The growing numbers and security risks posed by the detainees have prompted a series of changes in their handling.

The jobless numbers prompted immediate action by the Federal Reserve to help the economy.

The high number of yellow and red cards shown also prompted discussion about the referees.

Ordinarily, numbers like those would prompt a fund manager to crow.

An increasing number of commissions prompted him to resign his regular job in order to turn professional as a freelance scriptwriter.

The number of goals a player has already scored, for example, might prompt the programmed announcer to say, "Ah!

The number was close to market expectations, and prompted no reaction in the credit markets.

Mr. Campbell has not said what number would prompt him to call off the hunt.

A number like 2,000, artificial or not, may have prompted news organizations to revisit a story they had been neglecting.

Again, the number 19 prompts me to say that something has gone terribly wrong.