Example sentences of "considerable [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the regime allows the church itself considerable freedom , perhaps as a kind of safety valve . |
| 2 | For a start , there is considerable freedom of entry for all involved , unlike the formal sector where barriers exist in the form of qualifications , contracts and other institutional restrictions . |
| 3 | Nor could the academic organization of the schools remain as rudimentary as it had been : communication and management would not just ‘ happen ’ in schools of a thousand pupils or more , and the stream of curriculum innovation needed to be carefully channelled — especially in a system where each school enjoyed considerable freedom in choosing patterns of study and teaching methods . |
| 4 | Although the method of distributing the resources is tightly constrained by statute there is considerable freedom , within the sharply focused political accountability of the Community Charge , to determine at the local level the quantum to be available to meet the identified local needs . |
| 5 | Clinicians have been accustomed to having the prime influence over the deployment of resources and to enjoying considerable freedom to pursue their professional activities . |
| 6 | Apart from these quarterly meetings , and monthly financial reports , Iveco 's directors are given considerable freedom in their day to day management . |
| 7 | The priority accorded to ‘ the right ’ by liberalism is reflected in the considerable freedom of contract permitted by Western legal systems . |
| 8 | It was , however , often in the best interests of the French crown to allow the ducal jurisdiction considerable freedom of action . |
| 9 | The pattern is the same from every angle , which affords considerable freedom in the placement of the rug . |
| 10 | This faith extended to allowing Verity Lambert considerable freedom in choosing her Directors , a key area where selecting the right type of Director was as important as finding the right sort of author . |
| 11 | Thus , the local Serbian chiefs had considerable freedom of action , and most , like Miloš , used it arbitrarily and grew rich and powerful by the exercise of their power . |
| 12 | Thus the quality of the environment which is required to provide autonomy of action and personal freedoms has to be rigidly defined in the care system , but within this system the care provider has considerable freedom and responsibility . |
| 13 | He attempts to obtain considerable freedom of action from his superiors . |
| 14 | During part of the Middle Ages , and certainly between 1688 and 1835 , local boroughs and justices of the peace had considerable freedom . |
| 15 | The ‘ bubble ’ strategy introduced in 1979 , and incorporated into the Emissions Trading Policy of 1982 , exemplifies the flexible approach by giving plant managers considerable freedom in finding the cheapest , most efficient way of meeting pollution control standards ( Behr , 1979 ; Liroff , 1980 ) . |
| 16 | This column appears on page two of each edition , and allows the author considerable freedom to express his/her ideas , opinions and reflections . |
| 17 | It proposed a new division of responsibility for finance between central and local government , and a structure of regional and national bodies to advise both the Secretary of State and LEAs on management tasks , while leaving considerable freedom of decision with both the LEAs and individual institutions . |
| 18 | I think he allows her considerable freedom over her — her weakness , you know , and so she is quite content to work for him whatever the village may say of him , and they do , to be sure , say some very foolish things . |
| 19 | However , if the GPs were to act as Health Maintenance Organizations ( HMOs ) and have a budget to cover the total care for their patients , a Type I system would give them considerable freedom of referral , but would not necessarily increase the patients ' freedom . |
| 20 | It was important that the colleges should have ‘ considerable freedom ’ to interpret the overall requirements , and the Council itself would determine the title of the new degree . |
| 21 | It is clear that there was considerable freedom in the peasant land-market , so that individuals were able to buy parcels of land and increase their own holdings . |
| 22 | She is already gaining considerable performing experience and has recently been the soloist in both the Fauré and Brahms Requiems , Haydn 's Nelson Mass and Mozart 's Coronation Mass . |
| 23 | Not only is a comparison between only three years potentially misleading ; there are very considerable divergences between trends in victimization and recorded crime for specific offences , which are concealed by the coincidence in the overall direction ( Hough and Mayhew , 1985 , Dowds et al . , |
| 24 | The participants acknowledged that there had been considerable divergences of views on each of these issues , but all declared themselves satisfied with the compromises reached as expressed in the final declaration . |
| 25 | They mostly excel in their industry — the skill with which they irrigate their terraced hillsides with tiny runnels of water shows a considerable advancement in agriculture . |
| 26 | When the band have achieved considerable chart success ( when they have sold approximately a million copies of their albums ) , they should consider whether a royalty examination should be done . |
| 27 | Four years ago Pepsi and Shirlie were enjoying considerable chart success and media attention . |
| 28 | MARK BOOMLA works in the Entertainments Division of Touche Ross , one of the biggest accountancy firms in the world , He has considerable experience of advising major pop artists and companies on all aspects of their finances . |
| 29 | The initial impetus came from the Managing Director of one of the largest of the Harris Tweed manufacturers — the son of a crofter and himself a fisherman in his early days The Association was , however , given its distinctive shape and its constitution by the first chairman , Rev. Ian Carmichael , a Gaelic-speaker from Lismore who was a minister in Stornoway at the time , and who had had considerable experience of welfare work in industry , and had been for some years vice convener of one of the largest local authorities in Scotland . |
| 30 | According to a doctor with considerable experience of cases of dyslexia , the boy was ‘ moderately dyslexic , but the effects … are offset by his exceptionally high IQ which means that those effects are modified but not eliminated … . |