Example sentences of "[pron] in [det] terms " in BNC.
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| 1 | Karol Wojtyla was not a ‘ liberal ’ in any Western sense , though he too may briefly have thought of himself in such terms in student days . |
| 2 | Zande witches are thus very different figures from the ‘ witches ’ in Macbeth , who in these terms are ‘ sorcerers ’ . |
| 3 | 14.2 [ Where the Purchaser is a natural person ] [ and if and to the extent that s 2(1) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 applies to the Order , ] nothing in these terms and conditions shall operate or be construed to operate so as to exclude or restrict the liability of the Seller for death or personal injury caused [ to the Purchaser ] by reason of the negligence of the Seller or of its servants , employees or agents . |
| 4 | ‘ How dare you address me in such terms ? ’ |
| 5 | Writers concerned to establish a ‘ great divide ’ between the thinking processes of different social groups have classically described them in such terms as logical/pre-logical , primitive/modern and concrete/scientific . |
| 6 | If teachers use the methods of the artisan to achieve satisfactory wage levels ( to which I agree they are entitled ) it is only reasonable for society , through its elected representatives , to view them in these terms and define for teachers their role and function . |
| 7 | The acceptance of such reasoning required Lord Hailsham to address anew the question of the mental element required for lack of consent in rape , since the nineteenth century judges upon whom he relied had never had the matter presented to them in these terms . |
| 8 | erm And he describes them in these terms because of course this is how he sees them from different angles while rounding a series of bends on the road , so that in fact he describes the movement which his senses perceive , not the solid immobility to which his intellect testifies . |
| 9 | You must always think of him in those terms , to get the flavour of Calvinistic humbug that ruled his life , and therefore everyone around him . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose you could say that , but I had never thought of it in those terms . |
| 11 | The aspirations of a record company go towards mass hysteria but I do n't think The Wedding Present see it in those terms . |
| 12 | How was I to combat it , physically , menially , and although I had n't thought of it in those terms , spiritually as well ? |
| 13 | ‘ When you think about it in those terms , you realise climbers are very clever at building a rationale to avoid facing the truth . ’ |
| 14 | It seemed dreadful that I did n't know whether I loved him or not , that I had never even thought of it in those terms . |
| 15 | It is not an entity or an origin , although the language we use may predispose us to thinking of it in those terms . |
| 16 | Well I just think it 's not helpful to look at it in those terms , you do n't actually , if you pick |
| 17 | We 've got to look at it in those terms , and so it is not necessary in my submission for anyone to prove at the moment there is at least five thousand dwellings short , erm that that is something which ought to be considered over a much longer time period . |
| 18 | Talking about privatising the National Health Service and opting out of the National Health Service is not actually very helpful because people do n't believe that , they do n't believe it 's er N H S P L C. They do not , it is not a British Gas , it is not a British Telecom , they know it 's not and it devalues your argument if you talk of it in those terms , and it allows Waldergrave to stand up and to renounce and reject your statements and weaken your case . |
| 19 | If you 're going to criticise somebody what I would say is , talk about their behaviour , because that 's something that they can change , talk about it in those terms . |
| 20 | of thinking about it in those terms , that way along , along |
| 21 | The general public has a tendency to assume that nurses experience a strong desire to care for others , perhaps believing that many feel a true vocation or ‘ divine call ’ to the work , although it is probably less usual to describe it in these terms today . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , perhaps it 's best to think of it in these terms : the dog kicks the cat , the cat kicks the budgerigar . ’ |
| 23 | Looking back on the decision a few years later , he interpreted it in these terms : " What I wanted was some counterweight to my changeable and restless inclinations , a science that could be pursued with cool impartiality , with cold logic , with regular work , without its results touching me at all deeply . " |
| 24 | The Sunday Times summarized it in these terms : ‘ Iraqi whirlwind campaign ends in war of desert trenches . ’ |