Example sentences of "levels [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a retail organisation one of the goals , to increase sales targets , may conflict with others , such as reduce staff levels or increase profit margins . |
| 2 | Properly constructed , a model can respond to ‘ what if ? ’ inquiries and provide sensitivity analyses over a range of possible conditions , for example , fee levels or bank interest rates . |
| 3 | They 've been taken as typical of the senior editors and right across every function area is is covered by that and I 've got erm sample job descriptions for all the editorial levels and I can get them for any other secretarial levels or design and I can acquire those if you want to see what has been done in terms of trying to draw up a framework , you know , that kind of thing . |
| 4 | In practice this is not usually found confusing as long as one is aware of whether one is marking stress levels or intonation . |
| 5 | Because of the original engineers ' appreciation of its intrinsic brittleness , cast-iron members tend to be stressed to lower levels than steelwork and the way they were incorporated into buildings usually allows them to expand in a fire without generating increased stresses . |
| 6 | Diabetics tend to have higher serum cholesterol levels than non-diabetes ( Santen et al , 1972 ) , and the old diabetic diet only recently abandoned may have been a contributing factor . |
| 7 | harder than most , it 's got more levels than Master System too . |
| 8 | Less attention should probably be paid to levels than difference effects , as it seems likely that the levels are partly illustrating the long run trends ( largely upward ) in eurobond issuance . |
| 9 | ‘ The problem is more one of dire under-staffing at all levels than cash for courses ’ . |
| 10 | We also run a summer school called Women into Physics , which is a rather strange title , but the idea basically is to persuade , if not encourage , young girls who have just taken their O levels that physics is a subject which could be for them — it 's not unladylike about being a scientist and , in particular , being a physicist . |
| 11 | The need for co-operation between planning authorities and pollution control agencies is essential at both strategic and development planning levels if odour emissions are to be controlled effectively , a view recognised by the DoE in Circular 43/76 which states : |
| 12 | Because of the limits on income support payments there is increasing evidence of a shortfall between benefit levels and home fees , with resulting pressure on individual residents and their families to make up the deficit . |
| 13 | Speech levels and hierarchy in modern Japanese Society |
| 14 | The project is based on a conviction that a better understanding of speech levels and hierarchy will make an important contribution to the general understanding of Japanese society , and ultimately help Westerners to look beyond the veneer of politeness in dealing effectively with their Japanese counter-parts . |
| 15 | On the contrary he suggests that because public choice theory narrowly defines bureaucratic behaviour in terms of budget or staff maximization , it fails to grasp more important aspects of bureaucratic rationality — such as the desire to avoid conflict from troublesome staff at lower levels and interference from councillors . |
| 16 | Oil ministers of the 13 member countries of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) met on April 24 in Vienna to discuss output levels and price targets . |
| 17 | There are unlikely to be dramatic improvements in noise levels and air quality as a result of these speed reductions , simply because 80 per cent of the traffic now is on the main roads . |
| 18 | The first relates to whether there is a correlation between lead levels and behaviour and intelligence in children with blood levels below 35 mg/dl . |
| 19 | The rest of the family went to India for a year , but I had to stay behind to do A levels and university entrance . |
| 20 | So she did n't expe , you know the ma , matrix system of levels and stuff I did n't fully understand that until the fourth year when I went with Miss cos she never explained it because she did n't reckon you needed to know . |
| 21 | The ‘ Tiebout thesis ’ ( Tiebout , 1956 ) , which suggests that taxpayers will tend to move to those areas with the mix of tax levels and service provision which they prefer , has been substantially discredited ( McLean , 1987. p. 91 ) . |
| 22 | The ‘ cash starvation ’ problem , for example , can be tackled through negotiation on payment levels and timing during what could be a transition period of several months . |
| 23 | They have a working knowledge of contract law and other legal areas which affect musicians , such as noise levels and music licences , so that they can give advice on anything and everything that affects musicians . |
| 24 | Mr Ievers said , however : ‘ There is still a considerable amount of work to be done before schools can report to parents using the levels and attainment targets used in assessment of children introduced as a pilot project only very recently . |
| 25 | Cigarette smokers have blood which is stickier than non-smokers ; they also have raised fibrinogen levels and platelet counts which makes the blood more sticky . |
| 26 | Physical distribution is concerned with order processing , warehousing , transport , packaging , stock/inventory levels and customer service . |
| 27 | Factories were ordered to cut production levels and road repairs were halted in an effort to cut traffic jams . |
| 28 | Water levels and clarity were good on the River Moy up until the recent heavy rains . |
| 29 | It found that while high stress levels and depression did not affect mortality risks , socially isolated patients were 49pc more likely to die following recovery from a heart attack than those with social support . |
| 30 | At every warehouse , computers monitor stock levels and re-order from the factory when they fall below a minimum . |