Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adj] [noun] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One is to include corporate dummy variable of the intercept and see whether it 's T ratio or significantly different , is , sorry it 's greater than two right or we can use an F test , right , now that F test that 's given me that formula in the middle of the page is a very important test which was developed by a chap called Chow and as a result it become known as the Chow test and it 's a , it 's a test for parameter constancy , er do we have constant parameters in our model now it tells you how to compute this Chow test , in this particular case we 're only dummying the intercept , the Chow test gives exactly the same results of T tests , right , erm we wo n't bother going through it , if you want to go through this er sheet in your own time calculate that , that Chow test and essentially what it involves is splitting with the s the whole sample now into two sub-samples , right , the first sub-sample , right , is peacetime , the second sub-sample wartime , right , and you just compare the residual sum of the squares on the unaccounted for variation , right , between actual and fitted values , just compare the residual sum of squares between these two sub periods , right and if you use the formula that 's given there that will come out with exactly the same result , well in actual fact you can square , if you square the F statistic you get calculating one formula you will get T value , got from er the computer right , the er , the sheet goes on to say how we can er use dummy variables in slightly more complicated ways , right , we could see actually see whether the income or price elasticities of demand changed . |
| 2 | This threw into opposition the ablest men in the army — the new officers whose liberal sympathies and patriotic energy had earned them rapid promotion in the War of Independence . |
| 3 | They have earned their special opprobrium in the word biblioclast ( book destroyer ) . |
| 4 | Under the Conservatives , Britain has regained her rightful influence in the world . |
| 5 | The victory means that the embattled Mr Major has re-asserted his shattered authority in the Tory Party , and has saved the Maastricht Treaty from defeat . |
| 6 | He consented to continue in office only on condition the Tsar suspended both chambers , disciplined his leading opponents in the State Council , and promulgated the bill under Article 87 . |
| 7 | An interference effect was indeed apparent at the start of the final stage ( Fig. 4.7 ) and did not differ in magnitude between subjects that had received their aversive training in the same context as that used for the test and subjects that had received aversive training in a different context . |
| 8 | This is a pity , given its leading role in the profession . |
| 9 | She had examined her curved reflection in the chrome mirror . |
| 10 | French Prime Minister Michel Rocard signed in Wellington on April 29 an agreement setting up a bilateral " friendship fund " ; accepting blame , he said that France had recognized its past wrongdoing in the Rainbow Warrior affair . |
| 11 | It has placed its diplomatic future in the hands of one outside power , and this may eventually prove more dangerous than adopting a less aggressive policy towards its neighbours . |
| 12 | Given the apparent pervasiveness of GPs ' behaviour , it is vital , given their primary training in the complexity of the social world , that , first , ASWs are aware of issues of gender and sexism , and second that they are prepared to challenge medical power threatening women 's civil rights . |
| 13 | NCT has been invited to join as an associate member and , our President , is our rep. on this advisory body to the government whose terms of references are ‘ to ensure by all possible means that the informed opinions of women are given their due weight in the deliberations of government . ’ |
| 14 | Given their prime location in the centre of towns and on major thoroughfares , Georgian coaching inns are frequently prime targets for refurbishment . |
| 15 | Overseas exploration and colonial settlement opened up vistas of fabulous riches ; the existence of the barbarians could no longer just be taken for granted ; they had to be fitted in and given their proper place in the ordinary man 's picture of world geography . |
| 16 | McCool was omitted from the afternoon singles along with National champion Eavan Higgins so that Hazel Kavanagh of Grange could be given her first match in the tournament and Barbara Hackett from Castletroy her second outing . |
| 17 | These locus control regions ( LCR ) were first defined for the β-globin system ( 14,15 ) and their ability to orchestrate lineage specific expression of sequences linked in cis has made them key elements in the development of gene therapy technology . |
| 18 | His three children have all made their own way in the world , preferring not to join the family firm . |
| 19 | In subsequent elections its percentage of second votes , once as low as 5.8 and never higher than 12.8 , has ensured its continuous representation in the Bundestag . |
| 20 | Michele Roberts having seen her fifth novel In the Red Kitchen published in 1990 is currently working on a screenplay for French television and on a new novel . |
| 21 | Before Mikey had swung the bus around and brought it to a stop she had seen their pale faces in the wet night , the two umbrellas . |
| 22 | Mattox 's campaign presented her silence on this subject as an expression of guilt , although the drugs issue backfired on him in the final days of the campaign when witnesses claimed to have seen him smoking marijuana in the early 1970s , a claim which he vehemently denied . |
| 23 | Maybe he 'd joined a ship , he 'd done his national service in the navy . |
| 24 | Orwell , unlike Waugh , was never a natural master of narrative , and his uncertain career in fiction had begun , after much trial and error , with Burmese Days ( 1934 ) , where he had exploited his youthful experiences in the Burma police . |
| 25 | MICHAEL Heseltine , the Trade Secretary , has made his first decision in the new office . |
| 26 | President Truman , a longtime supporter of civil rights — who may have owed his unexpected victory in the close contest of 1948 to black voters in the northern cities — made some progress towards equal status for blacks in the armed forces and in Federal employment . |
| 27 | He had seen his first Rottweiler in the UK whilst visiting a police dog training centre and he was greatly impressed with his working ability . |
| 28 | Dutifully she and Luke followed Anna and Sam through the house ; they discovered that they had both visited it several times in the past . |
| 29 | When you 're preparing what you 're going to say , use notes , and I 've given you some guidance in the handout on using notes . |
| 30 | Rachel moved her hands over his bare shoulders , kissed his chest , buried her hot face in the black hairs there . |