Example sentences of "[noun pl] operating [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boulton & Watt 's beam engines employed large cylinders operating at low steam pressures , and McNaught 's expedient consisted of the addition of a small higher-pressure cylinder acting on the other half of the beam about midway along its length , with an appropriately shorter stroke , exhausting its steam into the original low-pressure cylinder . |
| 2 | That the project 's objectives took the form they did was partly due to the particular interests of those involved and partly to a knowledge of other experimental projects operating at that time . |
| 3 | Conversely , a significant proportion of the companies operating in this country are off-shoots of enterprises whose head offices are situated abroad . |
| 4 | We wish to express our deep concern with regard to the proposed ending of the twenty years tax concession granted to mining companies operating in this State , by the Government . |
| 5 | In many countries there are several companies operating in different product and service areas . |
| 6 | From help in solving effluent problems quickly and cost effectively , to maximising members ' own effluent processing business opportunities , EPC is the natural partner for engineers operating in this specialist area . |
| 7 | Second , even if the questions posed in the surveys are quantitative in nature ( for example : What do you expect the inflation rate to be in the next year ? ) and the average expectations elicited from the surveys in a particular market appear biased and inefficient , only a few ‘ sophisticated ’ individuals operating in that market could make the market function as if rational expectations were operating , even though many of the individuals operating in the market are not behaving rationally . |
| 8 | In view of the relatively large number of banks operating in offshore tax havens , individuals enjoy a wide selection of currency accounts and international banking services . |
| 9 | Is the Minister aware that it is extremely unfortunate that once again Labour Members of Parliament in the House of Commons have to protest against racism , Nazi hooliganism and Nazi thugs operating on German soil ? |
| 10 | There are two structures operating in any meeting and these may be classified as follows . |
| 11 | Networks operating on this principle perform an operation that is likely to be extremely important for the neocortex , and it was actually the search for a mechanism that would do this that led us to the suggested modification rule : the modifiable interconnections tend to make the representative elements become uncorrelated , and thus to signal independently of each other . |
| 12 | Prestige Brass won the new £2,000 Gallaher Enterprise Award for small businesses operating with Local Enterprise Centre support . |
| 13 | The TEC remains convinced that Teesside has the potential to play an important role within Europe as a centre for the manufacture of petro-chemicals , steel and engineering products , supported by an increasingly diverse base of smaller firms operating in high technology sectors , relying upon a highly skilled workforce . |
| 14 | Underlying these decisions is a tension between two principles operating within this area , the right to notice and the absence of any general duty to give reasons . |
| 15 | Two proposals led by my family health services authority are to establish a new pattern of audiological services in primary care for elderly patients operating from general practice rather than ear , nose , and throat departments , and to reach a consensus on the range of conditions that can be cost effectively , appropriately , and equitably treated in general practice by physiotherapists . |
| 16 | In later years , the site became quite complex , with a number of mills operating in close proximity to one another . |
| 17 | The Trade Descriptions Act , 1968 has already been mentioned , but there are two very important voluntary bodies operating in this field — the Advertising Standards Authority and the Independent Broadcasting Authority . |
| 18 | The quota , in short , forced some British filmmakers to be realistic about the economic constraints operating in British filmmaking , and to look to what could be achieved within them rather than simply hoping that film budgets could rise on some magic carpet to figures close to those of Hollywood pictures . |
| 19 | Voluntary tagging may also be adopted for sheep which could benefit from the positive identification of their flock of origin , such as pedigree animals or breeding females from farms operating under specific health schemes . |
| 20 | One answer is to the EFL schools and colleges operating in this country . |
| 21 | Courses operating in this way tend to be held on a system of day release or modules which include actual shifts in wards or departments . |
| 22 | The chemicals giant announced its new company policy at a European petrochemicals conference in London , where it also pledged that all future plant will be built to the highest standards operating in any country in the world . |
| 23 | Theorists operating in this way are guilty of the fortune-teller 's evasion and are subject to the falsificationist 's criticism . |
| 24 | In relation to my experience in the so called western feminist movement , I really feel that race and class is a major impediment to the unity of even us women operating in this country . |
| 25 | Factors operating at this level are remote from the event itself , predispose different groups of people towards certain kinds of action and hence define the limits of other causes . |
| 26 | The study seeks to identify the main constraining factors operating in each country , and to see to what extent these factors , and the ‘ mix ’ in which they seem to operate , vary from one country to another . |
| 27 | ‘ While we are not directly involved in the small end of the leasing market , we believe lessors operating in that field have suffered more than those concentrating on big ticket transactions . |
| 28 | Does the Minister agree that if that issue came before the European Court of Human Rights , under the reasoning in the Dudgeon case , the court would almost certainly hold that it is contrary to the anti-discrimination article in the convention to have two different regimes operating within one country ? |