Example sentences of "in [adj] terms [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | In monetary terms it made a lot more sense to extend episode numbers within a serial , thereby getting more television hours with fewer changes in location . |
2 | Although this factor may be difficult to assess in monetary terms it may be influential in the make or buy decision . |
3 | We then all sit down together and discuss these various options over and over again until the board has reached a position of understanding of where in broad terms we think the strategy of the individual business should fit . |
4 | I think in broad terms we can say that er , Les Echo comparatively did better than the F T. |
5 | In broad terms it was found that British managements had adopted a control system which relied little upon direct managerial intervention and allowed the workforce a greater say in decision-making , essentially as a recognition of the de facto power of trade unions and shopfloor organisation within the industry . |
6 | In broad terms it may be stated as being whether an original tenant under a lease containing a rent review clause is bound by privity of contract to pay the landlord for the time being of the premises a rent agreed or otherwise determined with a subsequent assignee of the term . |
7 | In economic terms they seem to have had little effect : in Merseyside , for instance , which has had every new scheme , economic decline has not even been halted , let alone reversed . |
8 | IIb : in economic terms they are qualitatively different . |
9 | To a certain extent this made economic and political sense : in economic terms it is where the council had most leverage and control , and in political terms it represented a move to a new base , one built on the strength of the white-collar and public sector unions in the changing economy and society of Sheffield . |
10 | Now , there are good reasons why we might want to do that , but in economic terms you 'll reduce the net welfare of the economy , or the world simply because you 're diverting resources away from efficient modes of production into inefficient modes of production . |
11 | In technical terms we say that Socinus rejected the ‘ forensic ’ idea of salvation . |
12 | To a certain extent this made economic and political sense : in economic terms it is where the council had most leverage and control , and in political terms it represented a move to a new base , one built on the strength of the white-collar and public sector unions in the changing economy and society of Sheffield . |
13 | Its powers , however , do include a measure of budgetary control and the Commission is responsible to it and can , in the final analysis , be dismissed by it , so that in political terms it enjoys a potential influence of considerable substance which , however , it has not yet fully developed . |
14 | In political terms it was a sensible alliance for a fifteen-year-old heiress deprived of a father 's or an uncle 's protection . |
15 | So in literal terms you have , you 've given me , among all flowers of the world , the flower of the rose is chief and beareth the prize , or and bears the prize , because obviously the erm , suffix for the third person singular is going to be , you 're going to use the modern version . |
16 | In cubic terms it is seven times the size of Louis XIV 's palace at Versailles . |
17 | In specific terms it is our professional duty to stand back and , acknowledging that the resources to acquire everything are not available , to provide a service that is balanced and unbiased and tries to meet the demands of a clientele that itself must judge what is good and proper . |
18 | in specific terms I ca n't remember , I would have certainly of said that for the year er nineteen eighty eight we should build into our budget an amount , what that amount was I ca n't remember , but er that was , that was never given the go ahead |
19 | In social terms it is a rather heterogeneous group , although it almost certainly excludes the lowest income groups , who may be caught in the housing and job ‘ traps ’ in inner-city areas ( Department of the Environment 1977a ) . |
20 | In English terms I would say that the property that Russell left is worth about ninety to a hundred thousand pounds . |
21 | But if you think about it in contemporary terms I I was giving a lecture in London er a couple of weeks ago erm on the subject of erm America 's changing foreign policy under Clinton if you just think about foreign policy making and who makes it , and questions of consistency and you think about some of the crises that are going on in the world from Bosnia and so on what does the constitution tell us ? |
22 | In evolutionary terms it is quite old — worms and other primitive life forms have analogous processes . |
23 | In simple terms it might well be better for rabbits to be killed while they are very young to eliminate the increased problem that follows from their reproduction . |
24 | In simple terms it covers the beliefs , values and assumptions which shape behaviour in organisations and are reflected ( perhaps imperfectly ) in structures and processes . |
25 | In overall terms it is difficult to say that the culture of a law degree has changed . |
26 | It expressed the feelings of many with its claim : " In moral terms we are creditors ; and for that we shall pay $140 million a year for the rest of the twentieth century . " |
27 | The Greeks claim that their black economy is bigger than any other Community country 's , and so in absolute terms they are not quite as badly off as the published statistics make it seem . |
28 | Although the balance of power is shifting against the commission , in absolute terms it will gain power . |
29 | That may be half of what Darren paid for it , but in absolute terms it 's incredibly low depreciation over 40,000 and adds up to an excellent value motoring package . |
30 | New and expanded towns experienced the highest rates of population growth in the 1950s and 1960s , but in absolute terms it was the medium-sized cities , like Bristol , Leicester , and Southampton , which made the biggest contribution to overall population increase . |