Example sentences of "be [verb] in [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remaining twenty-seven were obliged to be withdrawn in consequence of action brought or disputed ownership . |
| 2 | It is doubtless true that at bottom the behaviour of a motor car is to be explained in terms of interactions between fundamental particles . |
| 3 | The behaviour of a computer can be explained in terms of interactions between semiconductor electronic gates , and the behaviour of these , in turn , is explained by physicists at yet lower levels . |
| 4 | We concluded that the behaviour of a complicated thing should be explained in terms of interactions between its component parts , considered as successive layers of an orderly hierarchy . |
| 5 | The other programme was the field theory initiated by Faraday , according to which electrical phenomena can be explained in terms of actions going on in the medium surrounding electrified bodies and electric circuits , rather than in terms of the behaviour of a substance within them . |
| 6 | Rather than the result of differential access to productive property per se , the inequality between these two broad occupational strata can be explained in terms of Weber 's emphasis on their different market capacities . |
| 7 | What has come to his rescue is an altogether subtler kind of ideas and information-limitation whose effectiveness is , if anything , enhanced by the fact that it can not easily be explained in terms of conspiracies and blunt propaganda . |
| 8 | It has also been found that age effects can be explained in terms of speed of learning of the language , which is much faster the younger the learner . |
| 9 | So the believing in religion with , with moral codes , particularly in those religions which have rather strict moral codes , and demand quite a lot from the believer , in terms of adherence to the er , to the moral law even those religions can be explained in terms of Freud 's transference theory , because that too , comes from childhood . |
| 10 | If Hume 's argument proves anything , it is just this : that the assumption of identity can not be explained in terms of the conditions under which the empirical things of the common sense world are re-identified ; in particular , it can not be explained in terms of similarities between perceptions and ideas . |
| 11 | The existence of distinct geographical provinces thus could not be explained in terms of climate . |
| 12 | Many non-neutral uses of gender-neutral words ( like citizen ) can not be explained in terms of speakers ' commonsense assumptions that men do certain things and women other things . |
| 13 | Further , it has been argued that there is no ‘ Asiatic mode of production ’ , so that the distinctive history of the Orient has to be explained in terms of influences other than a specific mode of production ; for instance , by the character and development of political or religious institutions . |
| 14 | The hard core of Marx 's historical materialism would be the assumption that social change is to be explained in terms of class struggle , the nature of the classes and the details of the struggle being determined in the last instance by the economic base . |
| 15 | Something of a myth has developed about the universality of ‘ live ’ variety that can be explained in terms of generalizations based on those great centres London and New York , and by the ubiquitous nature of printed sheet music which often used the name of a star as a selling gimmick and which took songs into many pubs and drinking saloons as well as into many homes . |
| 16 | How individual capitalists or groups of them choose to accumulate will have to be explained in terms of personality , entrepreneurial history and material opportunities . |
| 17 | Rewards may be given in terms of pay , promotion , status , official approval etc . |
| 18 | Where a plaintiff had shown that he was the beneficiary of a trust , for example that some land should be conveyed to him , the judgment could be given in terms of performance : the trustee could be required to convey the land to him . |
| 19 | All analytical methods should be validated in respect of accuracy , precision , linearity and specificity . |
| 20 | Change in the attitude to Welsh of some 800 pupils will be examined in terms of youth culture , use of mass media , identification models , language background of the home as well as the school and neighbourhood , type of school attended , self concept , achievement level , gender and age . |
| 21 | In the following section I shall show that planned reformulations can be justified in terms of style . |
| 22 | Private property and freedom are not uniquely connected in the way that Hayek suggests , therefore , and if private property is to be justified in terms of freedom some further argument is required that the dispersal theory does not supply . |
| 23 | Aesthetic terms " used in the discussion of style ( urbane , curt , exuberant , florid , lucid , plain , vigorous , etc ) are not directly referable to any observable linguistic features of texts , and one of the long-term aims of stylistics must be to see how far such descriptions can be justified in terms of descriptions of a more linguistic kind . |
| 24 | Approximately £20M of the business margin is invested in this way but , whereas in the past such research was judged by its technical excellence and general relevance to the nuclear programmes , today it all has to be justified in terms of market requirements and the likely return on investment . |
| 25 | Also recorded in the Charges Register are any outstanding mortgages , and these will be listed in order of priority . |
| 26 | Overseas applicants are required to provide evidence of medical fitness ; such evidence , in the form of written verification from a medical officer that the applicant is deemed fit to undertake studies at the University , must be received in advance of registration . |
| 27 | Overseas applicants are required to provide evidence of medical fitness ; such evidence , in the form of written verification from a medical officer that the applicant is deemed fit to undertake studies at the University , must be received in advance of registration . |
| 28 | Where the licensing board decides to hold a hearing as mentioned in subsection ( 4 ) above : ( a ) the clerk of the board shall serve on the holder of the licence , not less than 21 days before the hearing , a notice that the board proposes to hold a hearing , specifying the complaint and the grounds upon which suspension of the licence is sought ; ( b ) the clerk of the board shall give notice of the hearing to the complainer ; ( c ) any person or body mentioned in section 16(1) of this Act may , not less than 7 days before the hearing , lodge notice with the clerk of the board that he or it wishes to be heard in support of suspension of the licence specifying the grounds on which he or it seeks such suspension , an any such notice shall be intimated by such person to the holder of the licence ; ( d ) the board shall not order suspension of a licence without hearing the holder thereof unless after receiving due notice of the hearing the holder fails to appear . |
| 29 | Originally , trade marks could only be registered in respect of goods but the Trade Marks ( Amendment ) Act 1984 extended the registration of trade marks to services such as banking and laundries . |
| 30 | The Panel should be consulted in cases of doubt ( Note 2 to the definition of " acting in concert " ) . |