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 | ICI believes that the Environmental Protection Act represents a major opportunity for good environmental performance in the future . |
| 3 | Its symptom pattern represents a final common pathway resulting from the interplay of three broad classes of predisposing factors shown in figure 2 . |
| 4 | The arrival of a new and major market in the Lancaster area represents a major opportunity for local firms . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | THE first black woman MP represents a poor area in which a third are non-whites and health and housing are big issues . |
| 11 | In addition , peptic ulcer disease represents a heterogeneous group of disorders attributable to a variety of genetic and environmental causes . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The local government legislation of the Thatcher administration represents a marked change in Conservative policy . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In the longer term , the new Child Support Agency represents a major policy shift . |
| 17 | Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway represents a real success story as far as the British preservation movement is concerned . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 : |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The Woolf report represents a substantial advance upon the ‘ orthodox account ’ . |
| 23 | The Oracle party represents a significant strategic departure for Solbourne which intends to try to blend the best of the old proprietary world with the best open systems has to offer . |
| 24 | The MTV contribution represents a novel convergence of the art and rock-and-roll markets . |
| 25 | For the poor , the family network represents a crucial welfare system and for the rich , access to political power is determined by family ties and influence . |