Example sentences of "in [adv] [adj] term [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In utterly mundane terms it means getting polluters to do what they want them to do . |
| 2 | Political and financial considerations were probably responsible for keeping the Staple at Calais ; in strictly economic terms it might have been more advantageous if it had been moved closer to the rising Dutch cloth towns . |
| 3 | In similarly insincere terms he thanks Duncan for the honours he has received from him : These speeches are subtly calculated by Shakespeare , for their insincerity is obvious to us ( the affected metaphors , the flabby repetitions ) but not to the recipients . |
| 4 | On the other hand , just as he defended the use of Article 100 , George Close also defended the use of Article 235 on the same grounds , i.e. that even in purely economic terms it can be shown that environmental and consumer legislation does in fact affect production and marketing costs . |
| 5 | Even in purely political terms it never seems to have occurred to Polybius and Posidonius that the command of a foreign language meant power to the Romans . |
| 6 | In purely military terms it was an amazing success reflecting great credit on Britain 's small but all-professional armed forces — which were such a contrast to the much bigger conscript forces I remembered from the 1950s . |