The phrase "a number of ancillary" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to several supplementary or additional items or aspects related to a main subject.
Example: "The project requires a number of ancillary resources to support its implementation."
Alternatives: "several supplementary" or "various additional".
Although a number of ancillary tests have been reported, consensus in the literature is lacking.
In his absence, the two sides reported significant progress on a number of ancillary issues.
Minnesota GUTHRIE THEATER As part of its festival honoring the playwright Tony Kushner, the Guthrie is presenting several theatrical events as well as a number of ancillary programs.
Still, Peter Chernin, chairman of the Fox group of companies, called the announcement "a banner day for the company" because of a number of ancillary benefits.
Ms Thomson said: "We are looking in [London] W1 around Broadcasting House where we still have a number of ancillary properties.
Though few realized it then, "the Pill," as it came to be called, has turned out to have a number of ancillary health benefits as well as some serious side effects.
A thoughtful curator might arrange a speakers' series, special publications, primary school programs, or any number of ancillary projects to help propel such a tour.
Although his search revealed a number of important ancillary contradictions, his focus on the relationship between the means of production, surplus value and alienated labour kept him from unmasking an even deeper paradox at the heart of the system.
And apart from the ring of vehicles, there are a number of whimsical ancillary players on the site to take in.
Effective in 1998, "Stark II" expanded the self-referral ban to a number of additional ancillary health services, and extended the self-referral ban to patients covered by Medicaid (a public insurance program for low income individuals).
A random number of ancillary nodes is distributed in non-overlapped arbitrary areas, A, around the main nodes, according to a homogeneous Poisson point process (PPP) [32].
