Your book might be great, but is it going to sell big numbers?

The hotel was in business well into the 1950s, before being sold a number of times.

By the mid-1970s a large number of houses were on the market or had already been sold.

Only limited number of this model was sold in Europe and few other countries.

The 1990 model, of which only a small number have been sold, was not affected.

"I sold a number to a foreign man who called all the way to Egypt for $4."

But that is because they sell a huge number of cars there.

It will sell huge numbers, but it's not really our thing.

A number of her pictures were sold during the opening.

Over the next ten years the company closed or sold a number of sites.