The phrase "a number of something" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to indicate an unspecified quantity of items or people, often implying that the number is more than one.
Example: "A number of students attended the seminar to learn about new research methods."
Alternatives: "several of something" or "many of something".
Uhlmann: "Why wouldn't we [at the ABC] be interested in what is going on in the South Australian energy market when there are a number of signals something is awry?
In the July statement, the company also admitted that it booked revenues immediately from contracts that actually spread out over a number of years, something that runs counter to standard accounting practice.
There could be a number of reasons something didn't go as planned and it's not appropriate to skip a tip.
How this translates to the dance world: Give people something for attending a number of events -- something that is usable and ties your work into their lives, while fortifying their participation in the community.
If they're learning to count, if you have a lot of something, provide a number of them, and say something like: "If (Insert name here) has one book and (Insert other name here) has another book, how many books do they have total?".
A number of upstarts produce something very similar, and arguably more interesting, using raw milk.
In the case of the Lumia, a number of reviewers mentioned something I didn't: the Lumia's processor.
At Santa Rosa Junior College he gained recognition for publicly hacking a number of his professors, something he claimed "earned him a few A grades".
Over the past year, friends and readers have sent me a number of "reports" from something called OkTrends, which offers up data-driven assessments of online behavior, like "The Big Lies People Tell in Online Dating".
Because she sometimes travels for work, "walking up the stairs a number of flights is something to think about when you have luggage," said Ms. Mehra, who works in financial operations.
