Example sentences of "[noun] system [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overall the fault system has a length of 1200km , but the average breadth of the fault zone is some 500 km and it forms a very diffuse boundary between the Pacific and North American Plates . |
| 2 | Thus if the engine fails or the guidance system has a brainstorm , the risk of blowing up friendly forces is minimised . |
| 3 | The ANLT system uses a set of rules to segment the string into possible morphemes and then determines the validity of the segmentations using a word grammar . |
| 4 | The initial stage of a script recognition system involves a pattern recogniser . |
| 5 | The character recognition level of a text recognition system proposes a number of possible character alternatives for any input . |
| 6 | Treaty could apply to the grant of a flag , it submitted that the provisions of the Common Fisheries Policy and in particular the quota system constituted a derogation from those articles and that the Act of 1988 fell within the scope of that derogation . |
| 7 | The stock editor system reached a point in some authorities where work on the stock was turned over almost entirely to the ‘ specialist ’ officer , and librarians at service points were denied any real voice in stock provision . |
| 8 | While the Consumer Credit Act licensing system imposed a restraint on credit traders and provided for criminal and financial sanctions against unlicensed trading , the Association was concerned in 1985 at the minority of creditors who were either unaware of , or careless of the existence of , the licensing system . |
| 9 | The 20 KHz bandwidth , 24 bit digital integrated effects system offers a total of 50 effects , a built-in bass and guitar tuner , two octaves of pitch transposing plus multi-interval pitch shifting , 200 memory locations , sampling , full programming of all parameters , programmable 7 band graphic , random access keypad , stereo/mono operation , 9-volt DC output socket for powering MIDI pedals , two assignable remote jacks , cuddly toy , microwave … |
| 10 | The Z88 's operating system imposes a limit on the number of files you can have open at any one time . |
| 11 | Onsite enhancements to the desktop operating system include a graphics application set , which incorporates an X-Window application builder ; widget libraries ; and a windowing korn shell which allows users to develop applications with the look and feel of a Windows-based system . |
| 12 | Onsite 's enhancements to the desktop operating system include a graphics application set , which incorporates an X Window System application builder ; widget libraries ; and a windowing Korn Shell which enables users to develop applications with the look and feel of a Microsoft Corp Windows-based system . |
| 13 | The person using an expert system to advise a client will be potentially liable under the laws of contract and negligence . |
| 14 | If the cooling system sprang a leak pilots had to land and mend the pipe with chewing gum and insulation tape . |
| 15 | The company 's Asynchronous Transfer Mode strategy kicked off last month with the addition of an external Asynchronous Transfer Mode interface to its DXE product system using a cellifier from Digital Link , the DL3200/A . |
| 16 | The deployment of a weapon system involves a threat that that system will be used in certain circumstances which to some extent can be deduced from the characteristics of the weapon system itself . |
| 17 | Other shortcomings of the public inquiry system include a presumption , by lawyers , of knowledge in highly specialist areas when in fact they often miss the very point which their technical advisers are putting to them . |
| 18 | Platelets can also metabolise arachidonic acid by a lipoxygenase enzyme system to yield a variety of hydroxy acids via their respective hydroperoxide intermediates ( Hamberg & Samuelsson , 1974 ; Nugteren , 1975 ) . |
| 19 | The Australian airline Qantas reported on March 17 that it was facing " possibly the worst short-term financial position in its 70-year history " , because of losses expected to reach US$270,000,000 in the current financial year , and on March 21 Scandinavian Airlines System reported a $127,000,000 loss for 1990 . |
| 20 | The coding system allowed a total of 6,467 comments to be encoded , 4,587 from the description condition and 1,880 from the potential risks condition . |
| 21 | With the old development plans , an appeals system entailed a confrontation between an appellant and the local authority over a disputed proposal , before an inspector appointed by the minister . |
| 22 | Following US Federal Communications Commission approval for the San Diego company 's new dual standard digital and analogue cellular phone , analysts are betting that Qualcomm Inc 's Code Division Multiple Access standard will win the battle with Time Division Multiple Access , Reuter reports from New York , despite the fact that the latter , which provides less capacity , is being used by McCaw Cellular Communications Inc and Southwestern Bell Corp ; Bell Atlantic Corp , Pacific Telesis Group Inc and US West Inc have all committed to using building Code Division Multiple Access networks ; the European Groupe Speciale Mobile system uses a version of Time Division Multiple Access that is incompatible with the American one . |
| 23 | REDKEN 'S Trust Permanent Body System includes a Perm Map Indicator Paper which reveals any waving lotion left on the hair after rinsing and a Perm Lock Perm Life Extender which prolongs the life of your curls . |
| 24 | The band were initially looking for a lighting rig and a PA system to do a gig in Aberdeen and obtained them from the music shop she worked in . |
| 25 | To buy a brand new PA system costs a lot of money for a single person , and as a group it is a huge risk as we are still at school ( lower 6th ) and do not wish to spend that sort of money when we can not guarantee we will still be together in a week , let alone a year 's time . |
| 26 | A service system comprises a network of professionals and/or volunteers who accept responsibility for providing assistance to vulnerable people to meet their individual needs and develop their potential without their being unnecessarily isolated or excluded from the community . |
| 27 | The range of available options — particularly in public libraries — means that every library system needs a book provision policy , in which the priorities for provision are laid down . |
| 28 | A stepping motor system has a pullout rate of 500 steps per second and a microprocessor is to be used for its open-loop control . |
| 29 | Stride is a high performance computer-generated imaging system comprising a single AT bus board and the StrideGen database generator based on the AutoCAD drawing system ; StrideView database viewing and exploration package and scenario builder ; and runtime system comprising Stridehost — the personal computer-resident elements and StrideRun — the Stride-resident real time system . |
| 30 | ( Once despatched , the taxi will be at your door within minutes … our new zoning system means a cab in central London is usually no more than ten minutes away ) . |