Example sentences of "be [prep] terms [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Efficiency — how successful has MDC been in terms of the physical regeneration of its area and in promoting private sector confidence and investment ? |
| 2 | Faced with an apparent nonconformity the explanation has generally been in terms of cultural replacement rather than change . |
| 3 | The final attempts at explanation have been in terms of ‘ cultural defence ’ and see moral protest groups arising in response to broader cultural changes , as opposed to changes in class structure or the role of religion . |
| 4 | The chairman can then , whether it is justified or not , tell his board of directors and his shareholders how successful the whole exercise has been in terms of customer relations and exposure for the company and its services . |
| 5 | But I can think areas er like on Europe , I do n't there 's been anybody who 's been in terms of projecting the issue erm , er better than George Robertson has dode done in terms of the European er issue . |
| 6 | One can only understand how things are in terms of concepts in the first place , so in a sense the concepts came first since natural conditions only gain significance in terms of the way one had learned to see them . |
| 7 | Because of this their actions are in terms of their concept of labour and this idea of labour is therefore in itself an important causative factor in history . |
| 8 | People are more homogeneous in terms of social class , and religion , in their viewing than they are in terms of age and sex . |
| 9 | This describes where we are in terms of an overall structure . |
| 10 | Individuals need to know where they fit in the organisation , what their responsibilities are in terms of organisation and job control and who is above and below them . |
| 11 | Compared with manual exchange of documents , the advantages of a reliable EDI system are in terms of labour saving and reduction of errors . |
| 12 | Thus , systems theory is essentially teleological — explanations are in terms of consequences rather than causes . |
| 13 | Such principles of professional practice , measured as they are in terms of the client 's perspective on the relationship , are , on the face of it , clear and straightforward . |
| 14 | Even in his opposition to capital punishment , as we have seen , his arguments are in terms of effectiveness and utility . |
| 15 | We looked into this are in terms of the population here . |
| 16 | So I 'm hoping to work with you to help the are in terms of the Liberal Democrat membership and activism , in a general sense , that can be used later . |
| 17 | The main differences are in terms of the social processes accompanying inquiry . |
| 18 | What your requirements are in terms of office space and number of rooms . |
| 19 | In the eyes of the employing local authority the position of the head as leader-cum-manager depends on how much he or she can manage without the authority 's assistance and on how correct his or her activities are in terms of fitting into national and local patterns of responsibility . |
| 20 | Answer guide : ‘ these allow the partners to adjust their returns to reflect uneven inputs as between the partners whether they are in terms of money invested , skills , labour or whatever . |
| 21 | Knowing where we are in terms of the way in which we are tricked into having bad . |
| 22 | Yeah I think , I think what wh er you do need to have worked out in , in your own minds and justified it what your plans are in terms of u realizing the extra resource whether it be by temp or by overtime . |
| 23 | Er , at some time during the course of tomorrow morning , I 'll try and bring you up to date as to where we are in terms of the items that have fell off the agenda so far . |
| 24 | Perhaps the best way of illustrating just how this operates in practice and how far-reaching its effects can be in terms of building up the involvement of an entire school community in a philosophy and policy for the future is to show what has happened in one Lincolnshire school . |
| 25 | This may be in terms of amenities in hospital wards , or in the actual clinical care provided . |
| 26 | Conclusions will tend to be in terms of shifts within the system itself — adjusting the balance between groups , levels and interests of different times . |
| 27 | However , the mapping may be in terms of representations which are close to the utterance in question , such as the verb-schema type of representation , or to structures based on more elaborate inferences , such as the one described above . |
| 28 | In these cases , prevention might have to be in terms of limiting sales from chemist shops . |
| 29 | Specialisation could be in terms of industry , for instance , financial services ; experience in a particular area of banking ; in high technology ; in consumer products ; in working for the international general consultancies ; or in working in chemicals , engineering or pharmaceuticals . |
| 30 | We might even wish to speak of animal intention , but if we do so it will be in terms of its ‘ natural ’ expression : ‘ What is the natural expression of an intention ? — Look at a cat when it stalks a bird ; or a beast when it wants to escape ’ ( PI 647 ) . |