This system lets a student choose from a number of different courses to satisfy a requirement.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

There were a number of pending bills in different legislatures challenging fair employment practices.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

Instead,it tied together a number of different unions and gave them general leadership.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

She lived with a number of different people, and often was mistreated.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

Her daughter was sent to live with a number of different people.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

They were able to choose from a number of different projects.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

Experts offered a number of different reasons for the depression.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

A number of different countries have sent navy patrols to the important sea route, but the immensity of the area targeted by the pirates has limited the effect of these few military ships.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

"So when Medvedev committed himself to the idea of creating a Silicon Valley, and there were a number of parts, different cities in Russia that vied for its location, it was decided to put it in this park.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

And some do it better than others. One measure of success is the five-year survival rate, and the lead author of a new study says that number varied dramatically among the different medical centers doing lung transplants.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

"I'd have to say that equally on both sides of the coin, my successes with regards to my science are the discovery of the genetic basis of a number of different human skin diseases, using very unconventional approaches, which are now approaches in medical textbooks, but at the time, they were very unconventional."

VOA: standard.2010.03.29