Example sentences of "[det] [unc] hoc " in BNC.
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| 1 | From an observer 's point of view this ad hoc approach to eternity and salvation poses acute problems of description . |
| 2 | However , this ad hoc procedure has not been without its critics , largely because of doubts about whether it is possible to perform the exercise with sufficient precision to arrive at a clear-cut evaluation . |
| 3 | However , it can often be very useful for the formulation chemist to carry out some ad hoc tests on certain aspects of the stability of his/her formulation . |
| 4 | The planners felt some ad hoc information requests might be delegated , but these are a very small part of their total information need . |
| 5 | That makes me think he must have connections with the Jordanian Government — he probably works for the Jordanian Secret Service , either full time or in some ad hoc capacity . |
| 6 | Some ad hoc bodies remained . |
| 7 | ’ … publisher 's MRDs have the wrong form , and the wrong content , and while some ad hoc programming may achieve rapid partial results … further study or exploitation of existing MRDs will lead to diminishing returns . ’ |
| 8 | The flaw of monism is that it tends to view a text as an undifferentiated whole , so that examination of linguistic choices can not be made except on some ad hoc principle . |
| 9 | I will first consider some ad hoc modifications , which the falsificationist would reject , and afterwards these will be contrasted with some modifications that are not ad hoc and which the falsificationist would consequently welcome . |
| 10 | A rational player in a game can not be thought of as simply taking his rivals ' actions as given by some ad hoc assumption . |
| 11 | Some ad hoc studies of these problems have been made ‘ off the model ’ but it is not possible to tell , from the model , whether these developments are inevitable , optimal , arise from some readily-changed market impediment , or are undesirable and remediable by drastic changes to policy . |
| 12 | The FA 's commercial director Trevor Phillips said : ‘ I am looking to end this deal with Watershed , tighten up the release of film , which will help prevent such ad hoc videos being made . ’ |
| 13 | Heseltine claimed that the Prime Minister failed at these ad hoc groups to get her way , which was to ‘ close off the European option ’ for the Westland rescue . |
| 14 | These ad hoc bodies , as they are frequently described , were created by local or private Acts of Parliament , the scope of which is limited to the locality or interests concerned . |
| 15 | This situation might have led to a drive for better theory for public sector accounting , to sustain these ad hoc policies — but it has not . |
| 16 | But these ad hoc measures have created unnecessary complexity . |
| 17 | Sec. set up many ad hoc sub-committees for relatively simple jobs . |
| 18 | Other Groups Other smaller groups , such as the Brass Ensemble , Saxophone Quartet and the Madrigal Group , are joined by invitation only , but there are many ad hoc informal groups formed by pupils themselves , and any such initiative is welcomed and encouraged by the Music Department . |
| 19 | The crucial question , however , is how much opportunity critical ministers are afforded in full Cabinet when it comes to reshaping or even reopening decisions reached in Cabinet committees , those ad hoc meetings or the Prime Minister 's ‘ judge and jury ’ sessions . |
| 20 | Father-daughter incest , and particularly stepfather-daughter incest , is an increasingly reported and prosecuted form of child sexual abuse , and the urgent need for prevention outweighs the value of any post hoc cures , penal or therapeutic . |
| 21 | To administer the new arrangement , the Cambridge Board established its own ad hoc rural areas committee in February 1930 in conjunction with other developments in Cambridgeshire and which reflected the Board 's interest and developing policy for course provision under both Chapters II and III . |
| 22 | Unsurprisingly , the Cambridge Board members were unable to accept Green 's proposals as it involved weakening its own ad hoc position and strengthening that of the District . |
| 23 | I do not think it fair that only two , or any ad hoc number , should be allowed to participate . |
| 24 | This form is to be completed for any ad hoc requests which can not be requested specifically by forms NEWOED1–NEWOED6 . |
| 25 | to be flexible in design and use in order to meet new demands for information from within and without the Polytechnic , to adapt to growth and structural change ( within both courses and the institution ) , and to answer effectively any ad hoc enquiry ( this flexibility is also required by the method of project management described below ) ; |
| 26 | Thus every time a nominated board is established to perform some administrative function , it is felt that some sort of democratic check is necessary and as elections can not be run for each ad hoc board , another nominated body is created called an ‘ advisory council ’ , the idea being that this acts in lieu of democratic control . |