Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Chapter 4 looks at how physics students and staff construct the subject ‘ physics ’ , and at the way in which this affects , and is affected by , their ideas about humanities disciplines .
2 For reasons Griffin & Sabine ( Macmillan , £12.99 ) can not fathom , she has second sight .
3 to develop the belief among both users and , ideally , non-users that the brand is technically superior to competitors for reasons A , B or C ;
4 ‘ By the time the weary reader has plodded that far , it will be clear even to the uninitiated that writing this book was a labour of hate — for reasons reviewers can not be expected to discern and which are in any case of small interest .
5 But , for reasons John Bradley does not quite make clear , Moscow also gambles on a wider war by invading West Germany .
6 Ingredients for products McDonald 's might have on trial are not included .
7 Misery for Giants hero
8 Max Dobres uses examples of command driven data management software being used for personnel systems to demonstrate the power users should expect from well designed software .
9 The requirements from such companies for personnel systems varied from our own in both data input requirements and output reports .
10 He 's not that intolerant that he does n't recognize the need for personnel records , legal contracts and key reports to be filed away .
11 Since the information stored is likely to differ from one employee to another , several relational database management systems for personnel records have been developed on micros exclusively for use in personnel applications .
12 The workers could also veto ( in effect , nominate ) the labour director , responsible broadly for personnel questions .
13 Balancing the dissemination of personnel skills and techniques will be the need for personnel professionals to develop a more detailed awareness of the needs , activities and challenges facing all parts of the organisation .
14 Lore went as a receptionist to an army hospital in Abergele and then was posted to Canterbury , where she worked for Personnel Selection .
15 Can the use of psychological tests for personnel selection find you the right person for the job ? of The Psychological Corporation Ltd looks at the history of ability and personality tests and compares their predictive validity and cost effectiveness with more traditional types of assessment .
16 Tests in use today for personnel selection include both multiple aptitude batteries like the Differential Aptitude test which provides the kind of profile described above , and specific aptitude tests like the General Clerical Test which concentrates on one group of skills .
17 The findings led to a widespread belief that psychological tests were situation specific and therefore limited in their usefulness for personnel selection .
18 However , although the results of validity generalisation studies are impressive and constitute a strong argument in favour of using ability tests for personnel selection , it has yet to be seen to what extent its conclusions will be taken up by practitioners in the field .
19 Working for patients has been criticised for failing to emphasise the importance of people and not being more specific about the need for personnel management .
20 This post will involve communicating with the media , taking overall responsibility for personnel matters , including the development and implementation of equal opportunities policies .
21 The data base is a fairly simple cardbox-type which should be perfectly adequate for personnel information , telephone numbers and addresses .
22 However , this was soon extended by using spare areas on the payroll files for personnel information and maintaining wholly separate data files containing information on absence and leavers .
23 Furthermore , it is reasonable to expect that there will be an increasing demand from management in general for personnel information to support specific operational problems .
24 Again there are several very competent programs available and they would certainly provide considerable advantages over manual systems But they are general purpose in their construction — ie. they were not specifically designed for personnel applications The main deficiency is that the reporting facilities ( iQ the way in which information can be presented ) do not generally go beyond well formatted listings with totals and subtotals In my view , more advanced numerical analyses are required , especially for factors such as wastage and sickness/absence .
25 By the end of 1983 the company will be using either PIROS or PARIS II for personnel administration ( as in figure 1 ) , and for site management information each area is currently using , and will continue to use , APL .
26 As already mentioned what is significant for a task description leading to an interface design may be different from what is significant for personnel allocation and training but the available procedures are the same .
27 Again , the difference between them is in the language used to describe this process : for determinists manipulation is achieved by altering the factors that cause criminal behaviour ; for indeterminists it is achieved by making crime a relatively less attractive choice .
28 The next stage is shopping for components , such as forms software , and raising an initial $2m to help with the funding over the next couple of months .
29 The next stage is shopping for components , such as forms software , and raising an initial $2m to help with the funding over the next couple of months .
30 For molecules AX 2 , whether linear like CO 2 or bent like H 2 S , the symmetric stretch is of higher symmetry than the antisymmetric stretch and so is labeled ν 1 , even though it is lower in frequency .
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