Example sentences of "[adj] in [noun pl] [prep] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | where 's the beef ? so , so I 'm dubious about this in terms of quality of nutrition , in terms of choice being offered and I think we need to look a lot more closely at this before we jump into agreement , change or in the system . |
| 2 | Generally speaking , rechunking is done for two main reasons : ( a ) the source text is divided into chunks ( whether sections , paragraphs , sentences , or clauses ) that are either too long or too short in terms of target-language average chunking of similar material ; or ( b ) the nature of the target audience is different in terms of level of specialization , age , etc . |
| 3 | Finally , it is suggested that there has to be a case by case approach to the possible impact of each new hotel because each hotel market is different in terms of numbers of competitors , the location , size and growth of that market , the nature of the new hotel and the range of reactions of existing hotels to the new rival . |
| 4 | The problem is to come up with an analysis and structure which is not only reasonably clear and self-consistent in terms of concepts of knowledge , but which maps on to and helps to explain the curricular structures that are already in place . |
| 5 | We still may not know who gave orders and made guide sketches — and Professor Alexander is extremely cautious in references to heads of workshops and their assistants — but the fact that such marks exist at all will send us all back to gazing into the parchment margins beside initials . |
| 6 | Eva and Esther were prominent in campaigns on behalf of pit brow workers , flower-sellers , and barmaids , but their greatest success was in attracting large numbers of women from the working class to the suffrage movement . |
| 7 | It follows that there can be no question of the ontological claims expressed in existential proposition being explicable in terms of attribution of certain properties to certain items which may or may not possess such properties . |
| 8 | Every emerging pattern was explicable in terms of principles of local association . |
| 9 | The ontological idealist , given his general metaphysical premisses , can at least argue that what we regard as " physical bodies " are really no extra-spiritual entities , for all entities are either spiritual or are explicable in terms of attributes of such entities , and although his position gives rise to all kinds of difficulties , he can , on the whole , present his case a good deal more consistently than a dualist can . |
| 10 | Rivers also flood , and such floods are sometimes very costly in terms of loss of life and destruction of property . |
| 11 | Molars from mustelid assemblages belong to category 5 in terms of degree of damage ( Fig. 3.21 A-C ) , but category 3 or 4 in terms of proportions of teeth digested ( only 29 per cent for all mustelids combined — see Table 3.12 ) . |
| 12 | They were all in positions of heads of department , consequently I got the feeling that the secondary modern staff who could cope with it to a certain extent , withdrew labour . |
| 13 | It appears from this case ( see also Long v Lloyd [ 1958 ] 1 WLR 753 ) that the rules of acceptance are substantially the same as those applicable in cases of breach of condition ( see Chapter 9 ) . |
| 14 | Museums with exhibitions of art from other countries are especially likely to be respectful in commentaries on works of art which have been borrowed . |
| 15 | Molars from mustelid assemblages belong to category 5 in terms of degree of damage ( Fig. 3.21 A-C ) , but category 3 or 4 in terms of proportions of teeth digested ( only 29 per cent for all mustelids combined — see Table 3.12 ) . |
| 16 | While it is right , and of some urgency , to look at the global environment and to be involved in discussions regarding pollution of our oceans , the greenhouse effect , the destruction of rain forests in South America and so on , we should not lose sight of what is primarily the concern of the individual : that is , the local environment . |
| 17 | Some shaikhs saw no conflict of roles when they were themselves involved in disputes with members of their lineage , and used every means at their disposal to win an argument about , say , rights to land . |
| 18 | As part of this review I hope that very soon the reports of our disciplinary and appeal committees will be more informative in terms of details of particular cases . |
| 19 | Now arguments such as that in terms of composition of the sea relative to the composition of crustal rock |
| 20 | Cumberworth township ranked fourth in terms of size of population within the wapentake but only fifteenth in range of occupation . |
| 21 | What would be the impact of the imposition of a minimum hourly wage of £3.40 on the disabled , to whom employment is so important in terms of dignity of life ? |
| 22 | According to a commentary on the report , Northern Ireland Crime Statistics , published by the Northern Ireland Office , the province was the ninth most peaceful in terms of crimes of violence against the person and had the lowest rate in the country for theft . |
| 23 | Jobs will be found in Harrogate as elsewhere , and if we 're thinking of lumping in the B one office use and the other B uses in with the manufacturing , I think it 's fair to say that office uses are going to be far denser in terms of number of jobs per hectare than manufacturing , and therefore the allocations may not seem to be as great as otherwise might have been demanded . |
| 24 | We noted the grim approaches ; incessant traffic noise in narrow streets ; parked vehicles hemming in the pavement ; rubbish dumps on waste land nearby ; the absence of green playing spaces on or near the school sites ; tiny playgrounds ; gaunt looking buildings ; often poor decorative conditions inside ; narrow passages ; dark rooms ; unheated and cramped cloakrooms ; unroofed outside lavatories ; tiny staff rooms ; inadequate storage space with consequent restrictions on teaching materials and therefore methods ; inadequate space for movement and P.E. ; meals in classroom ; art on desks ; music only to the discomfort of others in an echoing building ; non-soundproof partitions between classes ; lack of smaller rooms for group work ; lack of spare room for tuition of small groups ; insufficient display space ; attractive books kept unseen in cupboards for lack of space to lay them out ; no privacy for parents wishing to see the head ; sometimes the head and his secretary sharing the same room ; and , sometimes all around , the ingrained grime of generations . |
| 25 | Complications were marginally more common in patients with features of possible Crohn 's disease : pelvic sepsis 30% ( Crohn 's disease 30% , indeterminate colitis 30% ) v 20% , fistulas 45% ( Crohn 's disease 30% , indeterminate colitis 60% ) v 16% ; , ileal stenosis 40% ( Crohn 's disease 40% , indeterminate colitis 40% ) v 21% , pouchitis 50% ( Crohn 's disease 50% , indeterminate colitis 50% ) v 26% , and small bowel obstruction 25% ( Crohn 's disease 30% , indeterminate colitis 30% ) v 13% . |
| 26 | The distance separating the two assemblages was less than 2 metres , but the down-slope assemblage was 5 to 10 times richer in terms of numbers of specimens , with less than 200 specimens on top of the hill compared with over 1000 down-slope ( Andrews & Evans , 1983 ) . |
| 27 | The head estimates that : overall we must have put something like £2000 into the library in terms of pure cash and obviously almost the equivalent in terms of hours of time given . |
| 28 | We present a case illustrating the particular caution necessary in subjects at risk of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency . |
| 29 | The dead lay in rows under fans of palm and banana , so many dead the survivors had wept that they had been spared . |
| 30 | This is an expression of ‘ cruel , brutal and destructive instincts , which lie dormant in individuals as relics of a primitive epoch ’ . |