Example sentences of "a [adv] define [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Obviously though , prices have increased , and a properly defined index should reflect this , by taking into account the qualitative change in the drawings sold over the two years . |
2 | So a people with a common culture , history , language should live in a separately defined state . |
3 | He or she is a third party intermediary in a broadly defined accountability relationship between , on the one hand , government and management , and on the other hand , politicians and the public at large . |
4 | The same is true of town and village rugs , and individual items that clearly originate from a broadly defined area or region , but can not be tied down to a specific village or town will be marketed under the name of the general location . |
5 | " Trust beneficiaries " is a specially defined term . |
6 | We have therefore created a biochemically defined model system to explore this hypothesis . |
7 | A further difficulty is that , within a particular culture or sub-culture , religion will have a socially defined image , so that in some circumstances respondents might feel they ought to say that they are more ‘ religious ’ than they really are , or , in other circumstances , that they are less so . |
8 | Although AI believes in the indivisibility of human rights , the campaigning work of the organisation focuses on issues within a strictly defined mandate : No one should be imprisoned for the peaceful expression of their beliefs , or because of their colour , sex , ethnic origin or religion ; no one should be tortured , ill-treated or executed ; all political prisoners should receive prompt and fair trials . |
9 | There is a carefully defined hierarchy of offices which can provide the organisation with continuity via recruitment from below . |
10 | The houses and parks in Georgian Sussex represented leisured society at its peak ; their owners lived essentially on the basic work of others but paid for their cultivated sensibilities and elegance with a carefully defined series of public responsibilities . |
11 | Yes , erm , on paragraph three erm , the , the last sentence erm , where it says without direct access to its own balances , the authority may therefore have to make revised precept in ninety four , ninety five erm , I understand what 's being said there , but any organization needs to actually work within er , a clearly defined budget . |
12 | Any attempt at clarifying the sundry commitments and obligations for the provider in a detention and/or incarcerational situation must recognise this fact and make sure that a clearly defined ethic is agreed to by the licensing bodies of the so-called physician extender groups , the physician assistants , and the nurse practitioners . |
13 | in hyper-text systems , the internal structure of the nodes can be left undefined whereas in data-base technology there is a clearly defined structure for each specific text object at lower levels of the class hierarchy . |
14 | Here it is sufficient to note that the analysis presented above offers a plausible interpretation of several distinct relationships by treating them not as unique isolates but as interlocking parts of a larger pattern with a clearly defined structure . |
15 | In initial stages , as reported for both Xenopus and mouse embryos treated with retinoic acid , we find that although there is a clearly defined segment in the r3 position , the r3 stripe of Krox-20 expression is absent . |
16 | Where the terms of a settlement are so framed that a clearly defined person can benefit ( for example if the class of beneficiaries includes ‘ any spouse of the settlor ’ or ‘ spouse of the settlor 's children' ) or such persons could be added to the class of beneficiaries , then the settlor will be treated as having an ‘ interest ’ in the trust . |
17 | Alexander 's ministries , each with a clearly defined function and headed by a single official , represented a distinct improvement on the old colleges . |
18 | Some of the University 's degrees are specifically vocational and have an established core or have a clearly defined course of study ; others are more open in their purpose and structure . |
19 | A second likely reason for the ineffectiveness of project work is that the activity itself does not have a clearly defined purpose on the part of either the teacher or the pupil . |
20 | Of course , there is no necessity to include a sample or a gift in any press pack and indeed simply including these items for the sake of it and without a clearly defined idea of why you are doing it is a waste of money . |
21 | In these circumstances , the mental model of a text is , in a clearly defined sense , incomplete , since links between names and participants in actions are not included in the representation . |
22 | Some theses clearly belong in a clearly defined sub-discipline , but in other cases , distinctions are blurred , and assignment to one or other category may be arbitrary . |
23 | To adopt this approach successfully it is important that government has a clearly defined framework for investment in research . |
24 | Just as significantly , it betrays Henry the Liberal 's view of feudalism as a clearly defined contract in which the holder of a specified fief of land performed a set amount of military service for the privilege ; and , in cases where he had fiefs of several lords , had the obligation to recognize one homage as overriding . |
25 | But I ca n't prevent myself thinking that the person who is to play Claudia should possess a clearly defined personality of her own . |
26 | This encouraged the growth of a clearly defined body of hereditary peers , for it eliminated the risks that an earldom would pass into other hands by marriage , that the lands would become separate from the title , or that they would be divided up amongst coheiresses . |
27 | However , if there is a clearly defined project , the related expenditure is clearly identifiable , and if there is a reasonable expectation of sufficient future benefits at least to cover all the costs , development expenditure may be carried forward as an asset on the balance sheet and amortized over the period(s) expected to benefit . |
28 | Any process with a clearly defined end and intermediate objectives that can be broken down into easily analysed subskills is ideally suited for computerisation . |
29 | In the police this desire for a clearly defined world of order derives from an implicit understanding that control of social behaviour is always surrounded by the dirt of structural ambivalence . |
30 | In order for there to be a democracy there must be a clearly defined source of ultimate power . |