a number of these decisions and a student could be forgiven for confusion at the complexity of the area and the number of legal doctrines used . |
| 8 | To understand this point you should imagine ( or even actually perform ) your pronunciation of a sentence in a number of different ways : for example , if the sentence was ‘ I want to buy a new car ’ and you were to say it in the following ways : ‘ pleading ’ , ‘ angry ’ , ‘ sad ’ , ‘ happy ’ , ‘ proud ’ , it is certain that at least some of your performances will be different from some others , but it is also certain that the technique for analysing and transcribing intonation introduced earlier in the course will be found inadequate to represent the different things you do . |
| 9 | The adjacent farmstead includes a building with a number of fine sixteenth- and seventeenth-century doorways and windows , now used as a barn . |
| 10 | However , he was a writer with a number of plays to his credit , none of them great successes but all worthy of note . |
| 11 | For a start , this is a story of a number of telepathically gifted children who were accidentally killed six years ago . |
| 12 | The letter 's bound to add to press , er add to press for a settlement with a number of Tory M P's expected to bring up the matter at the Party 's Conference at Bournemouth . |
| 13 | The walls were bare except for a photograph of a number of village men standing in front of a house the house . |
| 14 | Since he took up the position in 1987 , closures of geriatric hospitals , partnership with the private sector , nurse regradings , NHS trusts and a review of maternity and acute services , which will cut over 1,000 hospital beds and possibly lead to a closure of a number of hospitals , are among the controversies which have raged . |
| 15 | Before he left he handed Father Barnes a card with a number on it . |
| 16 | where they 're putting forward a recommendation for a number of minor and major building projects within the capital guidelines and those are set out in appendix er appendices five and six . |
| 17 | At the same time , using retaliatory import tariffs and other protective measures , the Dutch government was able to give something of a boost to a number of Dutch industries which had previously been weak or languishing . |
| 18 | Horizontal linkages have been particularly important in Italy , probably more than in any other European country , as a result of a number of factors . |
| 19 | Increased capital mobility was a result of a number of factors . |
| 20 | This is a result of a number of factors such as the much larger proportion of part-time work , the artificial restriction of female overtime by male-dominated trade unions , and social measures against women at work in general . |
| 21 | This will decrease in 1993 , despite production increases in Colombia , as a result of a number of disposals made during the year . |
| 22 | Will my hon. Friend quantify the savings to this country as a result of a number of relevant programmes being run by the Government ? |
| 23 | As a result of a number of miscarriages , we are scrutinising our system of justice . |
| 24 | It is a common strategy , for example , to think of analysing or decomposing a construct into a number of dimensions or variables . |
| 25 | In a drawer by the sink he found a billspike with a number of receipts , and he took these with him . |
| 26 | Zen handed him a key with a number stamped on the shaft . |
| 27 | Thus the inversion maxima and minima along this central axis may be a reflection of a number of separate basement blocks responding in different ways to the stresses created by the inversion drive mechanism ( a combination of compression and strike-slip movement ) . |
| 28 | I had found myself , because of my views , in a lobby with a number of unlikely bedfellows . |
| 29 | Development of these is now underway and it is anticipated that a range in a number of occupational sectors will be available for introduction in September 1992 . |
| 30 | The resolution to this conflict would seem to imply a reappraisal of a number of established assumptions about women , children , and men , and their activities in families , workplaces and homes . |