Example sentences of "an independent [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But the musical analogy also suggests that the picture of the teacher giving an interpretation of his or her own research is likely to reduce the chances of an independent viewpoint being brought to bear .
2 Name 's style and independence will be retained and it will continue to operate as an independent subsidiary ;
3 records stored in an independent overflow area on some other cylinder .
4 Although VSAM will handle it sequentially , the situation is similar to that of providing an independent overflow area in ISAM and should be avoided whenever possible .
5 The congress also adopted new statutes which defined the party as based on Christian principles and its objective as an independent Slovakia .
6 Both leaders reiterated their commitment to co-operation within the Visegrad Three ( Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland — see p. 38930 ) and to the creation of a regional free-trade zone , and stressed their wish that an independent Slovakia should be included in both .
7 CND , as an independent lobbying organisation , with a solid membership and healthy finances , must plough its own furrow .
8 The presence of an independent standing group to advise the Home Secretary was no novelty since an Advisory Council on the Treatment of Offenders had been set up by Herbert Morrison as early as 1944 as part of the plans for post-war re-construction .
9 The right to have an independent determination arises when negotiations between the parties have broken down ; but what if the parties have never tried to agree ?
10 Laporte also announced yesterday that it has bought Woodtech , an independent supplier of wood treatment plants , and has spent £6.3m buying the speciality building products division of ICI Australia and two other minor operations .
11 Examples of the current price differences are : £136 charged by Ford for an Escort Mark III front panel , compared with £54 from an independent supplier — the true cost of making such a panel is closer to £10 ; Peugeot charges £136.50 for a bonnet on its 405 model , £85 from an independent ; A headlamp on a Granada Mark III can cost £106.50 from a Ford dealer , £67 from an independent .
12 However , although the effects on market share in the short term were certainly negligible , it is possible to argue , from a dynamic perspective , that the removal of Rowntree from the market place as an independent supplier eliminated a potentially powerful long-term competitor in world markets for the Swiss firms .
13 The start up company which opened its doors in June , as an independent supplier of multichip packaging and subsystems , bought out the DEC operation as a going concern .
14 For the first time , Acustar had to ’ sell ’ its services to its parent as an independent supplier would .
15 Dr Brauer , an Independent councillor obtained a surgery for Byers Green .
16 AN INDEPENDENT councillor on of Falkirk District Council , Billy Buchanan , has resigned from the licensing board in protest at John Constable , the SNP provost , continuing as its chairman .
17 An independent complaints procedure should be established for youngsters in care , she says .
18 Formerly an independent monarchy , Korea was in 1905 occupied and in 1910 annexed by Japan .
19 An independent trader is an organisation of up to ten shops .
20 A retail store , whether owned by an independent trader or a huge supermarket chain , offers various advantages to consumers : stocks of items , displays of goods , opportunity to buy in small quantities , and convenient access to these services .
21 A crucial clement in family therapy involves encouraging the autonomy of family members in working out their own solutions to problems and taking responsibility for their own actions , the therapist acting largely as an independent facilitator .
22 Acer plans an independent software vendor programme to attract software house to write to NT .
23 The group also plans to launch an independent software developers programme in 1993 .
24 SunSoft officials like Jim Billmaier were surprised that the eight-points included in the statement were committed to paper , believing them only discussion items for an independent software vendor rally held at PC Expo in New York City last week .
25 In return , MIPS promised to pay for everything the ACE loyalists , largely the die-hards in the old Unix SVR4-loving Apache Group , needed for an independent software vendor recruitment drive : all the machines , all the binaries , all the technical support .
26 An exclusive licence will be appropriate between an independent software writer and a software publisher who undertakes to market the programs on behalf of the writer ; this type of arrangement and its contractual implications will be examined in Chapter 16 .
27 ‘ Local authorities have an independent responsibility from 1 April and it is less than satisfactory for them to say they will pay the same rates as central government , ’ he said .
28 Of course you do , you have n't got an independent thought in your head , reflected Melissa crossly as Eleanor prattled on .
29 For example , Felicity , who had attended an independent girls ' school where all the teaching staff were women , said :
30 Their stand is not explicitly political , but the strands of secular and religious commitment to an independent Tibet , led by the Dalai Lama , are closely woven .
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