Example sentences of "[det] represent a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be rash to conclude that all that represents a rejection of radicalism ; better , perhaps , to say that it is the sense of radicalism itself that changed . |
| 2 | Robbins ( 1963 ) presented dual-subject courses ( joint honours , combined studies , etc. ) as a variant on the single-subject pattern for those students who do not want such a specialized higher education , but that represents a university view , and a dated one at that . |
| 3 | That represents a growth rate of 1,000% ! |
| 4 | That represents a growth of expenditure in those sectors of roughly 80 per cent . |
| 5 | In real terms , that represents an increase of 2.4 per cent . |
| 6 | Even for Holland , that represents an area only twice the size of Schipol airport . |
| 7 | There were at least three overlapping sets of arguments underlying the drive away from segregation at eleven-plus : each represents an advance upon its predecessor and towards some pure ideal of comprehensiveness . |
| 8 | A committee of 10–12 doctors , each representing a constituency of 20–30000 , should be sufficient to service the committee 's obligations . |
| 9 | All the more unfortunate does this become in the presence of narrow majorities , each representing a minority of the electorate , sometimes a small minority , and when at least one of the parties believes that the prerogatives and rights conferred by electoral victory , however narrow , not merely entitle but compel it to impose on the helpless but unorganized majority irreversible changes for which it never consciously voted and to which most of its members are opposed . |
| 10 | The ten l.e.d.s concerned here are placed at various positions in the ‘ field ’ , each representing a number of runs or a no-score , plus a couple which may lead to a catch or an appeal for lbw . |
| 11 | The front of your cards contains eight unique numbers , each representing a move on the grid . |
| 12 | The group relief position between the various members of the vendor group , including Target , needs to be considered by both Newco and the vendor , because it will have a bearing on : ( a ) what the parties to the buy-out agree should be paid by Target for group relief to be surrendered to it by other members of the vendor group or , conversely , what payment Target should receive for losses and other group relief items which are available for surrender from Target to other members of the vendor group ; ( b ) whether adjustments need to be made to inter-company loan accounts ; for example if it has been assumed that in the accounting period of Target in which the buy-out occurs it will achieve a certain level of profitability which will enable it to claim group relief from other group companies and that those other companies will accordingly be able to write off £x of inter-company debt due to Target , the fact that Target leaves the vendor group , say , half-way through that accounting period , will prima facie reduce the amount of group relief it can claim to half of £x ; furthermore Newco may not be willing to pay as much as half of £x out of Target unless this represents a discount on the amount of corporation tax Target would otherwise have to pay on such profits ; additionally , the notional disposals which Target makes under s179 TCGA when it leaves the group may either increase its profits ( if a gain arises ) or decrease them ( if a loss arises ) ; ( c ) what the parties agree in terms of indemnity cover for Newco for tax charges crystallising in Target ; for example , the vendor goup may agree to surrender sufficient group relief to Target free of charge to preclude any charge to corporation tax arising from the operation of s179 when Target leaves the group . |
| 13 | This represents a return for Ms Michel to the company where she began her career : she joining Chatto , and worked for Hutchinson and Cape , before joining Bloomsbury in its launch in 1987 ( after a brief dalliance at Weidenfeld — now part of Orion ) . |
| 14 | This represents a 6pc rise in value for the broker . |
| 15 | Again , this represents a fall in income of 6.25 per cent . |
| 16 | This represents a cost of £1000 per patient receiving laser treatment . |
| 17 | If sterling were at higher interest rates than the US$ , then clearly this represents a cost to the bank in that it has foregone a return in sterling better than that available in US$ , so that exchange risk can be hedged in the way described . |
| 18 | Overall this represents a reduction of cash flow by £4m . |
| 19 | This represents a fraction of the material despatched from , for example , twelve Regional public relations departments ; enquiries handled locally by district offices throughout the country ; plus the thousands of school visits and presentations made nationally by members of the British Gas Home Service team . |
| 20 | The changes applied with effect from 31 March 1992 , and since this represents a change in accounting policy , the group has restated the prior year figures . |
| 21 | The bigger question is the extent to which this represents a change in Chinese policy towards the dissidents . |
| 22 | Ignoring transactions costs this represents a profit of 6.5 per cent ( which in all probability would have been more than accounted for by brokerage etc . ) . |
| 23 | This represents a relief rate of almost 46 per cent on the contribution and the actual cost to the employer is nil because both salary and pension contributions can be offset against corporation tax . |
| 24 | This represents a rise of 5% on 1991 's exceptionally poor results . |
| 25 | This represents a rise of a massive 140pc and has contributed to the high number of households registered as a priority for rehousing due to homelessness , currently 211 . |
| 26 | This represents a displacement of under one nuclear diameter in a length of 1 m . |
| 27 | This represents a reversal of the prevailing trends of the nineteenth century and is re-establishing the broad distribution found before 1750 , dominated by the national capital and the rich agricultural lowlands ( Osborne , 1964 ; Department of the Environment , 1971 ) . |
| 28 | This represents a reversal of the previous US policy , as former President Bush refused to sign the treaty when it was first proposed at last year 's Earth summit in Rio [ see ED 59/60 ] . |
| 29 | This represents a £70 saving , as do the new Miami and Orlando return fares of £309 and the £319 returns to Chicago , Dallas-Fort Worth , Detroit and Houston . |
| 30 | This represents a growth of 11.9% on the 1989 figures expressed in current values , but even more importantly reflects a 7.6% growth in real terms after taking account of price movements . |