Example sentences of "[that] a set of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quantum analysis is a branch of statistics designed to test a very specific hypothesis , namely that a set of measurements is ‘ quantised ’ , and thus occurs in multiples of some basic measurement unit . |
| 2 | It is not obvious to the very young child that a set of objects has the same number of units however those units are arranged ( provided , of , that none are removed or added ) . |
| 3 | Dare I say that a set of vintage pickups and a lick of conductive paint would almost complete the sonic illusion , in the same way that burying the neck and body in peat for a few months would crown the guitar 's appearance ! |
| 4 | A theory tells us that a set of experimental conditions is a particular embodiment of a general process . |
| 5 | Further work on MRDs includes Guo 's [ 1989 ] attempts to build a machine tractable dictionary ( MTD ) from the LDOCE , based on the fact that a set of 1,200 words ( known as the Key Defining Vocabulary or KDV ) is found to define the 2,219 words of the core vocabulary of the LDOCE . |
| 6 | Notice that a set of four consecutive bytes could be treated as a word containing a 32-bit binary pattern upon which word instructions can operate , or as a byte string to be operated on by the byte string instructions , or ( possibly ) by the packed decimal instructions . |
| 7 | The precise criteria and procedures whereby schools were included in the project are discussed at length elsewhere in this report , but we may note that a set of guidelines for school participation was drawn up and developed by the Project Coordinating Team ( see Appendix 3 ) and that these gave direction to schools as they established library committees and developed their plans . |
| 8 | In saying that an event c caused an event e , or that e was the effect of c , we typically have in mind but do not say that a set of things including c , but not necessarily all occurring at the same time , was required for e . |
| 9 | Moreover , to say that a set of activities and skills partakes of the general discipline of librarianship is not the same thing as saying that all people who have ever been trained as librarians can perform them , or that they must be performed by people whose training is only that of the professional librarian . |
| 10 | It may be noted that a set of equations Ax = p , where A is general , may be cast in the above form by premultiplication by AT : unc However , this does not appear to offer any computational advantage . |
| 11 | Whatever the particular context of such changes , these studies demonstrate that a set of transformations in material culture which may be found to permeate almost every trivial domain , from chimneys to rubbish disposal , can be understood as a largely unconscious and unintentional response by a variety of social groups , which produced new forms of demand and new means of incorporating the emergence of mass produced items . |
| 12 | This analysis of the dominant building styles of our society suggests that a set of representations derived from the interests and perspectives of a particular group in society not only denies access to this aspect of culture to alternative perspectives , but at the same time causes these representations to appear to be the image of those who have been excluded . |
| 13 | With videodisc it is possible to select the frame precisely and speedily so that a set of stills on the screen could very easily be used . |
| 14 | Thus , it has been argued that a set of at least tacit beliefs that underlay aesthetic modernism also underlay the birth of classical sociological theory in the work of Weber , Simmel , and Durkheim . |
| 15 | Riven found that a set of finer clothes had been left out for him , probably by Madra . |
| 16 | However it is unlikely that a set of rules to explain how general language is processed will be available in the foreseeable future . |
| 17 | The Indian Prime Minister , V. P. Singh , stated in an interview on June 3 that a set of new proposals had been sent to Pakistan aimed at reducing the risk of war over Kashmir . |
| 18 | There is a logical gap between the idea that there is a leading edge in scientific activity , and the view that a set of journals can model that leading edge . |
| 19 | In some cases such multiple choice items form attitude scales in which each alternative is given a numerical weighting so that a set of such items can be cumulated to give the respondent an overall score on the scale . |
| 20 | As we have already observed ( see ( 35 ) ) , the verb see , in its ordinary uses , can not be expected to occur with an adverbal adjective , but this does appear to be the interpretation needed for ( 41 ) which may be considered substandard but is apparently possible in current British English : ( 41 ) even if the scheme does fail , I 'll see you comfortable Much more often , the idiomaticity works the other way , so that a set of lexical items that could fit the structure of ( 21 ) , with appropriate values , seem to give unacceptable sentences , as in ( 42 ) : ( 42 ) Eva played her opponent exhausted Wendy wiped the floor moist |
| 21 | Professor Whitelock showed that a set of provisions contained in Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS 201 was drawn up by Wulfstan after the meeting at Oxford in 1018 . |
| 22 | 1.2 Extension of the principles In recent years there has been an extension of the principles behind the restraint of trade doctrine so as to embrace : ( a ) restraints in contracts which do not fit neatly into what was hitherto regarded as amounting to a restraint of trade ; ( b ) situations where the contract in question was not between the plaintiff and defendant and to which the plaintiff was not privy although he was affected by the working of the contract ; and ( c ) situations when no contract existed at all but the plaintiff could claim that a set of rules or certain conduct affected him prejudicially . |
| 23 | It is important to bear in mind that a set of standard terms is a legal document which sets out the terms of a contract . |
| 24 | Indeed , it might be said that a set of standard terms requires greater care because it will be used for a large number of separate transactions , possibly involving a wide range of goods and/or parties . |
| 25 | Moreover the drafter should bear in mind that a set of standard terms , unlike a will or conveyance , is intended to be used by the client and its trading partners without legal advice . |
| 26 | And he said he had ordered a police investigation after reports that a set of traffic lights near the scene of the accident were not working . |