Example sentences of "information about an " in BNC.

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1 The study of metalwork such as that from Sutton Hoo provides a variety of information about an individual site and the technical competence of the culture which created the artefacts : for example , suggesting the source of materials used , establishing the technology employed to prepare and alloy ( mix ) the metals , and determining how the artefacts were fabricated and decorated .
2 All the information about an object is stored on the computer within what is called a hierarchical database , meaning simply that the information is broken down from broad categories such as ‘ geography ’ into more specific ones such as ‘ continent ’ , ‘ country ’ , ‘ region ’ and so on .
3 The processes that generate information about an object within a museum are many and varied , raising problems of both theory and practice , particularly when a major institution considers computerising this information .
4 Information about an enterprise 's environment will frequently be generated within the enterprise ; see , for example , Thietart & Vivas ( 1981 ) .
5 They also emphasised that all assessment information about an individual should be treated as confidential , and confined to those with a clear ‘ need to know ’ .
6 At this point a tape of data containing information about an area of some 40 000 sq .
7 As soon as a weakness or shortcoming in the system of regulating safety is positively identified the investigators need to inform the regulators where urgent action is necessary ; indeed , it is important that unhampered liaison channels allow the flow of all relevant factual information about an accident as soon as it becomes available .
8 In particular , both the interest in receiving information about an economic transaction and the interest in receiving a fair exchange of values are generally discounted .
9 Although finds can be spectacular objects like the gold mask on Tutankhamun 's mummy , or the pair of gold and millefiori glass shoulder clasps from Sutton Hoo , to an archaeologist , the term covers anything portable that can provide information about an archaeological site .
10 Accounting is a measurement and communication system to provide economic and social information about an identifiable entity to permit users to make informed judgments and decisions leading to an optimal allocation of resources and the accomplishment of an organization 's objectives .
11 Sec. is : the return to a point of origin of evaluative or corrective information about an action or process .
12 Primary evidence is first-hand information about an event , not based on other sources .
13 Assessment also involves ‘ making sense ’ of that information , and in order to do so , the information about an individual has to be interpreted in the context of current knowledge , theory , ideas , and common practice which is relevant to the characteristics of that individual and his or her situation .
14 Thus , past experience is combined with fresh information about an ongoing situation with a view to discovering new relationships amongst the constructs .
15 The natural place for a person to look for information about an unknown word is in a dictionary .
16 He also gave advance information about an evening meeting on computer contracts on Friday , 16th May , and a one-day conference with an associated exhibition on computers and conveyancing on 24th October 1975 , both events to take place in London .
17 A third defendant , an Iraqi , said to have provided Bazoft with information about an explosion at the al-Iskandariya missile base [ see p. 36905 ] , received a 10-year prison sentence .
18 This option enables you to display information about an individual module .
19 to enter information about an SPR for the first time
20 to enter information about an SSR for the first time
21 Alternatively , it can be used to give information about an issue or piece of software , without an SPR having been received .
22 Option 1.7.1 , View Module Details , enables the user to display information about an individual module .
23 CCN , for instance , has a database of forty-three million consumers in the UK which includes information about an individuals creditworthiness , lifestyle , gender , age , and purchasing habits .
24 British Nuclear Fuels ( BNFL ) may face prosecution for withholding information about an accident at the Sellafield plant from the Department of the Environment for 36 hours .
25 Police have renewed an appeal for information about an elderly woman discovered on the A167 between the Reg Vardy garage and Croft on Saturday night .
26 Mackie , of the Edinburgh stockbrokers , Bell Lawrie White , has denied using information about an impending profits warning by the waste disposal and construction group , Shanks & McEwan .
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