Example sentences of "[adv] represents a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It amounts to an agreement by Member States not to employ their veto to prevent a majority decision , and effectively represents a reversal of the Luxembourg Compromise . |
| 2 | The crucial issue is whether this merely represents a transfer in wealth from the acquirer , or whether there is an increase in wealth overall . |
| 3 | What causes offence is that he merely represents a shifting of values for the mass of young people . |
| 4 | Yet in this case I think that the block , which perhaps represents a bed on the level of reality , is in the ( statue ) metaphor reclaiming the man . |
| 5 | However , this only represents a proportion of the total wintering population , as other localities are known to attract substantial flocks ; for example , up to 250 have been recorded recently at Warnham Mill Pond and the Adur Levels , up to 300 at Pevensey Levels , up to 450 at Swanbourne Lake , and 500 in Lewes Brooks . |
| 6 | However , this is not unusual for this industry due to the long lead times involved and in fact only represents a recovery to 1988 levels . |
| 7 | Such thus represents a focusing or narrowing of the type of metaphoric relation developed in Out . |
| 8 | The term thus represents a transfer of energy from the mean flow to the turbulence . |
| 9 | Magic thus represents a view of causation utterly at variance with the concepts of the Christian scientific West , which are now as much a part of the African 's world as is ancient tradition . ’ |
| 10 | The world model described above represents a landmark in the study of global problems . |
| 11 | It still represents a cost to the Exchequer and a loss of potential output , but it can be argued that it is not particularly distressing to the people concerned and , for the economy as a whole , it may actually result in a more efficient use of labour : this is because high short-run unemployment may be a reflection of greater mobility of labour between jobs and areas and consequently may result in the labour force being more suitably and productively employed . |
| 12 | New technology may represent a cost saving on older forms of treatment but still represents a cost push in overall terms by extending the boundaries of those who could potentially benefit . |
| 13 | To be old and unmarried still represents a cloud on a teenage girl 's horizon … |
| 14 | These findings indicate an increase in colonic permeability that most probably represents a change in mucosal barrier function depending on the presence of inflammation , and is not the result of a primary epithelial defect . |
| 15 | Another feature which has to be explained is the emplacement of massive granite intrusions of various ages which cover about 464 000 km 2 ( about 15 per cent ) of the surface of the range ; this probably represents a volume in excess of 2x106km 3 — the greatest mass of granite intrusions on Earth . |
| 16 | This probably represents a combination of the requirements of the Housing ( Homeless Persons ) Act 1977 and the Rent ( Agriculture ) Act 1976 , which added some agricultural workers to the authority 's responsibilities . |
| 17 | Indeed , identifying all carriers of group B streptococcus during pregnancy by culture and giving prophylaxis during labour also represents a level of antibiotic administration which is hard to justify . |
| 18 | Although this has been particularly influential for many forms of Western Marxism , it also represents a deviation from Marx 's original claim that history is the effect of material conditions rather than of human consciousness . |
| 19 | This has not only created severe problems for the national parliaments , who are finding the huge quantity of legislation difficult to scrutinise , it also represents a seepage of power to Brussels , since the best way of attaining power is simply to grab it , whether or not you have a mandate . |
| 20 | We can regard ( Ε ) as representative in two ways : it is representative of our method of analysis , but it also represents a pattern of linguistic change that is valid for all the mid and low vowels : /a/ , /Ε/,; and /α/.; ic |
| 21 | Alternatively , the presence of platelet activating factor reflects not only inflammatory cell infiltration , but may also represents a stage of inflammatory amplification in which inflammatory cells are about to be recruited . |
| 22 | We are used to thinking of ‘ femininity ’ as being something to do with women , when in fact it also represents a set of values or behaviour which are generally regarded with disapproval : to call a man ‘ effeminate ’ is generally to insult him ( rather more , perhaps , than it is to call a woman ‘ masculine ’ ) . |
| 23 | In part this was simply no longer necessary , but it also represents a shift of royal policy , and members of the family without an adequate endowment did not have the deficiency made good . |
| 24 | In part this was simply no longer necessary , but it also represents a shift of royal policy , and members of the family without an adequate endowment did not have the deficiency made good . |
| 25 | This clearly represents a reduction in the autonomy of each worker and , to this extent , a reduction in the quality of their experience of work . |
| 26 | And the appearance and the style and the treatment of , the kind of materials which come out of history publishers really represents a kind of revolution in the subject , this subject , in the course of the last twenty-five years . |
| 27 | " The diagram overleaf represents a building " , pupils were told , and they were asked to draw on dotted paper ( square matrix ) what the building looks like from A and from B , having stated how many cubes were in the diagram . |
| 28 | This then simply represents a transfer of jobs from the widget-making company to the company supplying the new more productive machinery for widget making . ) |
| 29 | While the cross symbol represented values , the crown simply represents a substitute for values . |
| 30 | ‘ We believe that , if successful , the merger of Airtours and Owners Abroad would have a detrimental impact on competition in the UK package holiday market , and consequently represents a threat to value for money and customer choice , ’ he added . |