Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] terms [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Need ’ was redefined in terms of learning difficulties significantly greater than those of the majority of children . |
| 2 | All of this seemed to be well understood until early this century , because it was explained in terms of Newton 's theory of gravitation . |
| 3 | It was dispersed in terms of client groups . |
| 4 | Additionally , the exchange value of the dollar was pegged in terms of gold at the rate of $35 an ounce . |
| 5 | The result removed any lingering doubt on this issue and showed clearly that while the outcome of the Westminster elections was distorted in terms of seats secured by parties by the X-voting system the voting pattern roughly reflected the division in public opinion , ( see page 20 ) . |
| 6 | Information about resources was collected in terms of money spent on training and staff committed to the organization of training , the emphasis being on how far authorities and libraries are committing resources directly . |
| 7 | From the late sixteenth century the size of a domain was expressed in terms of the rice production it could command , and this assessment was made in terms of koku . |
| 8 | The tax obligation of each village was measured in terms of koku , as were the values of the stipends distributed by the daimyo to his followers . |
| 9 | This result was interpreted in terms of meaningfulness ' by Matsumiya , Tagliasco , Lombroso and Goodglass ( 1972 ) who showed in a separate study that inter-hemispheric asymmetry was greatest when subjects had to understand each stimulus word , and minimal when they could ignore the semantic content . |
| 10 | But for the time being the whole field of myth was reinterpreted in terms of Dionysiac pessimism and thereby revitalized , gaining a new weight and significance . |
| 11 | To adopt the Copernican system entailed a rethinking on matters of biblical interpretation , but it also involved a reconsideration of what was meant by terms like corruptibility . |
| 12 | He left home on the word of promise ; he was prepared to sacrifice his son because God said so ; and his trust in God was estimated in terms of relationship to God . |
| 13 | ‘ I got the idea he was not talking in terms of weeks but was talking in terms of days , ’ an FBI agent , Bob Ricks , told reporters . |
| 14 | This was expressed in terms of freedom to do certain things ( refer to hospitals of their choice ; spend money on new staff and equipment ) and freedom from externally determined policies and procedures ( for example , contracts set by the district health authority ) . |
| 15 | His understanding was couched in terms of fire and humidity , wetness and solidification . |
| 16 | These experiments led to theories about how development was controlled in terms of cell and tissue properties , but it was very difficult to link these theories with gene action . |
| 17 | It invited various statutory and voluntary organisations to take part in a co-ordinating committee to study the problem and consider what action was required in terms of publicity , health education and the co-ordination of agency responses . |