The phrase "a number of practitioner" is not correct in English.
It should be "a number of practitioners." You can use the corrected phrase when referring to multiple professionals in a specific field or practice.
Example: "A number of practitioners attended the conference to discuss the latest developments in their field."
Alternatives: "several practitioners" or "many practitioners."
Callum McCarthy, chairman of the FSA, told the committee: "If we are correct this represents collusion between a number of practitioners in the market.
A number of practitioners of this new style of cooking are mentioned in Lanchester's review, including the chefs David Chang and Grant Achatz, both of whom have been profiled in The New Yorker.
Reflecting the growing acceptance of holistic health care, which advocates treating the whole person instead of an isolated malady, the new center incorporates both Western medicine and alternative methods and has attracted a number of practitioners.
45 46 A major strength in this study is the sample size, which included 62 practices of varying list size and a number of practitioners.
A number of practitioners mentioned the need for unbiased information and expressed concerns regarding the objectivity of the information that was supplied by the manufacturers of those products.
A number of practitioners were invited through different means (Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, project coordinators' peers, scientific events, etc) to participate in the study.
The delivery of the intervention in each centre by a number of practitioners also reduced the possibility that outcomes were a consequence of practitioner influences such as personality, independent of training in the intervention.
The women engaged with a number of practitioners concurrently (see Table 2), with a substantial number of participants consulting with two (48.2%) or three (42.2%) types of conventional maternity carers during their pregnancy.
First of all, this review included studies with different designs: direct prospective recruitment of patients with HZ in health care settings during a defined study period, and retrospective identification through medical files from a number of practitioners.
In line with the recommendations of Prof Munro and the professional capabilities framework developed by the College of Social Work, there have been a number of advanced practitioner posts created, which allows our most skilled and experienced social workers to remain in practice while progressing in their careers.
