The phrase "a number of cable" is not correct in written English.
It should be "a number of cables" to refer to multiple cables.
Example: "We need to purchase a number of cables for the new project."
Alternatives: "several cables" or "multiple cables".
The semicompleted project was later shopped around to a number of cable networks.
A&E operates a number of cable networks, including A&E, Lifetime and the History Channel.
Indeed, a number of cable analysts are turning bullish on the company again.
In a bar with a number of cable executives, he was, as usual, the only black person in the group.
Andrew Susskind, who owns the rights to the shows with his three sisters, wrote to a number of cable networks.
In 1996, @Home, an Internet service provider started by a number of cable companies, charged $40 a month for download speeds up to 5 megabits.
Electrical flying leads (EFLs) is mainly consist of two electrical connectors and a number of cables.
The Bush letter has generated a number of cables from European governments to the State Department expressing concern for the fate of the climate talks.
Details of the training were revealed in a number of cables, released by WikiLeaks, which address the counter-terrorism objectives of the US and UK governments in Bangladesh.
A cable-braced bridge was developed by German engineers at Cologne, Düsseldorf, and elsewhere in the 1950s and '60s; in this form a single tower at the midpoint supports the roadway by means of a number of cables.
When a number of cables popped up on a Lebanese newspaper website, he had several theories involving foreign intelligence agencies, although the newspaper partners thought it more likely that WikiLeaks had sprung a leak.
