The phrase "a number of mandates" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to multiple directives or requirements that need to be followed or implemented.
Example: "The organization has issued a number of mandates to improve workplace safety and efficiency."
Alternatives: "several directives" or "multiple requirements".
A number of mandates have been imposed in recent years by the State Legislature in response to problems or larger social concerns.
The former general abandoned politics in 2012, after a number of mandates in Congress.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has placed a number of mandates on money market funds, including the following: –They can only hold short-term paper rated in the top two categories of creditworthiness.
State government imposes a number of unfunded mandates.
A number of states mandate that contracts save money.
A number of reforms mandated by the federal government in the wake of the corruption scandal have now been completed.
Because all of us have a "fear of death, the desire for commodious living, and the hope that by our industry we might obtain it". But, says Hobbes, that gives rise, if we think about the fact that being in the state of nature is bad for us, to a number of rationally mandated conclusions, of which we examined three.
A number of countries mandate implementation of control measures, including MRSA screening.
Since then, Henderson has emphasised "rebuilding the Bell Pottinger brand", getting the firm "up the league tables", and winning a greater "number of mandates [contracts]".
If the new superparty were to garner a similar number of mandates in the coming elections, or more, it would be able to form a coalition that would be dependent on fewer parties.
Prior Commission Chairs Mary Schapiro, Elisse Walter, and Mary Jo White, and Acting Chairman Michael Piwowar all were charged with an unprecedented number of mandates, and the Commission was highly productive in promulgating rules during their tenures.
