Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] terms [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both houses are elected by universal adult suffrage for terms of no longer than four years . |
| 2 | The most basic facility is display of relationships between terms during a search session . |
| 3 | Thesauri often boast an additional explicit statement of the structure of the relationships between terms in the form of categorized lists or displays . |
| 4 | The purchaser and vendor should consider whether or not they wish to sign heads of terms before proceeding to due diligence and negotiating the sale agreement . |
| 5 | Effect of terms of contract . |
| 6 | The latter are available in a range of forms — from simple lists of terms with ‘ use/used for ’ references as , for example , Pollution Abstracts User Aid and BYGGDOK term list , to thesauri such as the INSPEC Thesaurus with clearly defined structural relationships between terms . |
| 7 | In preparing group accounts , therefore , both companies translate foreign currencies into terms of pounds , using suitable exchange rates . |
| 8 | Despite the fact that many advanced western economies have similar characteristics in terms of a high degree of industrialisation , urbanisation and technological development , they nevertheless display markedly different degrees of labour force unionisation . |
| 9 | Part of this ex post forecasting could distinguish the various phases of post-1954 business cycles with respect to their particular characteristics in terms of changes in the sectoral/industrial composition of the UK economy and with respect to the specific features of the different industries ' behaviour in terms of stock movements , capacity utilisation , scrapping of old equipment , new investments , etc . |
| 10 | 1990 was a year of substantial achievement for the Association in terms of development of welfare facilities and in fund-raising . |
| 11 | It has been shown that our thinking in terms of models such as ‘ democracy ’ , ‘ individualism ’ and ‘ rule of law ’ does not always adequately reflect reality , and sociological theory has demonstrated that simple notions of causality do not explain complex effects of action ( Luhmann , 1982 ; see also Prigogine and Stenger , 1985 ) ; also , theories of language tell us that we structure reality through the language we use ( Lacan , 1968 ) . |
| 12 | So the question then becomes for them how this particular human being is God , rather than their thinking in terms of a humanity in which he too participated . |
| 13 | Billig ( 1985 , 1987 ) suggests that , in order to understand this capacity for negation , social psychologists should describe the processes of social thinking in terms of opposing pairs : every process should be understood in terms of a counter-process . |
| 14 | In my own view there is no significant discontinuity in terms of either structure or form between " modern " societies and " primitive " societies . |
| 15 | Failure to give you a fair deal in terms of a pay rise can , therefore , amount to constructive dismissal if it reflects victimisation . |
| 16 | Terry Heneaghan , Pittencrieff 's chief executive , said he did not look at the deal in terms of oil or gas production and reserves which would be acquired , but rather in terms of cash flow which could be generated for his company by rationalising operations of the two companies in parts of the US where they both have interests . |
| 17 | However , the boundaries have not changed over centuries in terms of what is regarded as Physics . |
| 18 | They were first stated in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in terms of combining weights . |
| 19 | I am certain Lorentz and Fitzgerald regarded themselves as realists , interpreting the experiment on the speed of light in terms of Newtonian ideas of absolute space and absolute time . |
| 20 | Our union has been , without doubt , the shining light in terms of what we offer to members . |
| 21 | The precedent for this approach lies in the successful theory of quantum electrodynamics ( QED ) , which describes the electromagnetic force in terms of the exchange of photons . |
| 22 | Newton could not define mass or force in terms of pre-Newtonian concepts . |
| 23 | As the reduction in the strength of the Royal Air Force in terms of air frames proceeds , there will be a number of crews on whom we can call should it be necessary to reactivate those aircraft . |
| 24 | It is also intended to compare methods in terms of their outcomes . |
| 25 | The Secretary of State talked on Tuesday in terms of people moving from one unit to another , and said that it would not be a problem if a unit was closed , because people could simply go to the next one along the road . |
| 26 | It is now generally recognized that the attempt to analyse consciousness in terms of behaviour amounted to flying in the face of the facts . |
| 27 | DB2 is a relational DBMS , that is data structures are presented to it in the form of tables ; IMS views the data structures in terms of hierarchies ; and IDMS in terms of networks . |
| 28 | etc. , into representations in this inner language : the human language capacity is itself as complex input system , a grammar being a system for ‘ understanding ’ given language signals in terms of this inner language ( FODOR 1983 ) . |
| 29 | The study warned that : " Levels of mutagenesis amongst people living in Ust-Kamenogorsk in terms of numbers and type of deformed chromosomes is close to that witnessed amongst people living close to Chernobyl . " |
| 30 | They represent significant investment in terms of capital locked within the logistics pipeline and therefore pressure is constantly present to reduce aircraft spare parts held . |