The archipelago is popular with anglers and a number of charter boat operators head there.

A number of them - particularly Chinese students - have cut short their studies and headed home, fellow students said.

Large numbers headed for the towns in the hope of a better life.

The number of people seeking jobs has declined over the last two years and is heading lower as the economy hums along, he said.

The clustered red and blue numbers were out in the water, now aboard their boat, heading southwest.

No number we could have proposed would have, I think, headed that off.

He saw that it was early for dinner, yet a fair number of people were heading the same way he was.

That a number of people head to work in the areas of commercial and industrial.

Large numbers of African Americans left the cotton fields and headed for the cities.

I took down a few reference numbers from a noticeboard headed 'Cleaning' and then waited for my turn.