Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] areas [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will he further ensure that there is no inflexibility in the criteria , so that British know-how in areas such as local government and social services can also be exported ? |
| 2 | For de Gaulle , however sympathetic to modernization in the abstract , there was a point beyond which resources could not be diverted from the immediate needs of his foreign policy in areas such as Germany and Indochina . |
| 3 | In areas where manufacturers or users were unwilling to pioneer applications , moreover , the Electricity Boards were able to finance demonstration projects , with some success in areas such as off-peak concrete-embedded electric floor heating for new factory , office and housing projects , and novel industrial processes of small scale . |
| 4 | Further openings are to be found in teaching at various levels and , in addition , biologists are well qualified to take up further training in areas such as production management and scientific information services . |
| 5 | I believe there is enough direct evidence on the degree of monopoly power in this country in areas such as coal , postal services and banking to suggest that this is an important problem . |
| 6 | We will require all government departments to take account of the impact on health of their decisions — of crucial importance in areas such as industrial investment , housing , social security and environmental protection . |
| 7 | It also allowed Scotland 's distinct traditions in areas such as education and the law to be protected . |
| 8 | Terms of reference for both investigations will be determined by the purchaser , who will normally want to make separate enquiries in areas such as operations and management . |
| 9 | The emphasis in the degree course is on the design of general-purpose systems , but the same principles underlie special-purpose systems in areas such as communications , graphics and computer-aided design . |
| 10 | In periglacial geomorphology , knowledge of contemporary processes was achieved by investigations of permafrost in Siberia and in Alaska and Canada and of cryonival processes in areas such as Spitsbergen . |
| 11 | In Spain , the policies of the enterprises controlled by the holding company INI have been said to follow those of their private sector counterparts , to the detriment of the national interest in areas such as pricing policy and import controls ( e.g. Tamames 1986 : 177–80 ) . |
| 12 | Four boards were created in 1978 — for in-service , undergraduate initial training postgraduate initial training , and further education , together with a range of specific panels for areas such as educational technology . |
| 13 | Endorsement of this type has the potential of providing a useful service in areas such as student exchanges . |
| 14 | The committee proposed greater provincial control over areas such as regional development , energy , manpower training , tourism , forestry , mining , housing , recreation and urban affairs . |
| 15 | It is also becoming increasingly obvious that the company is needing to meet onerous legal requirements and indeed , our own commitment to better standards in areas such as Health & Safety , Quality Management , environmental matters , transport and training . |
| 16 | During the mid 1960s , in the USA , laws were passed banning racial discrimination in areas such as employment , politics and education . |
| 17 | ‘ We have some important targets in areas such as productivity , personal development and communications style , which we are trying to achieve . |
| 18 | This is compounded by the relatively high level of psychiatric morbidity in areas such as Southwark and by a 11% reduction in NHS funding resulting from a new weighted capitation system , which is diverting money from inner south London to Kent and Sussex . |
| 19 | Some bodies have a responsibility for particular occupational areas , eg the Clothing and Allied Products Industry Training Board , whilst others have a generic remit in areas such as management and training which are important across all sectors . |
| 20 | Such views are reinforced by the neglect of older people in areas such as education and training . |
| 21 | However on the basis of the evidence from the research on the relationship between age and subjects which we have discussed above , it seems likely that non-traditionally qualified students in areas such as science and engineering might be expected to achieve lower levels of success than those in areas such as arts or social sciences . |
| 22 | However , central government expenditure is increasing its share of total spending on areas such as education ( opted-out schools , F.E. colleges and sixth forms centrally funded ) and housing ( grants to housing associations ) . |
| 23 | The UNDP and the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) signed an executing agency agreement in July 1989 , under which the IMF would receive UNDP funding to provide technical assistance to developing countries in areas such as fiscal and monetary policy and the improvement of statistical bases . |
| 24 | Deputies would be free to deal with day-to-day management on an institutional level , and with long-term management in areas such as staffing and staff review , budget and resource control , and community liaison and provision . |
| 25 | Although the discovery of the double helix made it possible to understand how information might be stored in DNA , revolutionary advances in areas such as nucleotide sequencing and computing have been needed before people can contemplate recovering the stored information on a large scale . |
| 26 | The government itself became larger and more concentrated in its operation as it assumed increasing responsibilities in areas such as education and defence . |
| 27 | First-hand involvement in areas such as identifying staffing requirements for the delivery of the curriculum , financial matters relating to capitation , and personnel management issues , have not usually formed part of their educational experience . |
| 28 | The agreement was designed to mark the beginning of a process of consultation on how the principles of self-government could be implemented , including the possibility of greater Indian autonomy in areas such as policing , judicial affairs , education , health care and the use of natural resources . |
| 29 | This system takes advantage of interrelated new technologies in areas such as Very Large Scale Integration ( VLSI ) , computers , digital switching , fibre optics , and opto-electronics in order to integrate within one system the delivery of voice , data , image , and text services . |
| 30 | In 1983 , the two unions finally established a loose ‘ railway federation ’ ( which TSSA declined to join ) , and they subsequently worked in close co-ordination in areas such as the presentation of annual pay claims and a programme of opposition to cuts in services . |