Example sentences of "terms [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 130 political prisoners from Irian Jaya are currently serving lengthy prison terms for advocating the province 's independence from Indonesia . |
| 2 | Western and Pakistani diplomatic sources said the UN secretariat hoped to bring together the six countries directly involved in the conflict — the US , the Soviet Union , China , Pakistan , Iran and Saudi Arabia — to accept the broad terms for a dialogue among the rival Afghan groups . |
| 3 | After all , if you can borrow ( or exchange your existing UK mortgage where you are paying rates at the highest level in real terms for over a century ) for a Swiss franc mortgage at around 9.5 per cent , a mark mortgage at just under 10 per cent , an Ecu mortgage ( Ecu is the European currency unit which is made up of a ‘ basket ’ of 10 currencies including sterling ) at about 10 per cent or a Japanese yen mortgage at just under 8 per cent , why not do so ? |
| 4 | The month of August 1977 showed a balance-of-payment surplus of £316 m. , the largest ever recorded in numerical terms for one month . |
| 5 | I have already used several interchangeable terms for happiness . |
| 6 | government spending to be cut by 5 per cent annually in real terms for five years ; |
| 7 | Morgan was not interested in the terms for themselves but in the principles which they seemed to reveal when they were put together . |
| 8 | This crucial element in Morgan 's evidence is an illusion and there is not the slightest shred of evidence that those societies where large numbers of people can be referred to by the terms for parent are societies where marriage is either more or less individualistic . |
| 9 | ‘ My parents and I had n't been on good terms for some time . |
| 10 | The poor quality of the films coming out of Stoll and Ideal did nothing to improve the reputation of British pictures , nor strengthen the hands of their producer-distributors in negotiating good terms for their cinema screening . |
| 11 | Brittan rebuts Thatcher terms for EC progress . |
| 12 | Delivering the annual Granada Lecture , Sir Leon outlined a programme for achieving a prosperous and non-bureaucratic European Community , but its main thrust amounted to a rebuttal of her highly-personalised terms for further progress towards economic and monetary union . |
| 13 | Announcing the terms for the December 12 Stock Exchange launch , the water minister , Mr Michael Howard , refused to accept that the Government will face a paper loss of more than £1.3 billion . |
| 14 | Announcing the terms for the December 12 Stock Exchange launch , the water minister , Mr Michael Howard , refused to accept that the Government will face a paper loss of more than £1.3 billion on the sell-off . |
| 15 | It will lay down minimum terms for a new manufacturer 's guarantees . |
| 16 | According to Inland Revenue estimates for England some 500,000 businesses , mainly in the South and West , will see their rates bills rise by 20 per cent in real terms for at least the next two years . |
| 17 | Moscow sets terms for unity debate Following are extracts from an address to members of the European Parliament given yesterday by the Soviet Foreign Minister , Mr Eduard Shevardnadze . |
| 18 | He has accepted improved terms for himself and his training and physiotherapy staff . |
| 19 | Teversham 's terms for pretty women had been taken wholesale from his father who had been a young airman in World War II . |
| 20 | Two of the most notorious , Angelo Paccione and Anthony Vulpis , are serving 12-year terms for illegal dumping . |
| 21 | Mr Shamir , besieged by his party 's hawks , refused to accept America 's terms for holding Israeli-Palestinian talks in Cairo to prepare the election he had himself proposed for the occupied West Bank and Gaza . |
| 22 | When Mr Shamir 's government fell apart , it was closer than ever before to accepting the American terms for talks with the Palestinians , even though in the end Mr Shamir proved too much of a hawk to start talking . |
| 23 | ‘ Before there is any possible move to a voluntary co-operative the government will have to guarantee enabling legislation so that board assets can be transferred , a suitable transition period to avoid chaos in the market , and clearly defined terms for a poll of producers . ’ |
| 24 | The work had been incredibly boring ; even with her husband 's help it had taken an age to find out the Russian terms for the jargon of mountaineering , and the subject simply left her cold . |
| 25 | Its task is to find acceptable French terms for the universally used English ones . |
| 26 | Mr Ashdown , the Liberal Democrat leader , toughened his terms for a deal yesterday . |
| 27 | He used an interview with Brian Walden on ITV to outline his terms for a coalition with either Labour or the Conservatives . |
| 28 | This will enable Benzina , the republic and the federal governments to decide terms for the sale of a third of the Benzina petrol stations to the major oil companies . |
| 29 | They believe that such a move could provoke Labour into accepting their terms for a partnership government as its anxiety to hold office mounted . |
| 30 | Greg Mackey , the Hull captain , has rejected the club 's terms for a further one-year contract . |