Example sentences of "[to-vb] in [det] terms " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may seem absurd to talk in such terms of snooker , or David Jason , or Gold Blend commercials , but much of what there is of a British national culture consists of ( or is mediated through ) broadcasting . |
| 2 | Yes , I wanted to make a point on the disciplinary side , which is as senior proctor the side of things I find myself thinking most about , and this is going back to the question of policing and whether it 's appropriate to talk in those terms . |
| 3 | Young people are almost as likely as their elders to respond in these terms . |
| 4 | The implied limitation for which Hambros Jersey contended is riddled with such serious , glaring anomalies that Parliament can not be presumed to have intended to legislate in such terms . |
| 5 | I have on occasion told students that they 're doing an arts subject , and tried to encourage them to think in those terms , because if they 're constantly thinking of the job at the end of it , then I do n't think they 're getting the most out of it that they can do … . |
| 6 | This discourse of ‘ as good as a man ’ was to recur frequently in interviews with the women ; certainly there were some schools which had taught their pupils to think in those terms . |
| 7 | It is nonsense to think in those terms . |
| 8 | Esther refused to think in these terms , and insisted that she would be able to manage in her home as it was . |
| 9 | The need to think in these terms , and to build in systematic and continuous assessment of progress , is an unexpected by-product of the legislation , and probably a bonus . |
| 10 | Mr Khasbulatov , the Congress Speaker , who is Mr Yeltsin 's main rival , seems to think in these terms , but more extreme nationalists are waiting in the wings who have argued for the reassertion of Russian power not only in the former Soviet Union but in Eastern Europe as well . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , in case I seem to be just er avoiding the question , er I would have to say that this has been asked for before and we have resisted time and again , that 's the history of the matter , on the grounds that what these parents are really asking for is baptism and it 's our opportunity to er , to speak in these terms er and it 's a gold golden opportunity if they actually come to us . |