If you're actually talking to someone who's been through a disastrous number of years, that only means one thing: They survived it.
Many governments are quick to condemn Assad, but a dwindling number of them would celebrate a rebel victory in Damascus.
I wasn't a smart kid in terms of numbers, but, I told them, 'I'm a thoughtful, responsible guy.'
Someone had my number and they started text-stalking me. I've never replied to them. It was tempting to write back, but I resisted.
An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.
Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.
A hero is not know by the number of battles he has won, but rather by the kind of battles he chooses to fight.
Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong.
I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes.
Garbage can provide important details for hackers: names, telephone numbers, a company's internal jargon.
Our numbers have increased in Vietnam because the aggression of others has increased in Vietnam. There is not, and there will not be, a mindless escalation.
Divorce is a 50-50 thing, and it can be a number of petty things that finally drive you out of your mind.
And most countries are now reducing the number of conscripts and increasing the professionals that are available because they're available on short notice.
Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.
Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable.
As can be seen even by this limited number of examples proteins carry out amazingly diverse functions.
With 'Blue Slide Park' I wanted to have a number one album, and I did do it, so I'm not mad at it, but that was its goal.
I could imagine, some number of years from now, starting my own company. But not yet. Not for a while.
Around 1967 Dan Bobrow wrote a program to do algebra problems based on symbols rather than numbers.
During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry.
Rule number one is, make sure that you face the person with hearing loss when you are speaking to them.
