Example sentences of "terms of [noun] [adv] [conj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , instead , we chose to express the fair share price formula in terms of earnings rather than dividends , we would get ( using the second line of ( 6.22 ) , ( 6.27 ) and ( 6.31 ) ) . |
| 2 | Thus , systems theory is essentially teleological — explanations are in terms of consequences rather than causes . |
| 3 | This was the point of explaining cars in terms of carburettors rather than quarks . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , for some non-oil LDCs such reserves can be measured in terms of weeks rather than months . |
| 5 | Can he clarify the position in relation to 15 Para and talk in terms of numbers rather than amalgamations ? |
| 6 | To quote Gray and Jenkins ( 1985 , p. 165 ) again : ‘ The moves beyond Rayner to the FMI represent attempts to work within the political and organisation system , rather than against it and to couch debate in terms of means rather than ends ’ . |
| 7 | However , in order to maintain the advantage gained by thinking in terms of practices rather than individuals , it is important to guard against the danger of tacitly converting a practice into a ‘ starting-point ’ . |
| 8 | The rebel officers ' paramilitary allies , the Carlists and Falangists , were certainly eager to spill the blood of their left-wing enemies , yet they too thought in terms of days rather than years of actual military conflict . |