Example sentences of "switch [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A key response of governments in Europe to the perceived fiscal crisis of the mid-1970s was to adopt strategies which would restrain state expenditure , switch payment for utilities from taxation to consumer charging , and allow the private and voluntary sectors to play a larger role in the provision of transport , education and welfare services . |
| 2 | Then , when the predator moves in for the kill , at the very last moment the butterfly fish switch direction and dash rapidly forward , leaving the frustrated would-be killers snapping at empty water . |
| 3 | Data Switch Corp has secured a new $8m revolving line of credit with People 's Bank of Bridgeport , Connecticut to replace a previous agreement with Manufacturers Hanover Inc and Marine Midland Bank . |
| 4 | Data Switch Corp has reported fourth quarter net profits down 74% at $233,000 , on turnover down 36.3% at $18.6m ; net losses for the year to December 31 stood at $1m down from losses of $32.4m last time , after $425,000 extraordinary gains last time , on turnover that fell 18.4% to $84m . |
| 5 | Data Switch Corp saw first quarter net of $749,000 against losses of $2.5m last time , on turnover that rose 15.8% to $23.2m . |
| 6 | But it seems fair to add that the Green Party pledges to allow only the most needed road schemes and switch money to public transport . |
| 7 | D. The skills learned in the shipyards have been used in Belfast for allied engineering industries , making marine engines , electrical generators and switch gear . |
| 8 | Certainly this played a major part in persuading Angela Sommerville , an interior designer based in London , to put her country cottage on the market and switch allegiance to an apartment in Bendinat in Mallorca : ‘ Door-to-door access from my Knightsbridge home to my apartment in Mallorca takes less than four hours . ’ |
| 9 | Switch Trading is where a third party or country becomes involved in a countertrade deal . |
| 10 | This is a fluid quantity that can slip from a department 's grasp as students switch module registrations . |
| 11 | and there 's all switch button now , there is that advantage . |
| 12 | Many passengers switch flight after bomb threat . |
| 13 | Besides passwords ( for both users and menus ) a range of devices are incorporated including disk configuration , directory -based access control , physical keys , data switch programming , VDU access control and other ‘ proprietary ’ features . |
| 14 | SWITCH MODE POWER SUPPLY We unravel the technology and give full constructional details CCD REVERB UNIT VEHICLE WATCHDOG MAKING YOUR OWN P.C.B.s — 2 THE NO. 1 INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE for ELECTRONICS , TECHNOLOGY and COMPUTER PROJECTS |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Switch operation completed an electrical circuit that illuminated a small red warning light on the instrument panel ; however , the system on this aircraft model did not include an audio warning , as commonly fitted to many similar aircraft . |
| 17 | All cheque account customers will be given an automatic guaranteed overdraft facility , and an all-in-one £100 cheque guarantee , cash machine and Switch debit card . |
| 18 | On the front panel of the selected case can be mounted the main On-Off switch , a neon indicator lamp , the ‘ volts out ’ control ( or switch system ) and the output terminals . |