Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [prep] a particular [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Controlled indexing languages or assigned-term systems are indexing languages in which a person both controls the terms that are used to represent subjects and executes the process whereby terms are assigned to a particular document . |
| 2 | Firstly the scientific ideas are altered in a particular way by their transmission . |
| 3 | Through a ‘ total cost approach , ’ all aspects of the appication of quality principles in the procurement process are examined with a particular bias towards the engineering environment . |
| 4 | standing committees which are formed for a particular purpose on a permanent basis . |
| 5 | The relation is required because information will be lost by not including it , that is , the modules which are included in a particular course and the courses which include specific modules . |
| 6 | The other is that even if subsidiaries of large companies are attracted to a particular region , and the company decides to develop innovations in that location , there is always the possibility that the firm ( likely to be a multinational corporation ) will relocate its plant , or switch manufacturing to other plants , and the local/regional authority will be powerless to intervene . |
| 7 | It is also possible to envisage successful record of achievement schemes where these are confined to a particular course such as the CPVE or some of the other externally accredited vocational courses . |
| 8 | Some families choose particular village locations because multiple-car ownership eases their problems of accessibility ; others make the choice or are constrained to a particular area for economic reasons even though the ownership of just one car may cause difficulties for some members of the family ; yet other households may be constrained even to particular houses in particular locations . |
| 9 | To harmonise a scale ( ie. build the chords that are contained in a particular key ) , we stack up thirds on each degree of the scale using only the notes found in that particular key . |
| 10 | The Judicial Statistics contain a statement of the average amount at which bills are taxed in a particular year . |
| 11 | Most products are made for a particular customer or to a particular order . |
| 12 | ( iii ) A style is defined in terms of a domain of language use ( eg what choices are made by a particular author , in a particular genre , or in a particular text ) . |
| 13 | However , because of the potential for error if the wrong terms are used in a particular transaction , it is probably better to have only one set of terms , and draft in appropriate provisions to allow them to be used for both consumer and business transactions , unless the client can keep its consumer and other business wholly separate . |
| 14 | There are about 50 known neurotransmitters , each of which are used by a particular set of neurones . |
| 15 | While Oakeshott addresses basic questions concerning politics , government , and law , these are rooted in a particular theory of knowledge and human conduct . |
| 16 | In many cases , it is important that such people are persuaded to a particular point of view which is to their benefit or that of the community as a whole . |
| 17 | As we shall see later , a number of school and teacher self-evaluation schemes are prescriptive in that they are premised on a particular view of the competent professional ( and/or institution ) . |
| 18 | Interests theories justify a redistribution of wealth and , like choice theories , they are premised upon a particular conception of the market order . |
| 19 | Given the basic similarity of human sexuality at birth , and the bisexual nature of human beings , Freud sought to account for the way in which men and women are produced in a particular society — namely , middle-class Europe and America in the early twentieth century . |
| 20 | Thirdly , there are insurmountable difficulties in ensuring equal opportunities for all pupils , regardless of gender , or socio-economic and cultural background , because all assessment tasks are bound within a particular context and culture which will inevitably favour some pupils to the detriment of others . |
| 21 | The FSA has made a distinction between those who are independent intermediaries and those who are tied to a particular company . |
| 22 | This is rather like the American system of presidential elections except that in the American system , the people who are voted for are tied to a particular candidate , so it 's really just erm a convoluted way of having a direct system rather than a genuinely indirect system here . |
| 23 | Currently , SNA applications for Windows are tied to a particular vendor 's implementation of the SNA interface . |
| 24 | You may see them dimpling the surface and if they are concentrated along a particular section this must obviously be worthy of attention . |
| 25 | With index-linked or indexed bonds , the coupon and principal are linked to a particular index , such as the retail price index ( RPI ) , a commodity price index ( e.g. oil ) or a stock market index . |
| 26 | Consequently , it is not easy to perceive what characteristics are inherited from a particular parent and which characteristics are copied or learnt . |
| 27 | These cells are tuned to a particular wavelength and will only respond when that wavelength alone is present . |
| 28 | The " principles " of the NHS are equated with a particular set of institutional arrangements which , like a sanctified ancient monument , can not be touched but continue to crumble away under the onslaught of wind and weather . |
| 29 | We should rather refer to economic processes which are constituted in a particular place , which of course does not make them local . |
| 30 | A well-designed communication structure can do much to minimize this by recognizing the fact that words do not have specific meanings until they are defined for a particular purpose . |