Example sentences of "[prep] term of [noun pl] and [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think in terms of scales and modes relative to the chordal structure you 're playing over , or do you think more in terms of the overall picture ? |
| 2 | ‘ Yet they are Britain 's safest roads in terms of accidents and access to emergency services , and women should be encouraged to use those roads . ’ |
| 3 | Until recently , it was conventional in sociology to analyse the family in terms of norms and roles , and the relationship of family members to their wider kin network . |
| 4 | Ianthe , who had been thinking in terms of daffodils and lemon barley water , had not seen herself being so practical . |
| 5 | Word focus — This section looks at groups of words which are problematic in terms of sounds and word stress e.g. words ending in -sion , -tion , -ture , and -ous . |
| 6 | It is all too clear from many published accounts of ventures in educational innovation that they have frequently been less successful than was hoped simply because the necessary consequences in terms of processes and support had not ( or could not have ) been foreseen . |
| 7 | Though to think in terms of rewards and punishments was childish . |
| 8 | It claims for all women a far greater potential in terms of powers and skills than any woman has ever demonstrated . |
| 9 | The theory of quantum mechanics is based on an entirely new type of mathematics that no longer describes the real world in terms of particles and waves ; it is only the observations of the world that may be described in those terms . |
| 10 | We measure the region 's troubles in terms of assassinations and war deaths but often forget the toll taken on the living by that everyday acquaintance with fear . |
| 11 | This case provides a commonplace illustration of how the division of labour in an advanced capitalist society can not be grasped in terms of agreements and exchanges between autonomous traders , and so the security craved by such relations of interdependence must be satisfied by the wider conception of contractual obligations envisaged by the interests theory . |
| 12 | The prophylactic programmes outlined above are relatively costly in terms of drugs and labour but are currently the only methods available on farms where the enterprise is heavily dependent on one animal species . |
| 13 | Similarly , although King ( 1985 ) is able to identify some links between the Leeds Chamber of Commerce and the council 's developing economic strategy in the 1970s , they do not develop fully until the 1980s , and the links identified seem to be more of form , in terms of meetings and forums for discussion , rather than of detailed negotiation . |
| 14 | Today we are beginning to acquire an abstract knowledge of development , in terms of gradients and prepatterns and gene-switching . |
| 15 | Time itself becomes inconceivable in terms of clocks and calendars . |
| 16 | The meanings , in this view , are part of the code , for each language organizes its view of reality , in terms of contrasts and structures , in its own way . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Fenella , who had not really been thinking in terms of armies and battles quite so definitely as this . |
| 18 | You are certainly entitled to think in terms of charges and potentials . |
| 19 | One interesting reaction was that in stating , for example , that science should be taught to all pupils in some form or other in the last two years of schooling for 10–20 per cent of the time ( in addition to a broad course up to age 13 years ) , the DES was implicitly committing itself to increased resources , in terms of teachers and facilities . |
| 20 | Controlled clinical studies evaluating somatostatin in acute pancreatitis have not shown statistically significant advantages in terms of complications and mortality , although trends toward fewer complications and better pain relief were observed . |
| 21 | Why is it that European companies do not regard looking after their workers well in terms of hours and wages as destroying competitiveness , but instead see it as a way to obtain good work from their workers ? |
| 22 | After the IPS requirements had been specified during Activity 3 of the FAOR approach , it was employed to forecast the possible effects of the proposed system in terms of benefits and disadvantages ( the latter being referred to disbenefits in the FAOR publication ) . |
| 23 | Although most have gained , half of the total giveaway in terms of benefits and tax reductions has gone to the richest 10 per cent of households . |
| 24 | Status is defined in terms of values and norms . |
| 25 | The number of objectives should be small and they should be acceptable to managers of the business , realistic in terms of resources and timing , firm , measurable and ranked so that any conflicts in implementation may be resolved . |
| 26 | The result has been that a century which has seen so much development in terms of resources and method in historical research , has also seen a recurrent historical scepticism in theology . |
| 27 | Quality became paramount , not just in terms of products and service , but in the physical environment , too . |
| 28 | Much has been said and written as to how exactly the miracle is performed , but it is widely agreed that a relatively stable group of large general electronics companies in Japan did succeed in the 1970S and 1980S in being continuously innovative in terms of products and markets . |
| 29 | The planning so far has taken into account the needs of the strategic company plan and the opportunities for achieving it in terms of products and markets . |
| 30 | Having identified the hazards , risk analysis establishes the level of risk in terms of consequences and likelihood . |