Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] systems [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It avoids the psychological pitfalls of some appraisal systems that do not stick to this safe ground for discussion .
2 In some hypertext systems that use the scroll model , such as Guide , chunks are actually inserted within other chunks when the document is displayed on the screen .
3 The point of these examples is not to underestimate the difficulties of social relations and cultural access in these types of cultural technique , but to show , by contrast , the qualitative difference when we come to such material systems as writing .
4 The jury will remain out for a year or two yet on whether the operating system can see off the threat from Microsoft Corp and its Windows NT , but Unix is definitely not winning big in the public relations stakes : the Wall Street Journal dismisses Unix as ‘ a catch-all term for many operating systems that share some features and a common parentage ’ .
5 The jury will remain out for a year or two yet on whether the operating system can see off the threat from Microsoft Corp and its Windows NT , but Unix is definitely not winning big in the public relations stakes : the Wall Street Journal dismisses Unix as ‘ a catch-all term for many operating systems that share some features and a common parentage ’ .
6 Those family systems that possess high potential for cultural development have as one of their necessary components a certain authoritarianism within the parent-child relationship which — on the ideological plane-rules out their close adherence to liberal values .
7 To what extent might companies buy in maintenance from the machinery suppliers ; to what extent might workers become skilled at the repair and maintenance of particular machines rather than skilled at a particular aspect of a machine 's functioning , rather like the situation already obtaining with the repair and maintenance of household equipment such as washing machines , or office equipment such as photocopiers ; and to what extent might companies take over the training of skilled workers , giving them courses specifically suited to the requirements of their own production systems and certificating them within house ?
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