Tom birkaç yıl önce öldü.
- Tom died a number of years ago.
Birkaç yolcu yaralandı.
- A number of passengers were injured.
Yaşayanların sayısı ölülerinkinden daha azdı.
- The number of the living was smaller than that of the dead.
Okula geç kalan öğrencilerin sayısı beklediğimden çok daha azdı.
- The number of students who were late for school was much smaller than I had expected.
... production was down 9 percent. Why? Because the president cut in half the number of licenses ...
... in this country. The unemployment, the number of people who are still looking for work, ...