Example sentences of "terms at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | FERRANTI was warned in strong terms at the time of the takeover two years ago of the dangers of buying International Signal and Control . |
| 2 | The employee top 10 features those companies which are expanding fastest , and it says something for the performance of WPP that it has managed to perform well in eps and return on capital terms at the same time as it has achieved that expansion . |
| 3 | As for the list 's members , who serve terms at the pleasure of the President , many have not been asked back . |
| 4 | The implication of this strong argument is that it may become cheaper in straightforward labour cost terms at the level of the economy to pay some people to stay at home while automated machinery produces the goods and services . |
| 5 | In this way , the criminal law is used to ensure that the society is a fair and just one , according to the prevailing view of those terms at the time . |
| 6 | The process works ( sometimes ) because the immune system can cope with small numbers of viruses , although this was unknown in immunological terms at the time . |
| 7 | Later we shall consider three different theoretical frameworks which attempt to identify the motor-force of changes in the world economy and of nations within it , but first we shall look in general terms at the historical characteristics of the international economic system in which Britain operates . |
| 8 | A number of American students spend from one to three terms at the Polytechnic , sometimes as part of institutional exchange arrangements , sometimes on individual initiative . |
| 9 | It is possible that for all its lofty consequences , Nietzsche 's willingness to expose himself to Meistersinger in the first place arose out of nothing loftier than social contacts : the coincidence that a sister of Wagner 's living in Leipzig was friendly with Professor Ritschl and his wife , with whom Nietzsche was on excellent terms at the time . |
| 10 | Situations where subdivisions might have had some utility are served by the coordination of index terms at the search stage ( see 17.2 ) . |
| 11 | Adjusted to take account of interest paid , net investment income in sterling terms at the full year was up from $389.1m to $464.8m — a growth rate in original currencies of 6.0% , partly reflecting the benefits derived from the issue of $140m of preference capital in September last year . |
| 12 | It is not possible to come to a firm conclusion about this project in financial terms at the moment . |
| 13 | But if selection is to take place , it seems reasonable to attempt to do so on the basis of what an organisation saw as important in its own terms at the time , rather than attempting to apply current research criteria to the process . |
| 14 | So , after a very busy two more terms at the Royal College in which I gave my first recital , and also had a chance of playing the Beethoven Concerto No. 4 in G major at one of the Patron 's Fund Concerts with Adrian Boult as conductor , I left the College and came up to Oxford in October 1924 . |
| 15 | The second point at issue is that while Sir Bryan wants independent financial advisers to disclose their commissions in hard-cash terms at the point of sale , he rejects the case for similar hard disclosure by tied agents because ‘ the costs would probably outweigh the usefulness ’ . |