Example sentences of "on a computer " in BNC.
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| 1 | The virus is activated when the computer program is ‘ executed ’ by running it on a computer . |
| 2 | The Company Command Post is already a hive of activity as the daily reports are being collated on a computer , ready for transmission to Battalion Headquarters . |
| 3 | But why go to all that trouble to make a 2D character appear solid when you could generate it on a computer in 3D in the first place ? |
| 4 | A designer need only draw on a computer screen the letter forms that he likes and the machine will convert them automatically into Bézier curves . |
| 5 | A particular excavated level ( corresponding , for example , to a bronze Age occupation floor ) can be ‘ modelled ’ on a computer screen and the power of coordinate geometry embodied in a sophisticated computer program allows us to view it from any angle and at any elevation . |
| 6 | Archaeological units are also being tempted by the impressive capabilities of geographic information systems , which in essence allow maps to be stored , displayed , overlaid and updated on a computer screen . |
| 7 | People are increasingly coming to think that we want an answer which can be simulated on a computer . |
| 8 | A disk will take up to 100 photos , which can be displayed on a television by a Photo-CD player or on a computer screen by a machine with a CD-ROM XA standard drive . |
| 9 | Today , the chemist looking at — or for — a complex chemical structure or reaction can ‘ see ’ it on a computer screen . |
| 10 | A new age in chemistry , where the problem of measuring some molecular property could be resolved by pushing a few keys on a computer , has not materialised — the reason is that ab initio calculation for any but the simplest of systems remain beyond the reach of the most advanced computers . |
| 11 | Select reference books and other information materials , eg in classroom collections or the school library or held on a computer , and use organisational devices , eg chapter titles , subheadings , typeface , symbol keys , to find answers to their own questions . |
| 12 | Assemble ideas , eg for a story , poem or description , on paper , or on a computer screen , or in a discussion with others , and show some ability to produce a draft from them and then to redraft and revise as necessary . |
| 13 | Show some ability to recognise when planning , drafting , redrafting and revising are appropriate and to carry out these processes either on paper or on a computer screen . |
| 14 | Show an increased awareness that a first draft is malleable , eg by changing the form in which the material is cast , eg from a story to a playscript , or by moving text around ( either on paper or on a computer screen ) , or by altering sentence structure or choice of vocabulary . |
| 15 | Pupils should be able to produce copies of work drafted on a computer , and encouraged to incorporate the print-out in other work , including displays . |
| 16 | Here , the researcher explores how the foraging patterns develop in a similar way to the patterns that can be produced on a computer by following simple , repetitive rules . |
| 17 | The symbolic reproduces this imaginary in discrete , regulated entities — small , discontinuous , easily consumable like the bits of information on a computer screen , like the items in the supermarket , like the small , framed and mirrored segments of the glass-skinned skyscrapers that offer us gleaming reflections of our lives from moment to moment in the high-income , high-tech regions of the American urban environment . |
| 18 | Given that stock logistics can not be an exact science and only provides an indication of use , McClellan 's system of analysing loans and shelf stock statistics is simpler ( particularly if issue statistics are analysed on a computer ) and probably no less useful . |
| 19 | Every other kind of map must be a ‘ map-to-read ’ and requires some study ; it is implicit in experiments carried out by Kraak ( 1989 ) that such maps are not suitable for temporary display on a computer screen . |
| 20 | It also covers data held manually which can be identified using a code held on a computer . |
| 21 | In the process an information model is built up on a computer database which is then used as a framework to explore the situation and identify problems at a number of levels ( Fig 11.1 ) . |
| 22 | In the case of the MINSE project , where the intention was to record activities on a computer database , this also served to validate the codes given to each item before entering them into the computer . |
| 23 | The initial examination of the requirement was based on the categories derived in the earlier analysis , which produced some tentative conclusions about the type of records that could be held on a computer , and the potential advantages that could be gained . |
| 24 | The clarity and definition of rich pictures can be aided by using computer graphics ; however , attempting to construct them on a computer from the outset can impose artificial constraints , and the original pictures should always be drawn freehand . |
| 25 | A measure of automation based on a computer and a punched-tape system was introduced and this helped cut costs and speed production . |
| 26 | Although he seems to have the hang of it pretty well , a Harvard physicist named Thomas McMahon spent some time relearning this process on a computer . |
| 27 | Last month , the home secretary , William Whitelaw , revealed that fully-automated computer terminals at Heathrow , which will read the new MRPs , could be linked to a list of suspects held on a computer . |
| 28 | It costs £100000 a minute to produce top quality graphics , on a computer system costing £10 million , so the people paying do not want something that looks as if it was shot with a camera for a few thousand pounds . |
| 29 | That idea changed when he grew interested in a set of computer software called Visicalc with which people can produce and manipulate tabular information on a computer screen . |
| 30 | That 's what they want me to be — some crummy clerk with painted fingernails number-crunching on a computer all day . |