Example sentences of "operating [adv] " in BNC.

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1 At that time , their drift-netters were operating mostly within the Japanese 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone ( EEZ ) , and the development of larger vessels and the expansion of fishing grounds to include the high seas had not been expected .
2 Another aspect of adult education , operating mostly in urban areas , was an ‘ accelerated primary ’ programme which gave those who were newly literate access to formal education in night classes .
3 I also checked that the electrically powered bits and pieces were operating properly .
4 It is due to excess nutrients in the water — check that your tapwater filter is operating properly , as these should be filtered out .
5 A financial audit to ensure that systems of accounting and financial control are efficient and operating properly and that financial transactions have been correctly authorized and accounted for .
6 That throughout the material part of that period the computer was operating properly or , if not , that any respect in which it was not operating properly or was out of operation during that part of that period was not such as to affect the production of the document or the accuracy of its contents ; and ,
7 That throughout the material part of that period the computer was operating properly or , if not , that any respect in which it was not operating properly or was out of operation during that part of that period was not such as to affect the production of the document or the accuracy of its contents ; and ,
8 In a recent House of Lords decision , R v Shephard 16 December 1992 , concerning s.69(1) ( b ) of PACE requiring a statement showing ‘ that at all material times the computer was operating properly ’ , Lord Griffiths stated that the nature of the oral evidence that needed to be provided varied according to the complexity of the computer and its operation .
9 However , within 5 years the new street works act should be operating properly which means that the planning and execution of all public utilities works will have far less effect on peak hour travel and congestion except for unplanned emergencies .
10 Shortly after the First World War , the mill ceased operating commercially , although it is said locally , that it was still used occasionally for the production of animal feed .
11 Britain is a late runner in the modern tramway stakes , although such systems have been operating successfully for years in Continental cities .
12 Twenty years later it is still operating successfully .
13 A decision was taken to use bus technology in producing a body to be mounted on the trucks that had already been designed by the Department and were operating successfully .
14 It is virtually impossible to conceive of a Type II system operating successfully with cash-limited Health Authorities .
15 It also reflected a government preference for not pursuing a vigorous anti-monopoly policy or examining whether existing legislation in this sphere was operating successfully in relation to agreed criteria for business , and more general economic , performance .
16 Generally speaking , the Bank stated that the pilots were operating successfully and the problems that were being experienced by staff could be rectified by the introduction of systems .
17 In one of our coldest winters for the past 20 years , the system has been operating successfully and flexibly .
18 ‘ But along with change is a commitment to the values that have kept us operating successfully as a group for over 200 years — service , quality , innovation — all these things and more .
19 The export department of Stoddard Carpets has been operating successfully for 26 years .
20 The noise of a lock operating somewhere made them both look along the companionway .
21 James recognized that , while Laura 's shaping of the product range was crucial , it was up to him to design a corporate structure to support it ; otherwise the company could scarcely expand and might even cease operating altogether .
22 An old plan may no longer be operating officially but it may still be operating unofficially .
23 ‘ Are you honestly trying to suggest that a drugs ring could be operating right under my nose without my knowledge ? ’
24 Complexity is compounded because of the large number of non-governmental agencies operating locally ; these include local political parties , local pressure groups , professional bodies , and industrial and commercial concerns .
25 Until this moment I 'd felt incapable of operating effectively in the world ; I did n't know how to do it ; events tossed me about .
26 After all , policy makers rarely start from first principles but borrow and adapt structures and procedures which they see operating effectively elsewhere .
27 centres ' internal verification systems are operating effectively and procedures have been followed .
28 Neil Cooke , operating effectively behind the central midfield position , fired Instonians into a sixth minute lead from his side 's third corner .
29 The international businessman is battered and buffeted by so many external forces that even if he is operating skilfully within his own limitations he may not always win .
30 In the 1950s he joined the Shin Bet internal security service and by the early 1960s was operating secretly in Europe , running agents into Arab countries for Mossad .
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