Example sentences of "the [noun sg] 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 dredger represents a major technological advance for the miners . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The figure represents a rise of £848 compared to the 1991 surplus . |
| 10 | An early cancer — that is , Dukes 's A or B found as a result of the programme represents a success . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Perhaps a long blue cloth laid down the middle of the hall represents a river — itself an important boundary . |
| 16 | I do not accept that the proposal represents a major surrender of sovereignty . |
| 17 | " I firmly believe the Proposal represents a very wise and potentially creative way in which the world could deal with its most pressing needs . " |
| 18 | The arrow represents a data flow from one part of the system to another . |
| 19 | The Act represents a particular view both of the nature of learning and schools as organisations . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The syntactic information stored in the lexicon represents a combination of information from the Text710 version of the OALDCE dictionary and the LOB corpus . |
| 26 | In financial conglomerates a potential conflict may be said to exist where , for example , the conglomerate , when managing a client 's affairs , has to choose between two solutions for a deal where one choice is preferable from its own point of view while the other represents a better bargain for the client . |
| 27 | Lengths of wool or strips of paper are sometimes used to emphasise that the mark represents a height from the floor . |
| 28 | As Paolozzi explains in this leaflet , ‘ The whole represents a strong belief in optimism and progress ’ . |
| 29 | The whole represents a strong belief in optimism and progress . |
| 30 | time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf . |