Example sentences of "[art] term [noun sg] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The term khalichen is usually reserved for very high quality items made in these dimensions . |
| 2 | Furthermore the term register is sometimes used to refer to any device which holds a group of one or more bits of information , and which is capable of being accessed at electronic speeds : in this book we use it only for storage devices provided for some special purpose ( such as the SAR ) , and do not apply it to a general store location . |
| 3 | The term reference is traditionally used in semantics for the relationship which holds between a word and what it points to in the real world . |
| 4 | The term molality is also used for the composition of solutions ( see chapter 6 ) . |
| 5 | As some of his remarks in the Criterion commentaries made clear , he was not hostile to the idea of Empire , ‘ whatever the Daily Express may say ’ ; and if this should rouse the indignation of anti-imperialists , it should be realized that I am talking about a bygone era , since which the world-scene has been transformed , and the term colonialism is now employed usually in the service of invective . |
| 6 | The term ideology is often used to suggest a distortion , a false picture of reality . |
| 7 | The term conversation is widely used , in a non-technical sense , and people seem capable of distinguishing it from other kinds of talk . |
| 8 | In practice the term function is usually used to indicate the contribution an institution makes to the maintenance and survival of the social system : a major function of the family is the socialization of new members of society . |
| 9 | The term anxiety is often used to describe the emotional reaction of an individual to a stressful event such as entering hospital . |
| 10 | The term issue is normally used when it is possible to show beyond any reasonable doubt that the variations occurred after some of the edition had already been published , so that first and second issues ( and even more ) are recognisable . |
| 11 | While the term essay may refer to a form of highly regarded literary style , the term composition is always limited to the classroom . |
| 12 | But it may imply that the kind of Protestant spirituality , for which the term puritan is commonly used , was not the only catalyst for the expansion of science . |
| 13 | The definition of the term structuralism is best kept to this sort of generality , and the formula proposed by Barthes perhaps provides the best one . |
| 14 | However , in sociology and in everyday use , the term deviance is generally applied to situations where the behaviour is disapproved of and subject to some form of punishment . |
| 15 | Although the term censorship is usually applied to instances of government interference in programme making , Brittan uses it much more broadly to include such structural and institutional constraints as the IBA 's power to withdraw franchises and its right to vet schedules and programmes . |
| 16 | The term fee is usually used to mean a payment that covers the full cost of the service provided . |