Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] represents a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the inhouse best practice technique represents a valid , low-cost approach for identifying what can be achieved and the key elements needed for better performance ; |
| 2 | Existing US Administration policy represents an inadequate response to the threat of global warming , according to a report presented to the US Congress by the National Academy of Sciences in Washington . |
| 3 | ICI believes that the Environmental Protection Act represents a major opportunity for good environmental performance in the future . |
| 4 | Its symptom pattern represents a final common pathway resulting from the interplay of three broad classes of predisposing factors shown in figure 2 . |
| 5 | The arrival of a new and major market in the Lancaster area represents a major opportunity for local firms . |
| 6 | The fire and safety project represents a substantial order and is for a new installation on the Umm-Shaif development , whilst the second incorporates a major element of fire protection systems for retrofit of an existing installation , the Zakum Central Super Complex . |
| 7 | Radiographs of the various individual heads taken for the Museum of Modern Art show that originally the faces of the figures at the right were painted in the same idiom as that of the figure at the left.1 Since the head of the standing figure represents an intermediate stage between that of the figure at the left and the one directly below it , it follows that the squatting figure , the still life and the drapery at the right were the last parts of the picture to be painted . |
| 8 | This was not the response of the majority , however , and the willingness of users to inject dirty drugs and reuse and share equipment represents a major health hazard , which will be discussed in Chapter 9 . |
| 9 | Joining the DowElanco team represents an unparalleled opportunity to develop a career with a major global agrochemical business . |
| 10 | This tendency reached its nadir in The Shining , but Full Metal Jacket represents a partial recovery , particularly in the brilliantly stylized choreography of the opening section in the training camp . |
| 11 | Consumer protection represents an important plank in the evolving structure of Community law and several Directives have been issued in this field , including Directives relating to consumer credit and doorstep transactions . |
| 12 | The GRIST funding represents a timely response to addressing these issues , although a cautionary note has to be sounded — if the curriculum is not considered satisfactory for four years olds in general , what of its relevance for four year olds with special needs ? |
| 13 | As determined by sequencing , the larger PCR product corresponds to the AD1 sequence plus the 5' and 3' flanking type III sequence while the 185 bp product represents an alternative form in which AD1 is spliced and only the flanking sequence of type III repeat 10 and 11 are present . |
| 14 | This control group represents a consecutive 18 patients chosen at random from a period midway through our experience in 1987 to 1989 , who are typical of patients presenting for elective operation for ulcerative colitis . |
| 15 | THE first black woman MP represents a poor area in which a third are non-whites and health and housing are big issues . |
| 16 | In addition , peptic ulcer disease represents a heterogeneous group of disorders attributable to a variety of genetic and environmental causes . |
| 17 | The writing submitted to the M-O Archive represents a particular genre , namely social commentary by committed and confident writers interested in making a contribution to history by providing evidence for future researchers of what ‘ ordinary ’ people at this time felt and wrote about contemporary social issues . |
| 18 | On the basis of this feedback , intensive subject assessment represents a significant step forward for SCOTVEC and , as a result of the experience , SCOTVEC is continuing to supplement its sampling visits with a programme of intensive subject assessment in session 1990/91 . |
| 19 | The local government legislation of the Thatcher administration represents a marked change in Conservative policy . |
| 20 | She says the extensive music library represents a unique resource which the BBC can draw on in its forthcoming battle for listeners with new national commercial radio channels . |
| 21 | In the longer term , the new Child Support Agency represents a major policy shift . |
| 22 | Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway represents a real success story as far as the British preservation movement is concerned . |
| 23 | Because the scale is logarithmic , each whole number increment represents a tenfold change in acidity ; thus , solutions of pH 6 , 5 and 4 contain 1 , 10 and 100 microequivalents of acidity ( Hsup+ ; ) per litre respectively ( abbreviated u eq/l ) as illustrated in figure 4.2 . |
| 24 | THE decision by the Kenyan president , Daniel arap Moi , to abandon economic reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank represents a serious blow to the prospects of eastern Africa 's biggest economy . |
| 25 | Notwithstanding the serious criticisms we have made in the report about certain aspects of the scheme , the results , taken as a whole , demonstrate that the green form scheme represents an invaluable social service and provides a source of immediate legal advice to those who need it … . |
| 26 | The reasons for the apparent change in relative incidence at different sites are poorly understood and there is controversy about whether the increase of cardia cancer represents an absolute increment or whether the apparent increase is related to a decreased incidence of antral tumours . |
| 27 | In broad terms , because soft systems thinking represents a unique way of encouraging an observer to learn about a situation , it should appeal to virtually anyone who has an enquiring mind , a notion reflected in the closing paragraphs of Systems Thinking , Systems practice ; as I have made frequent reference to this work throughout , it seems appropriate to finish my book with the following quote from Professor Peter Checkland , who says about soft systems thinking : |
| 28 | The 20th Century Gallery represents an intelligent form of revisionist design history . |
| 29 | The consequent improvement in overall system efficiency represents a significant advantage of the bipolar bridge drive over the unipolar drive and for this reason most large 1 kW ) stepping motors , including variable-reluctance types , are operated from bipolar drives . |
| 30 | The Woolf report represents a substantial advance upon the ‘ orthodox account ’ . |