Sentence examples for a number of shells from inspiring English sources

Soon afterwards Lion was hit by a number of shells in quick succession, but only one of these was serious.

She was one of a number of shell-shocked local residents who came by to see for themselves what had happened to the charity, which was seen as a crucial community resource.

Payments from Sinex were generally made to a number of shell firms -- companies that did no business other than to receive these funds -- with running accounts at the Bank of New York.

The objective of this paper is to evaluate a number of shell elements.

Police said that two handguns were recovered from the Camaro, along with a number of shell casings from shots that were apparently fired during the chase.

The brothers created a number of shell companies to order the drones and ship them to Islamic State's various affiliates across the world.

Damaged by a number of shell hits while off-loading troops on 29 December, she was still able to take 600 wounded when she departed.

Messi and his father were accused of channelling funds through the United Kingdom and Switzerland, to a number of shell companies set up in tax havens of Belize and Uruguary, in order to shield royalties and other licensing income from Spanish income tax which allowed them to avoid paying around €4.165 million.

Beginning in 1915, Bayer set up a number of shell corporations and subsidiaries in the United States, to hedge against the possibility of losing control of its American assets if the U.S. should enter the war and to allow Bayer to enter other markets (e.g., army uniforms).

While the structure and function of a number of shell matrix proteins have recently been characterized [ 7, 10- 17], the regulatory mechanisms that govern these shell-building processes remain largely unknown.

As regards the precise shape of the egg shell, a number of mathematical shell surfaces may be envisaged, and the stress distribution will very much depend on the chosen form.