Example sentences of "[pron] constitutes a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If geography is to play a full role in the study of environmental problems it is important that greater stress be given to the biosphere , which constitutes a vital resource base for man , and which has been altered more extensively by human activities than most other elements of the environment . ’ |
| 2 | Another possible way of resolving the difficulty where the sole evidence is that the defendant was actually fighting is to say that , in the course of the fight , there is a series of threatening gestures , each one of which constitutes a fresh offence . |
| 3 | That which constitutes a particular species , therefore , is its inner mind and subtle energy structure , a state which lies beyond the level of DNA . |
| 4 | What the theory of reproduction brings to light , however , is the dense network of economic , political and cultural ideas and practices in everyday life — especially in modern industrial societies — which constitutes a formidable obstacle to any large-scale radical political change . |
| 5 | These semantic classes can then be used to define a sublanguage semantic grammar , which constitutes a further level of semantic constraint on the text . |
| 6 | Mr Justice Hutchison said the 1936 Act primarily envisages a system where the local authority has a power and a duty to try to secure that premises are not in a state which constitutes a statutory nuisance . |
| 7 | But while he indicates that there are such criteria for distinguishing between dominant and subordinate instances , Althusser pays far more attention to the relation between the dominant instance and economic practice , which itself constitutes a second sort of criterion for identifying the dominant instance . |
| 8 | This in itself constitutes a major difficulty for RE : how do we enable pupils to appreciate this distinction ? |
| 9 | But the law itself constitutes a further problem for the criminal justice system . |
| 10 | The supplier of a new fuel , emerging as a competitor to coal in power stations , has refuted claims that it constitutes a new threat to the environment [ see ED51 ] . |
| 11 | We have argued that much communication is English-based , and in education it constitutes a real choice since a purpose may be the teaching of specific English structures through sign . |
| 12 | If that is so , it constitutes a general reason for the ordinary and perhaps irresistible belief that reality is in whole or in part a matter of causal and other nomic connections . |
| 13 | As such , it constitutes a prime example of a " balance-sheet " novel , a settling of accounts with a closed historical period . |
| 14 | What would be the effect of changing the public policy insofar as it constitutes a social guide to the conditions in which individuals or groups chose from the possible adjustments ? |
| 15 | In fairly simple markets , agreements may focus on the price of a standardized product ( including agreement on exactly what constitutes a standard product , e.g. terms and conditions of sale ) , or on production quotas for the participating firms . |
| 16 | The High Court is being asked to define what constitutes a genuine gypsy . |
| 17 | What constitutes a neighbouring word : one that is adjacent , or any word in the same sentence ? |
| 18 | The S&R approach is almost totally computerised today , and relies as much on the keyboards of Kotch 's Herbie and the crafty arrangements of guitarist Lloyd ‘ Gitsie ’ Willis as it does on their own unerring sense of what constitutes a great rhythm . |
| 19 | The notion of what constitutes a lexical unit is also addressed . |
| 20 | I would suggest to you , in short , that erm just as Locke 's labour theory of property is a theory is not a comprehensive theory about what constitutes a legitimate claim to own something but is really a theory about how private property comes to be legitimately created erm so his theory of social contract is not a theory about how we acquire political obligations , it 's a theory about how legitimate civil societies come to be established . |
| 21 | 1.4 The employee 's duty not to disclose or use his employer 's business secrets What constitutes a legitimate business secret has already been discussed earlier . |
| 22 | Views about what constitutes a typical family vary . |
| 23 | As to the duration of the restrictions , what constitutes a reasonable period depends largely on the nature of the business sold . |
| 24 | In determining what constitutes a reasonable prospect it is to be assumed that the prospect given by the facts and other matters known to the creditor at the time he entered into the transaction resulting in the debt was a reasonable prospect ( s 271(4) ) . |
| 25 | Once again if these changes continue to develop in the UK , the classification and definition of what constitutes a rural area will have to be radically altered , although there have already been some changes , as the next section demonstrates . |
| 26 | the lack of professional consensus and theoretical knowledge about development in old age , and consequent lack of clarity about what constitutes a good quality of life for older people ( Hughes , 1990 ) ; |
| 27 | There is implicit in this socialist debate , and in the wider discussion of reform and revolution , a specific conception of what constitutes a major change in the political system . |
| 28 | So , if we are concerned with what constitutes a just allocation of resources , my prescription , at the very least , would call for policies aimed at ensuring , as far as possible , that everyone had an equal opportunity to enjoy an equal share of the total net welfare of society . |
| 29 | The notion of what constitutes a just wage and a just price has in consequence been a much debated question in the history of the Church . |
| 30 | How does the analyst decide what constitutes a satisfactory unit for analysis ? |