Converse of object

• increase: The Tories were strongly opposed to increasing the number of people who could vote.

• reduce: There are no plans for Scotland to reduce the number of overall training posts available in August 2007.

• grow: This has been prompted by periodic complaints made by the general public over the growing number of products of unknown source in the market.

• contain: Each qualification contains a number of units from the appropriate National Occupational Standard.

Converse of subject

• divide: Tests of divisibility Or how can we tell if a number can be divided exactly by another number?

Adjective modifier

• large: In addition, a large number our students go on to study higher degrees.

• total: The home page indicates the total number of visitors to the site.

• small: There are a small number of providers in Northern Ireland who offer packages for field sports enthusiasts.

• limited: The University has a limited number of flats suitable for couples or families.

• maximum: For small L the number S of surviving opinions is seen to be slightly below 10, the usual maximum number of opinions.

• significant: A significant number of students who say they are pro-life think abortion should be legal in some circumstances.

Modifies a noun

• plate: Even more telling, the car's number plate is SB 192!

• one: Whether innocent or guilty these families will find their business spread over the papers, becoming public enemy number one.

Noun used with modifier

• telephone: For ordering details please see telephone contact numbers at the bottom.

• phone: Please include your address and phone number although these will not be published.

• reference: All our school records have reference numbers beginning with ESR.

• registration: You can help police by getting a good description of the person and by noting down the registration number of any suspicious vehicles.

• fax: The telephone and fax numbers are as previously advised.

• contact: For ordering details please see telephone contact numbers at the bottom.

Preposition: of

• people: There were no arrests, however a number of people will be reported to the Director of Public Prosecution.