Example sentences of "term of their [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In comparing oral and literate societies in terms of their education systems , for instance , she represents oral systems as decidedly inferior . |
| 2 | A third of the authors were women , while in terms of their childhood backgrounds , 25 of them were upper class , 21 upper-middle class , 15 lower-middle class , and 84 working class . |
| 3 | Surely all that is required for us to make a start is that there should be sentences whose meaning is more nearly confined to what is immediately available to us , not that there be sentences whose meaning can be completely given in terms of their assent conditions . |
| 4 | While the type of measuring system just discussed responds to the average rectified value of an alternating quantity , it is customary to describe the magnitudes of alternating quantities in terms of their r.m.s. values . |
| 5 | Schools would not , therefore , be allowed to become too small in terms of their pupil numbers : ‘ LEAs see it as necessary to balance allowance for parental choice against the consequences of choice for schools generally . ’ |
| 6 | In terms of their population characteristics , few places can be regarded as microcosms of the nation as a whole . |