The phrase "a number of fancy" is not correct as it is incomplete and lacks context.
It could be used in a context where you are referring to various elaborate or stylish items or concepts, but it needs to be followed by a noun to be complete.
Example: "There are a number of fancy decorations at the event."
Alternatives: "several elaborate" or "many stylish".
By then, Blinken had come in and was sitting on the floor, a number of fancy tackle boxes open all around him, muttering about how he needed a certain one.
Fine art; membership in a number of fancy clubs; a home in Cornish, N.H., Doveridge (formerly owned by the artist Thomas Dewing [6] and then owned by the celebrated jurist, Judge Learned Hand [7] ), and many other accoutrements of wealth and social standing, as if by taking on the some of the appearance of a real Rockefeller, he could become one.
On set, Justin got to rub shoulders with William Spencer, Andrew Garfield's stunt double, who was dressed in full costume and performed a number of fancy stunts for the starstruck young man.
A number of fancy bands are available to hold glasses in place, but they are expensive and tedious to use.
The article also identifies a number of fancier fictional homes including the Jeffersons' "deluxe apartment in the sky" at 85th Street and Third Avenue).
There were different reasons for it: I loved (and still do) the suspenseful ceremony of the slow, resistant plunge; I'd long-endured a lack of kitchen counter space in my New York City residency and was grateful for the economy of the device; and, finally, I objected to the cost of a daily caffeine fix from any number of fancy cafés.
He appeared with Michael Troy, director of marketing for Starwoods Hotels and Resorts, who awarded him with one million "Starpoints," which he can use toward any number of fancy Hawaiian vacations.
'Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee': Recently nominated with an Emmy, this next chapter in Jerry Seinfeld's public life for the most part delivers exactly what's promised with occasionally interesting interviews with the likes of Louis CK, Stephen Colbert and even Barack Obama with the background flourish of any number of fancy automobiles.
But Izhar Gafni, an amateur cyclist who owns a number of such fancy bikes, wonders whether the original inventors had a point.
Pattaya has a growing number of fancy restaurants, an annual music festival and, perhaps most improbably, regular polo tournaments.
But I wouldn't turn up my nose at a humble lobster roll, either, nor at any number of fancier, saucy preparations.
