Example sentences of "explain in terms [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is doubtless true that at bottom the behaviour of a motor car is to be explained in terms of interactions between fundamental particles . |
| 2 | The behaviour of a computer can be explained in terms of interactions between semiconductor electronic gates , and the behaviour of these , in turn , is explained by physicists at yet lower levels . |
| 3 | We concluded that the behaviour of a complicated thing should be explained in terms of interactions between its component parts , considered as successive layers of an orderly hierarchy . |
| 4 | If Hume 's argument proves anything , it is just this : that the assumption of identity can not be explained in terms of the conditions under which the empirical things of the common sense world are re-identified ; in particular , it can not be explained in terms of similarities between perceptions and ideas . |
| 5 | First , good generalization from A to B can be readily explained in terms of mediation by the associate . |
| 6 | Such congregations seem more easily explained in terms of opportunities for relating and for sexual behaviour . |
| 7 | The language of urban people , to the extent that it is ‘ modified ’ , is modified vernacular : it can not be adequately explained in terms of modifications to the ‘ standard ’ ( in which many speakers show no interest at all ) . |
| 8 | It has also been found that age effects can be explained in terms of speed of learning of the language , which is much faster the younger the learner . |