Sentence examples for laid a number from inspiring English sources

Insurgents had also laid a number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in advance of the troops' arrival, often marked rather obviously by piles of rocks as a warning to local people.

Ivanhoe reverted to her minelaying role during the Norwegian Campaign in April 1940 and then laid a number of minefields off the Dutch coast during the Battle of the Netherlands in May.

Over the years he laid a number of cornerstones that shaped the field.

This has laid a number of research studies related to life style, environmental and nutritional factors in an attempt to ameliorate its burden.

If she is first to the pupa she lays a number of eggs, with mostly females (about 91.3%) and some males (about 8.7%).

When Becket tried to leave the country without permission, Henry attempted to ruin him by laying a number of suits relating to Becket's time as chancellor.

Sudan's Army said that South Sudanese soldiers had laid a large number of land mines in the area, after which clashes broke out between residents and armed groups that are part of the South's Army.

That's a sign that unlike modern birds, early birds probably laid a large number of relatively small eggs in a single clutch, Brusatte says.

Of course, this doesn't happen every time I try to get laid; a good number of guys are still fine with using condoms.

In contrast, to ensure that females laid an adequate number of eggs to reliably calculate oviposition preference indexes, eggs were counted after the flies laid eggs overnight.

The number of eggs laid by Spiroplasma-infected mated flies over a 14-day period was similar to Spiroplasma-uninfected mated flies, however, Spiroplasma-infected mated flies laid an increased number of eggs in the first 2 days post-eclosion.