Example sentences of "[prep] terms [prep] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case the analysis indicated that , in terms of users ' needs , the proposed IPS should : |
| 2 | Such enormous cost in terms of taxpayers ' money , defendants ' and jurors ' time and livelihoods , and , in some cases , plaintiffs ' sanity , prompted Mr Justice Turner , the presiding judge in the Ward case , to criticise the current system of fraud trials and to suggest ways in which it could be improved . |
| 3 | This is so even if the alternative job offered involves a change in your terms of contract or is with an associated employer , such as another company which is controlled , in terms of shareholders ' voting power , by the same person or people who control the company that you work for . |
| 4 | For instance , the finding that women are ‘ cooperative ’ or ‘ conciliatory ’ speakers may be explained , as we have seen , in terms of women 's activities and peer-group norms . |
| 5 | This approach is potentially useful since it suggests that women 's under-representation in public politics can be seen not simply in terms of women 's lack of interest in politics but of the ability of men to prevent women 's issues entering politics . |
| 6 | Spencer argued that sexual difference was a product of mankind 's successful adaptation to social survival and that it should be understood in terms of women 's individual evolution being arrested earlier than men 's to permit the conservation of their energies for reproduction . |
| 7 | The rationale for women-only classes in adult education is often explained as a remedial exercise , in terms of women 's lack of confidence and men 's tendency to dominate and monopolise the educational exchange . |
| 8 | Yes , I mean , I feel very strongly in terms of women 's rights , but I think there are obviously a lot of differences between women and you ca n't generalize women , the same as you ca n't generalize individual personalities traits on for men . |
| 9 | This results in an explanation of gender and ‘ race ’ problems in schools in terms of teachers ' inability to use these cultural differences . |
| 10 | But on the whole , he has certainly historically , a pretty high rating in terms of viewers ' viewing . |
| 11 | The widespread influence of Ribble , Bowlby and Spitz , although it was supported by new , more permissive baby books such as Benjamin Spock 's Baby and Child Care ( 1946 ) , can not be entirely explained in terms of parents ' reaction against the rigours of aseptic mothercraft . |
| 12 | Corman directed most of the picture but then had stop because union rules , to which he adhered religiously in terms of actors ' and technicians ' payments , made it impossible to continue with a fully fledged production team . |
| 13 | In that case we are still unclear how a ‘ meaning ’ account , in terms of actors ' choices within a set of rules , relates to a claim to have identified what ‘ really ’ moves them to particular actions . |
| 14 | The final strategy for risk reduction is for salespeople to encourage trial orders , even though they may be uneconomic in company terms and in terms of salespeople 's time in the short term , when faced with a straight re-buy ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 15 | Sickness absence is a big problem both in terms of lost productivity and cost and in terms of employees ' wellbeing . |
| 16 | The next most highly rated questions , in terms of pupils ' experience , were on computation or number concepts . |
| 17 | The motivation for the project was : staff recognition of a need to evaluate whether children made any real progress in their written work between 1st year infants and 4th year juniors ; whether too much was expected too soon , and whether it is possible to decide an age when the average child could be expected to be competent in certain skills ; whether the language curriculum throughout the school was sufficiently broad in terms of coverage or whether there was unnecessary duplication ; whether the most able children were being stretched enough ; whether there was any justification for ‘ setting ’ across classes for certain kinds of work ; whether pooling teacher energy and resources on a common topic increased intra-staff awareness and co-operation , and co-operation and interest among children from different classes ; and finally , whether whole-school topic work appeared sufficiently worthwhile in terms of children 's learning experiences to warrant repetition at some future date . |
| 18 | I would point out how much better pensioners have done under this Government than under our predecessor in terms of pensioners ' net incomes . |
| 19 | Many non-neutral uses of gender-neutral words ( like citizen ) can not be explained in terms of speakers ' commonsense assumptions that men do certain things and women other things . |
| 20 | When a speaker S who speaks a particular variety V1 of a language L moves to an area where the local language is , in terms of speakers ' own assessments , a different variety of the same language L — in other words , a different dialect of L — say , V2 , it is usual for that individual 's speech to acquire some of the phonological and grammatical characteristics of V2 . |
| 21 | The parallel operation of two systems of short courses/modules raised important issues , both practical ( in terms of centres ' administrative systems ) and educational ( in terms of design of curriculum , articulation and comparability ) . |