Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] terms [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only after the social formation had been constructed could the evaluation of the role of institutions and values be undertaken in terms of the place of these consciously-realized phenomena in its working . |
| 2 | The problems which these and other patients suffer can mostly be explained in terms of detailed functional models of face processing such as that proposed by Bruce and Young ( 1986 ) , in the same way that patients ' different reading problems could be explained by Coltheart ( 1985 ) . |
| 3 | The theory of natural selection meant that natural species could be explained in terms of the conditions necessary for their survival , and it seemed a small further step to explaining human social systems in such terms ; that is , in terms of the ways by which human beings gained their livelihood and reproduced . |
| 4 | Football hooliganism , therefore , can neither be explained in terms of simple continuities nor as an abrupt discontinuity ; the location and the specific forms of juvenile riotousness were new but the phenomenon itself was as old as the hills . |
| 5 | Something more of the requisite independence could be achieved by Berkeley 's doctrine that ideas which are not subject to our own will are produced in us by God : the independence of a real thing , its having some continuity despite interrupted perception of it , could be explained in terms of a continued readiness on God 's part to excite the requisite ideas in us at suitable moments . |
| 6 | And the replacement of anti-Semitism by anti-Marxism as early as 1922–23 as the main ‘ hate-theme ’ of his public addresses , and the relatively low profile of anti-Semitism in his speeches during the 1930s , can again only be explained in terms of a conscious decision to limit the public expression of his own phobias and paranoia for political and diplomatic purposes , to provide a wider appeal and to avoid gratuitous alienation at home and abroad . |
| 7 | The true basis of the cation selectivity of zeolites is not completely understood but can usually be explained in terms of the specific molecular architecture of the zeolite frameworks ( always large enough to accommodate caesium ) , the relative amount of silicon and aluminium in the zeolite framework , and the hydration state of the cations . |
| 8 | In part that might be explained in terms of the powers of resistance possessed by the bureaucracies under attack , so that whatever change is proposed it is soon absorbed and reinterpreted by the very groups it is intended to undermine . |
| 9 | This is difficult to define satisfactorily , but in the context of brief therapy it involves the therapist suggesting to the patient the possible motivation underlying his behaviour , with the objective of increasing understanding as a step towards behaviour change ( e.g. overeating may be explained in terms of a patient 's need for comfort at times of loneliness so that the patient may be more able to tackle the problem ) . |
| 10 | An unhappy marriage is more likely to be explained in terms of current stresses than in relation to what has gone on long before . |
| 11 | Part of their resistance may be explained in terms of the inappropriate methods pursued in the past by well-meaning people who were ‘ foreigners ’ to the area . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Frustrations on a group scale may be explained in terms of the group finding release by going to war with its neighbours , or through a collective cathartic experience such as a ritual performance . |
| 14 | Those differences in income with age which remain after considering each type of household separately can mainly be explained in terms of two factors . |
| 15 | It has also been found that age effects can be explained in terms of speed of learning of the language , which is much faster the younger the learner . |
| 16 | Something of a myth has developed about the universality of ‘ live ’ variety that can be explained in terms of generalizations based on those great centres London and New York , and by the ubiquitous nature of printed sheet music which often used the name of a star as a selling gimmick and which took songs into many pubs and drinking saloons as well as into many homes . |
| 17 | Certainly , it would be difficult to argue that all the variation in human marriage laws could be explained in terms of their evolutionary benefits . |
| 18 | ‘ Drive ’ was also called upon to explain variations in behaviour that could not be explained in terms of learning ; but what is drive ? |
| 19 | Resistance to damage can be explained in terms of modular organization but is scarcely conclusive evidence for h . |
| 20 | But if voluntarism is to be avoided , the tactics followed by classes , their members or representatives can not be explained in terms of the qualities of either individuals or groups . |
| 21 | Central to his argument is the claim that the course of events is principally to be explained in terms of the social needs of a society , needs which ultimately rest upon the forces of production . |
| 22 | Moreover , the exceptions to this had to be explained in terms of the position of the lawyer in his local structure , including the structure of his relationship with clients ; social class did not explain the deviant cases . |
| 23 | The concentration of ozone in surface air at Cape Grim can now be explained in terms of the competition between vertical mixing in the lower few kilometres of the atmosphere , near-surface destruction by photochemical reactions , and continuous , slow , dry deposition . |
| 24 | Rather , it can only be explained in terms of a massive decline in the quality of conditioning of children : ‘ We live in an era of permissiveness and thus have largely abandoned all attempts to inculcate standards , values and ‘ conscience ’ into our children ’ ( ibid. , p. 209 ) . |
| 25 | By the same token , collective beliefs and behaviour can not be explained in terms of individual psychology . |
| 26 | Indeed le Baker observed that ‘ few nobles died ’ , and this comparatively low mortality is almost certainly to be explained in terms of their better standard of living . |
| 27 | It is itself a social product that has arisen as a result of political and ideological processes and institutions and its particular form has to be explained in terms of such processes . |
| 28 | These differences are to be explained in terms of those contexts and the socially agreed constructions of how these institutions should operate rather than in terms of any supposed intrinsic qualities of writing . |
| 29 | These contradictions can not simply be explained in terms of the satisfaction assessments being incorrect ; the disjunction between the two factors-initial answers and overall feeling — is too complete . |
| 30 | 2 That the activities of some young people , particularly adolescents , are not to be explained in terms of the ordinary , rational rule-following upon which we pride ourselves , but as springing from primitive , almost animal-like impulses and drives . |