Example sentences of "they represent a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hand-made by top milliners , they represent a colourful souvenir of the sixties . |
| 2 | They represent a complete cross section of design disciplines . |
| 3 | First , they represent a putative developmental sequence which reflects the child 's gradual mastery of language for dealing with abstract ideas and , second , they have been shown to generate high levels of inter-observer agreement ( Blank and Franklin 1980 ) ( see Table 7.3 ) . |
| 4 | They represent a serious degree of inequality in the earned income of men and women and , while the 1984 figures show a marked improvement over the figures for 1970 , there still remains a serious gap in the earnings of men and women . |
| 5 | But the quantities of lead and nitrates which the EC is making a fuss about are so small that they represent a negligible — perhaps even a non-existent — hazard to health . |
| 6 | As a proportion of government debt they represent a small amount , however , they do have significance in relation to Bank of England operations in the money market and their number and therefore value outstanding is currently increasing slightly . |
| 7 | They represent a viable spin off from the THORP project control and instrumentation activities . ’ |
| 8 | But they represent a great slice of gardening history ( no plants , no gardens ) and provide us with a rich , exciting and often colourful tapestry of adventure and discovery going back at least several hundred years . |
| 9 | They represent a monumental waste of human resources and more , they represent a great deal of human misery . |
| 10 | As such , they represent a strong vein of soul that has struggled in the recent ravealonga Manchester years . |
| 11 | They represent a haphazard seizing of opportunities rather than rational provision of a network to meet the whole spectrum of walkers ' needs . |
| 12 | Even to the extent that they represent a homogeneous group , people with disabilities and learning difficulties represent less than 0.5 per cent of all those enrolled in colleges of further and higher education . |
| 13 | They represent a wide variety of suppliers ranging from equipment manufacturers to linenhire services to software suppliers . |
| 14 | Doubtless they represent a thorough-going attempt to adopt the sort of Roman style envisaged by Fortunatus , and they presumably drew an admiring response from some of the more backward-looking members of the Gallo-Roman aristocracy . |
| 15 | They represent a typical cross-section of the Institute 's most active members , meeting on a regular basis to discuss technical matters and fairly reflecting the interests of national and smaller practising firms , finance , commerce and industry . |
| 16 | The banks , in turn , charge customers for providing bonds as they represent a real obligation undertaken by a bank . |
| 17 | ‘ They represent a real barrier . ’ |
| 18 | Whichever way we look at these figures , whether we believe they represent a real increase in the rate of sexual violence or not , the decreasing conviction rate indicates that the state has not effectively responded to demands that sex crimes be treated more seriously . |
| 19 | Will the Minister of State confirm that young people will be placed in secure accommodation only when they represent a real danger to the public ? |
| 20 | The full value of such workshops has yet to be confirmed but there is no doubt that they represent a valuable communication tool . |
| 21 | For example , they represent a valuable resource to the lexicographer in the dictionary building process , as they provide empirical information concerning word usage . |
| 22 | I actually started my listening with the Etudes on the fourth disc , partly because these pieces came late in my discovery of Debussy and partly because they represent a big technical challenge . |
| 23 | Although they represent a particular group in modern society — young mothers — they are also representative of that much larger heterogeneous population which occupies the suburban fringes of our cities . |
| 24 | They are not confined to Latin America , nor even to the LDCs , as they represent a common response to some of the problems of contemporary capitalism . |
| 25 | As the provisions are framed , they are not quite defences ; the section merely says that the offences can not be committed when they represent a fair and accurate report . |
| 26 | I contrasted two quotations : an epigram of Goethe , saying that through reading Plutarch he learned that we were all human beings , and a passage from Hegel denying that we can ever understand the men of classical Antiquity because they represent a different stage in the evolution of the human mind . |
| 27 | They represent a monumental waste of human resources and more , they represent a great deal of human misery . |
| 28 | They represent a reassuring urban parallel to the exotic exploits of Richard Long and Hamish Fulton . |
| 29 | Health warnings on advertisements do not work for the same reason as health warnings on labels — they represent a token gesture which will have no material effect . |
| 30 | These are attention-getting claims , skilfully imparted , and they represent a growing contrast between Leavis and Lewis . |