The phrase "a number of tight" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe a quantity of something that is tight, but it lacks context and clarity.
Example: "There are a number of tight deadlines approaching this week."
Alternatives: "several tight" or "a few tight".
Those hands got him into a number of tight spots.
After a slow start for the Tigers in which Jordan Laster '17 lost despite escaping a number of tight situations, Adam Krop '15 brought the crowd to its feet, pinning his opponent in an overpowering display at 141 lbs.
Their three-guard alignment has taxed even the toughest competition, and the Warriors have gone to that lineup in winning a number of tight games against elite teams, notably the Heat and the Spurs.
Ansari's full-hour show at the new Zoofest fringe festival impressed with a number of tight routines that owed a lot to Chris Rock, someone the Asian comic admits to being a keen student of.
ORLANDO, Fla .— Seeking any advantage in their effort to retain control of Congress, Democrats are working behind the scenes in a number of tight races to bolster long-shot third-party candidates who have platforms at odds with the Democratic agenda but hold the promise of siphoning Republican votes.
Subsequently, a number of tight networks are constructed by reducing pore radius, throat radius and coordination number (connectivity) of the Berea sand network.
"It's £15.50 when you buy by the case," said my host, "and it tastes like a wine that costs twice the price". It was then I realised that understatement can have a more generous, convivial and bountiful effect than putting any number of tight little bottles with their expensive labels on display.
It involved any number of tight squeezes, free climbs, and traverses through fissures with mud-covered hallways with the 40 of food and gear each of them were carrying.
It involved any number of tight squeezes, free climbs, and traverses through fissures with mud-covered hallways with the 18 kilograms of food and gear each of them were carrying.
Without the point he somehow salvaged by raking in a series of ludicrous putts and clacking a number of approaches tight to the pin, Europe would have been jiggered from the get-go.
Highlighting another area of difference with the administration last week, she organized a group of Democratic senators--a number of them in tight reelection races--to send a letter to Obama urging him to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline and to announce a decision by May 31.
