Example sentences of "the [noun] represents a " in BNC.

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1 Either way , the contract represents a repeat performance for Wimpey International returning to construct an extension to the original plant built by the company in 1979 .
2 Although the decision represents a much needed victory for the regulatory authorities , it is unfortunate that the appellate courts had to intervene in the first place .
3 Sums of money I am describing tonight are large , revenue and capital spending combined , of over three thousand million pounds is many times the amount spent by quangos in Wales outside the health service and the grant represents a large share of my total budget for Wales and I hope members opposite are not suggesting I should cut spending on health , that is a vital service which I thought they supported as well .
4 Reasons are that the PC has become the conventional engineering tool ; most DSP applications programs run under ms-dos ; hardware interfacing of target DSP boards to the PC has become a standard practice , and the PC represents a low cost entry point into the field of DSP development .
5 Clothing is one of the largest sectors of UK industry and is particularly important in Northern Ireland , where total employment in the industry represents a substantial proportion of all those employed in manufacturing .
6 The methodology represents a significant change in the development of computing systems away from the technology , in particular , hardware and software ( including programming techniques and algorithms ) , and towards data and the way it is structured .
7 The 100p represents a 21% premium on the closing price earlier in the week .
8 The dredger represents a major technological advance for the miners .
9 The investment represents a personal victory for the city 's Principal Arts Officer , Elizabeth Goodall , who has led a long campaign to educate local politicians of the cultural and economic rewards to be reaped from properly investing in the visual arts infrastructure .
10 The figure represents a rise of £848 compared to the 1991 surplus .
11 An early cancer — that is , Dukes 's A or B found as a result of the programme represents a success .
12 Comparison of the two models shows that the spring represents a system storing energy which is recoverable , whereas the dashpot represents the dissipation of energy in the form of heat by a viscous material subjected to a deforming force .
13 Critics say the plan represents a flawed , ‘ image-above-all-else ’ , attempt by the Ministry to beef up the Prado 's revenue-generating potential , and thereby reduce State support .
14 If the change to the new production process is costless , then halving the number employed to produce the widgets represents a commensurate saving in the wage bill .
15 Conversely , whilst there may in a few cases be valid reasons for a high quality paper not being submitted to such journals , it could be argued that in some cases publication outside the core represents a negative value judgement on the quality of that research .
16 Conversely , whilst there may in a few cases be valid reasons for a high quality paper not being submitted to such journals , it could be argued that in some cases publication outside the core represents a negative value judgement on the quality of that research .
17 Perhaps a long blue cloth laid down the middle of the hall represents a river — itself an important boundary .
18 I do not accept that the proposal represents a major surrender of sovereignty .
19 " I firmly believe the Proposal represents a very wise and potentially creative way in which the world could deal with its most pressing needs . "
20 The arrow represents a data flow from one part of the system to another .
21 The Act represents a particular view both of the nature of learning and schools as organisations .
22 The Warlord represents a great chieftain and leader of the Waaagh .
23 Professor Colin Bell , of Edinburgh University 's sociology department , said : ‘ The conference represents a unique opportunity for the doctors and nurses who care for people who are generally regarded as being ‘ hopelessly ill ’ to get together with lawyers , philosophers and sociologists to discuss the very real dilemmas — social , legal and medical — posed by such people .
24 In the reflection of what is going on out of bed , people with relatively well-integrated personalities find that their sexual intercourse over the years represents a variety of feelings and moods .
25 Above all , the remark represents a rejection of Adenauer 's explicit attachment of Germany 's destiny to the Western path , reflecting a long-term trend in German policy making .
26 With the problems encountered by the 1981 census in Northern Ireland the CHS represents a major potential data source for secondary analysis by researchers both in Northern Ireland and in Britain .
27 The ERA represents a major shift of national direction on several fronts : it necessarily runs counter in the short term to structures , procedures and habits of mind which are deeply ingrained .
28 The inquiry represents a genuine need for information which could have been partly fulfilled by traditional means such as telephone books or local guides but which could be investigated more thoroughly by using Prestel .
29 The group represents a wide cross section of the industry from Hewlett-Packard Co to Intel Corp , NCR Corp to US West Inc , and its mission is to develop an enterprise-wide product knowledge management system to help resolve product-related problems suffered by customers .
30 However the alliance represents a watershed for Chorus , which is now embarked on a binary strategy for the very first time , though where exactly it goes from here is still unclear .
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