Example sentences of "a [noun sg] of information " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The study of metalwork such as that from Sutton Hoo provides a variety of information about an individual site and the technical competence of the culture which created the artefacts : for example , suggesting the source of materials used , establishing the technology employed to prepare and alloy ( mix ) the metals , and determining how the artefacts were fabricated and decorated . |
| 2 | To perform this task the departments store a variety of information either electronically or in hard copy . |
| 3 | In his book Value-added processes in information systems , Robert Taylor lists 23 criteria which users consciously , or unknowingly , make use of in choosing amongst a variety of information presented [ Taylor ( 1986 ) , p 50 ] : |
| 4 | A major feature of these applications is the extent to which they involve overlays of a variety of information drawn from different sources on a topographic map base . |
| 5 | We had visiting lecturers delivering a variety of information , none of which I can recall . |
| 6 | Concentrate on a particular activity or function that uses a variety of information types , but where it is considered that some improvement is needed . |
| 7 | To help you get the best from your visit , there is a variety of information available — a network of roadside and pedestrian information boards — a series of Tourist Information Centres — specialist information and interpretation centres in areas such as Exmoor . |
| 8 | Thus to the expository lesson , the period of exercise and drill , the set readings from the class textbook , the tests of memory and comprehension , and all the other useful ploys of the good teacher , have now been added sessions when the student is placed in direct confrontation with a variety of information sources , print.form , audio visual and three-dimensional , in small groups or on his own , in a situation which requires his active involvement and which can to a greater or lesser extent be tailored to meet his individual needs . |
| 9 | One of the best known models was constructed by J. Sheth , and this model is described and explained in a simplified form , thus : i ) Information sources : a variety of information sources will be available , ( some of which have already been discussed in detail in this and the previous chapter ) . |
| 10 | Braque sensed , too , that by dismissing the conventional , single viewpoint perspective it was possible to synthesize into the depiction of the head a variety of information ; thus in a three-quarter view the knot of hair at the back of the head is seen clearly , as if from the side . |
| 11 | A variety of information can be recorded and catalogued including contacts , agencies and job applications . |
| 12 | In addition to ‘ in-head ’ knowledge , research botanist 's files and materials hold a variety of information available by personal approaches to them , e.g. : — |
| 13 | They will be encouraged to use a variety of information search and recording techniques and to present their findings in a format of their choice . |
| 14 | The Appendices contain a variety of information on error messages , examples of incident log files , routine specifications in PASCAL , interface specifications in PASCAL and FORTRAN and test programs . |
| 15 | What it can offer will be illustrated in case studies below , but can be summed up as a general information carrier , providing instant access to a variety of information which is more up to date than printed sources an educational service , providing information on new technology , higher education , careers , educational developments and new educational products a gateway service , providing access to remote databases such as ECCTIS ( see below ) a service providing access to other viewdata systems via Bulletin ( W.M. ) , Monitel a mailbox facility , allowing electronic communication between schools and other users and providing contact points for school librarians and teachers a software service providing telesoftware and enabling users to obtain access to software via Prestel Education and Micronet a microviewdata service , allowing users to create their own databases through Prestel |
| 16 | When we 've reached that , we could then think what way forward there is with this er more efficient a provision of information for analyzing it . |
| 17 | Stupid really , because what good can a bit of information like that ever do you ? |
| 18 | It contained quite a bit of information — the position of the police telephones , the infirmaries , the hospitals , fire brigade , fire boxes , and so on . |
| 19 | So if you go back to the sort of where we gave it five or six headings yeah or three to six headings you should be aiming say well I 'll input a bit of information on that side of it and at the end of that little section I 'll build in some practice in participation and the participation can be any of those ones you 've put in there on that list you gave us early on er practical allocations |
| 20 | We just want a bit of information about setting up a computer . |
| 21 | and then we , enable us to go on these and get a bit of information from the . |
| 22 | Anyhow , er this evening very happy to provide a few pictures for you to have a look at , and hopefully with a bit of information . |
| 23 | Fareda , I 'd like to come back to you because you said that you had quite a bit of information from people currently in Kuwait . |
| 24 | if you want a bit of information , if you want to find out what page you 're supposed to be doing your homework from or |
| 25 | Whether we know it or not , we are all familiar with a kind of information called analogue information . |
| 26 | The time consuming nature of searching through a mass of information for one factor is the main drawback of this approach , although the process can now be made more efficient by the use of electronic databases . |
| 27 | Public meetings were organized , MPs lobbied ( including the Bridgwater incumbent , Tom King , himself a former Energy Minister ) , and a mass of information produced to emphasize both the nuclear threat and the local disruption this development would bring to everything from roads to wildlife . |
| 28 | You now have to turn a mass of information into a coherent argument . |
| 29 | For example , the irregular sample surveys conducted by the Forestry Commission ( 1983b ) provide a mass of information on woodland age structure , species composition and ownership as well as the increase in the forested area from 6.2 to 7.3 per cent in England , from 6.8 to 11.6 per cent in Wales , and from 7.2 to 12.6 per cent in Scotland , between 1947 and 1980 . |
| 30 | Theories were valuable not as a guide to research , but as a prop to the young sprig : they were good insofar as they made a mass of information easier to handle and to remember . |