Example sentences of "[noun] system [vb -s] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Domal uplifts with rifts cutting across them are particularly common in East Africa where the East African Rift System comprises a whole series of such structures ( Fig.4.11 ) . |
| 2 | In addition to classic injunctions such as ‘ I look for a marked reduction in the number of problems put forward for discussion in Ministerial Committees ’ , in the terse Major Attlee style , the paper contains a passage which is pure Brook : ‘ The Cabinet Committee system has a valuable part to play in the central machinery of government , both in relieving the pressure on the Cabinet itself and in helping to give practical effect to the principle of collective responsibility at times when the Cabinet does not include all Ministers in charge of Departments . ’ |
| 3 | The Z88 's operating system allows a composite file name in the following format : The devicename is the name of a memory bank or a physical device . |
| 4 | The new operating system has a layered architecture — the lowest layer is a very small kernel that runs very fast and is suitable for lightweight applications . |
| 5 | With 16Mb of memory — going to 32Mb or 64Mb — it is $8,800 and has on-board local network connector , a Centronics parallel port , two RS-232-C ports and an SCSI-2 SE port ; the bundled HP-UX 9.01 operating system carries a two-user licence . |
| 6 | With 16Mb of memory — going to 32Mb or 64Mb — it is $8,800 and has on-board local network connector , a Centronics parallel port , two RS-232-C ports and an SCSI-2 SE port ; the bundled HP-UX 9.01 operating system carries a two-user licence . |
| 7 | Too bad the horrendous loading system leaves a nasty taste in the mouth — had it not been for this I 'd have cheerfully awarded around 85% ( disk owners take note ) . |
| 8 | A large lexicon system demands a huge corpus to obtain a satisfactory model and a large amount of storage for the resultant transition matrices . |
| 9 | The hospital 's sophisticated cook chill system requires a major commitment to due diligence from suppliers like RH Catering Services . |
| 10 | Handy 's ( 1984 ) analysis of the education system identifies a tripartite culture : in primary schools children are ‘ workers ’ , in secondary schools they are ‘ products ’ and in post-compulsory institutions ‘ clients ’ . |
| 11 | The Report of the Swann Committee in 1985 added weight to the widely held view that in Britain 's culturally and racially pluralistic society the education system has a crucial role to play in promoting racial harmony . |
| 12 | The country 's education system has a vital role to play in hallowing , protecting and furthering inequality . |
| 13 | The video system comprises a view-record controller , playback controller and cameras . |
| 14 | The Interactive software development system includes a new version of Liant Software Corp 's C compiler , which is said to run 80% faster than the previous version , plus a Motif version of the CodeWatch debugger . |
| 15 | The Interactive software development system includes a new version of Liant Software Corp 's C compiler , which is said to run 80% faster than the previous version , plus a Motif version of the CodeWatch debugger . |
| 16 | A greater problem is the need for a large amount of store , particularly when the stepping motor system has a heavy inertial load and many steps are needed for acceleration and deceleration . |
| 17 | We firmly believe the land use planning system has a central role to play not only in minimising the environmental and social costs of ensuring essential aggregates provision , but also in managing demand . |
| 18 | We firmly believe the land use planning system has a central role to play not only in minimising the environmental and social costs of ensuring essential aggregates provision , but also in managing demand . |
| 19 | Because the British planning system reinforces a natural tendency towards ‘ lumpy ’ growth , individual places tend to grow rapidly for a relatively short time and then consolidate more gradually , with the result that a place takes on a particular profile which then becomes relatively ‘ fossilized ’ . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , that we are often surprised by works such as Offa 's Dyke and Alfred 's fortress system indicates a poor understanding of the world which produced them . |
| 21 | A digital mapping system requires a cartographic database in addition to the software and hardware required for the editing , compilation and production of maps and related products . |
| 22 | The enforcement agent in a compliance system has a wide variety of roles to fulfil . |
| 23 | The Circotherm system includes a unique , finely balanced , fan which cleverly draws any wasted heat directly back into the oven . |
| 24 | Binding a cyclopropyl residue at position 1 of the quinolone system gives a considerable improvement in antibacterial activity compared with the corresponding 1-ethyl-quinolonecarboxylic acid norfloxacin . |
| 25 | The Vauxhall 's ventilation system offers a plentiful supply of air — better than the Corrado 's — provided the fan is switched on . |
| 26 | Every currency system involves a delicate balance of costs and benefits : no system is unambiguously right . |
| 27 | Add to the enlarged programme of prison building , the feeding and housing of more and more convicted prisoners , the costs of the exploding remand population , and expenditure on the justice system presents a stark contrast with the swingeing cutbacks of other areas in the public sector . |