Example sentences of "an [adj] [noun sg] system " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , one alternative upon discovering from an activity-based costing system that many products are unprofitable is to focus on reducing their costs rather than close down their production lines . |
| 2 | It is therefore still important to examine the role of Ac-ASA in any in vitro experiment desiend to test the mechanism of action of 5-ASA and to bear in mind the differential absorption of these drugs when an intact cell system is used . |
| 3 | Recently an intact chemoreceptor system has shown a rapid response to amino acids in a biosensor , using the olfactory organ of the blue crab . |
| 4 | Sun Labs reportedly has an objected-oriented operating system built and working . |
| 5 | One device we are testing is an advanced maschotrometer system with three small maschotrometers coupled together in a series . |
| 6 | Powered by a 550bhp Perkins engine and fitted with an advanced suspension system , Warrior can move cross-country faster than any other armoured vehicle currently in service with the British Army . |
| 7 | Manchester at first lost out very badly on rail investment , but now it has some compensation in the Windsor Link and is going ahead with an advanced tram system that will take over a number of heavy rail routes . |
| 8 | Tanker-mounted injectors are the most common , but there are also tractor-mounted injectors fed from a tanker running alongside and injectors fed from an umbilical hose system . |
| 9 | ‘ The rate of work with an umbilical hose system is much higher than that you could achieve with one man and a tanker driving from store to field . ’ |
| 10 | I mean erm you know erm when I go to the London Group erm we all know that erm actually er there 's a kind of , there 's an inner feeling you know well we 've got the right computers , we , we 're the you know , we , we believe computing and we , we 're very sorry you know we 're erm we may not actively despise them , but we , we 're sorry that they have to bother with such an awful operating system and everything else . |
| 11 | an innovative reward system ; |
| 12 | He would work until it was time to go home , on the new warhead design that would replace the free-fall WE-177 bomb with an air-launched cruise system . |
| 13 | A full-length central console makes an appearance , too , carrying components such as an Alpine radio/cassette system and controls for the CD autochanger cleverly mounted in the central armrest . |
| 14 | Photech Engineering Ltd. has produced an underwater housing system for format cameras which allows the user to start with a basic housing system and build on it , take full advantage of their camera system and even to change camera systems altogether at a relatively small cost . |
| 15 | TeamLinks , which to date only operates on VAX/VME-based systems , comprises an X.400-based mail system and office automation software . |
| 16 | The rest of the back panel is concerned with a power input and headphone socket , plus another guitar input should you want to employ the Quad in an enclosed rack system . |
| 17 | He was asked to survey the possibilities of a canal to connect the Mersey with the Trent , and he began to conceive an inland waterway system that would link the rivers Thames , Severn , Trent and Mersey . |
| 18 | We need an improved education system , and the Bill will go a long way to achieving that for the benefit of our children . |
| 19 | It gave ministers an improved intelligence system on the physical consequences of industrial disputes in vulnerable industries and services . |
| 20 | In addition to providing possible screening tests for colorectal cancer , molecular biology will be extremely useful if an improved staging system can be constructed . |
| 21 | Abolition of the minimum 20 per cent contribution — which will be of particular help to young people — will be followed by an improved rebate system , with special help to retired people on low incomes living alone . |
| 22 | Historic Scotland commissioned Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division to carry out investigative work in advance of the installation of an improved heating system at the cathedral . |
| 23 | He was an active campaigner for an improved transport system for Edinburgh during his years as an MP and supported proposals to establish a light rail system around the capital . |
| 24 | Many of those whose professional work involves care for old people are prone to believe that there was once an extended family system in this country whereby successive generations of kin lived together , the younger ones caring lovingly for the oldest . |
| 25 | It is a brand new architect-designed building which will offer us improved space and usage and we are taking advantage of the opportunity provided by the move to install an enhanced IT system . |
| 26 | Financial constraints may limit maintenance of safety in the home : for example , an old person may not be able to afford to replace worn carpets or an ageing electricity system and both are potential causes of accident . |
| 27 | An electronic trading system was adopted for two reasons . |
| 28 | Perhaps the best way to explain how an electronic publishing system implementation should be organised is to walk through the various processes one by one . |
| 29 | The real key to the success of an electronic publishing system is its software . |
| 30 | It would be possible , at this point , to smugly say that that 's all there is to successfully implementing an electronic publishing system . |