The phrase "alleged number" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a number that is claimed or asserted but not yet proven or verified.
Example: "The police reported an alleged number of witnesses to the incident, but their statements have not been confirmed."
Alternatives: "supposed number" or "claimed number".
Mr Khyam and Khan are alleged to be linked, through a British middleman, to Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi, the alleged number three in al-Qaeda, who was taken to Guantánamo Bay last week.This is both reassuring and alarming.
The satellite project has now released images of additional mass graves in South Kordofan, bringing the alleged number to a total of eight.
It cannot be logical, so the objection would go, because it has such a huge ledger of ontological commitments: for every concept, its alleged number.
He was asked how he was able to come through with it after failing so many times (the alleged number of attempts was 9,999).
With conceit and deceit, they have, for years, played the committees, the President, the Secretary (TRMS, 5/19/14), our veterans, and we citizens like a violin, much like the alleged number fabricators they now are investigating.
It's not about smoking, soda, trans fat, sugar, salt and whatever else they will think of next (tackle the alleged "number one preventable cause of death" and the next on the list becomes "number one" and "something must be done").
As regards alleged excessive number of Polish Customs officials, Polish Government, on the contrary, consider it at present rather insufficient.
The lawsuit alleged a number of users were misled about their privacy rights on PositiveSingles.com, which advertised itself as a confidential service connecting single adults with STDs.
The lawsuit alleged a number of users were misled about their privacy rights on the site, which advertised itself as a confidential service connecting single adults with sexually transmitted infections.
Four Motel 6 locations in Washington were responsible for turning over the information of more than 9,000 guests, the lawsuit alleged, a number Ferguson's office said it expected to increase significantly as information emerged through the lawsuit.
The members alleged a number of gaps in the local and state investigation, including the lack of any detailed sampling of the air.
