Example sentences of "term of [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every historical case of political change or resistance to change has to be analysed , therefore , in terms of a multiplicity of influences , which take on a specific character and significance in particular countries . |
| 2 | Instead it is necessary to think in terms of a bundle of policies translated through design guidelines into the construction of specific physical facilities that allow for a diversity of cycling needs . |
| 3 | However , it is necessary to see the problem , not in terms of a battle between parents and Social Services Departments , but in terms of the welfare of the child , and therefore it is important to assess the new legislation as a means of safeguarding parental contact which is beneficial to the child . |
| 4 | It is true that they frequently spoke in terms of a division between Whigs and Tories , especially in Anne 's reign ; yet there were times when they rejected this language in favour of a distinction between Court and Country parties or even some multi-party formulation . |
| 5 | Corporate objectives may be expressed in terms of a range of criteria , including targets for : |
| 6 | William 's reign remains more problematic ; here scholars are prepared to concede a more significant role to Court–Country tensions , although it seems to be the case that at least from 1696 political strife can be understood essentially in terms of a struggle between Whigs and Tories . |
| 7 | One is that it should incorporate Feynman 's proposal to formulate quantum theory in terms of a sum over histories . |
| 8 | Whilst most secondary schools continue to be organized in terms of a timetable of subjects , the background thinking of teachers has become wider , less conventional and less secure in terms of single subjects . |
| 9 | The patterns could be analysed in terms of a number of factors , such as water , fuel , arable land , pasture , the needs of defence . |
| 10 | First , the drafter must bear in mind that , whilst a set of standard terms is not itself a contract , it is intended to supply the terms of a number of contracts ; it must therefore be capable of withstanding legal scrutiny . |
| 11 | The imperatives of organizations have been discussed in terms of a number of dimensions . |
| 12 | I think what what you 're really saying though , is that it 's probably a mistake to actually look at it in terms of a number of days . |
| 13 | Industrialization provides the backdrop for the study of the subsequent transformation into modern economic classes : the rise of colonialism is explained in terms of a search for markets , and wars in terms of economic competition . |
| 14 | In as much , however , as the cultural forms thereby produced become the external environment through which emerge other groups whose interests are not identical , and indeed may be contrary , to their own , we are faced with the situation described in the discussion of building styles above , where the dominated group is forced to attempt to invest itself in the domain of culture represented by the built environment in terms of a set of objects whose initial meanings are antagonistic to its own interests . |
| 15 | Should , say , the factor ( ) be repeated r times , then in terms of a set of constants B i the expansion is expressible as Restoration to a common denominator and comparison of the coefficients of powers of s in the numerator with those in the original numerator determines the constants B i in equation ( 11.37 ) or A i in equation ( 11.36 ) . |
| 16 | Similarly , it can be described phonologically in terms of a set of sub-scales , in which the potential for lowering and backing will vary in degree for different subsets . |
| 17 | We are now in a position to express our discussion in terms of a set of definitions : Appendix 2 to this chapter explains how the last expression can be used as a basis for illustrating the flow-of-funds accounts , with each of the bracketed expressions representing the various sectors in the economy . |
| 18 | In spite of the power and continuing influence of Skinner 's ideas , it is important that Verbal Behaviour is seen more in terms of a set of claims or predictions , which are illustrated with anecdotal evidence and hypothetical examples , rather than a theory which has been tested against research evidence . |
| 19 | Thus , the traditional survey based on random samples from populations of individuals and the effort to account for what they do in terms of an interaction between attitudes , personality and general background structural factors , implies that we have an adequate understanding of the relative importance of social position , personality and the relationship between the two . |
| 20 | More fundamentally , one could ask whether the problem should be seen in terms of an interaction between nations at all , for in what sense can a nation be a ‘ player ’ ? |
| 21 | In a later elaboration of his perspective , Anderson argues more generally that kin relations must always be understood in terms of the kind of calculations people make , and this should provide the starting-point for any analysis : ‘ if we are to understand variations and patterns of kinship relationships , the only worthwhile approach is to consciously and explicitly investigate the manifold advantages and disadvantages that any actor can obtain from maintaining one relational pattern rather than another ’ ( Anderson , 1972 , p. 226 ) . |
| 22 | The data given in figure 10.2 can be re-expressed in terms of the ratio of men 's hourly pay to women 's , which fell in the mid-1970s from the traditional level , around 1.67 , to 1.45 in 1977 and after . |
| 23 | An alternative method , useful in some cases , is to express frequency in terms of the ratio of occurrences of one category to occurrences of another : for example , the ratio of nouns to adjectives . |
| 24 | * Where spelling is concerned , try to understand your mistakes in terms of the relationship between sounds and letters , and the construction of some words out of suffixes and prefixes . |
| 25 | Research which has investigated performance hierarchies in the school years has generally done so in terms of the performance of groups of learners . |
| 26 | The relative rCBF increase in the phonological short-term memory task compared with the rhyming task was assessed in terms of the interaction between treatments using linear contrasts . |
| 27 | Individual role relationships will tend to be normalized in the calculations which organization agencies make and so management control will be expressed far more in terms of the accountability of individuals . |
| 28 | The study of equilibrium growth paths , on the other hand , takes as given that investment and full employment savings are equal , and proceeds typically by analysing development over time in terms of the behaviour of savings . |
| 29 | Section 5.2 measures the performance of LA in terms of the percentage of words correctly recognised . |
| 30 | I have already discussed the more particular validation of ideas as they bear upon issues in language pedagogy in terms of the evaluation of principles in respect to transfer value . |