Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [adj] term " in BNC.
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| 1 | The United Kingdom was an original party to the Convention but did not accept the compulsory jurisdiction of the Commission and Court until 1965 and then only for a three-year term which , however , has so far been regularly renewed although not without some hesitancy prompted by the embarrassment and ignominy of being condemned by the Court on a number of occasions . |
| 2 | But it is an agreement which is " restrictive of trade " in this sense , that it requires a man to give his services and wares to one person only for a long term of years to the exclusion of all others . |
| 3 | Djohar , 72 , who was sworn in for a six-year term on March 20 , was a former President of the Supreme Court and had served as interim President since the assassination of President Ahmed Abdallah Abderrahman in November 1989 [ see p. 37033 ] . |
| 4 | Changing machines means a new contract , so the company are locked in for a fresh term , again of up to nine years . |
| 5 | The American Indian system tended to group together under a single term categories of kinsfolk whom we should recognize as distinct . |
| 6 | ‘ But the crucial thing is to see that budget deficit coming down on a medium term basis convincingly . |
| 7 | Interest is paid gross to all customers investing £50,000 or more for a fixed term of at least seven days . |
| 8 | A new Constitution was approved by referendum in December 1979 , providing for an executive president elected by universal adult suffrage for a seven-year term , and a National Assembly , which in practice has limited powers , elected directly for a five-year term . |
| 9 | An executive President would be head of state ; holders of this office would in future be elected directly for a maximum term of five years and limited to a maximum of two such terms . |
| 10 | The head of state is the executive President , elected directly for a maximum term of five years and limited to a maximum of two such terms . |
| 11 | Equally , from the tenant 's point of view the interest granted him under a tenancy at will is so precarious that he would almost always be better off with a fixed term to which the 1954 Act did not apply . |
| 12 | However disguised they may be , those are very big tax increases , of a kind which governments can normally introduce early in a parliamentary term only . |
| 13 | However disguised they may be , those are very big tax increases , of a kind which governments can normally introduce early in a parliamentary term only . |
| 14 | Their banking function consists largely of accepting ‘ wholesale ’ deposits for a fixed term and lending them in large amounts to firms , also for a fixed term . |
| 15 | The Assembly of the Republic ( the legislature ) , formerly the People 's Assembly , was to be elected similarly for a five-year term , and consists of a minimum of 200 and a maximum of 250 deputies . |
| 16 | This is a more social one which works by analysing a concept , like ‘ feudal ’ , ‘ patrimonial ’ , ‘ bureaucratic ’ , or ‘ charismatic ’ , so as to be able to use it clearly as a theoretical term . |
| 17 | The possible phonemic function of each allophonic description found by HWIM 's Acoustic Phonetic Recognizer was scored by looking up in a long term confusion matrix the vector of 71 phoneme labels that could be associated with the segment 's feature description . |
| 18 | The practice then has to be " proved " by evidence as to the intention of the parties , expert evidence on a trade practice or usage , a trade or technical gloss on the meaning of a particular term , or even as a separate term implied into the rules . |
| 19 | Elections to the National People 's Assembly , postponed since 1983 , took place in late 1986 [ see p. 35175 ] , the Assembly being composed of 289 full and 29 alternate members elected indirectly for a five-year term . |
| 20 | Under the 1975 Constitution , legislative power was vested in the 40-member National Assembly indirectly elected for a five-year term , executive power was vested in a President elected indirectly for a five-year term , and the Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tomé and Príncipe ( MLSTP ) was the sole legal political party . |
| 21 | The legislative body is the National People 's Assembly composed of 289 full and 29 alternate members elected indirectly for a five-year term . |
| 22 | Any President has difficulty making a substantial impact even in a full term , and Kennedy tragically had only three years in the highest office . |
| 23 | Kodak is known world-wide and is being used almost as a generic term for photographic film and paper . |
| 24 | Permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term . |
| 25 | They may , of course , choose instead to retake the module if it is offered again in a subsequent term . |
| 26 | Next door , steady work is going ahead on a long term , very ambitious educational project to which he is now turning his energies . |
| 27 | There was also there a vociferous ( John and later said they thought he might have been drunk ) Russian , about 35–40 who is currently on a short term study period at Florence University into the history of space travel and aeronautics . |