Example sentences of "group [vb -s] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This group represents a small minority of satanists .
2 The group represents a wide cross section of the industry from Hewlett-Packard Co to Intel Corp , NCR Corp to US West Inc , and its mission is to develop an enterprise-wide product knowledge management system to help resolve product-related problems suffered by customers .
3 This control group represents a consecutive 18 patients chosen at random from a period midway through our experience in 1987 to 1989 , who are typical of patients presenting for elective operation for ulcerative colitis .
4 Each recognised group receives an annual grant and is responsible for its own accounts .
5 The Orwell Counselling Group offers a wide range of therapeutic skills and personal therapy in East Suffolk for people trying to deal with all kinds of problems .
6 A psychologist , Janis , has recognised that a group develops a strong feeling of ‘ we-ness ’ and it becomes vulnerable to a pattern of behaviour known as ‘ group think ’ .
7 The prime advantages are that a group develops a high level of cohesiveness and a high regard for its task functions .
8 Every hotel in the group has a pleasant lounge and bar open until late for hotel guests and ( with the exception of the Hotel Holland ) they all have a well recommended restaurant serving very reasonably priced food .
9 The group has a paid facilitator , and members receive a small honorarium on the principle that their time is valued .
10 The Group has a reserve base in excess of one billion barrels of oil equivalent , principally in these two areas .
11 Every group has a limited amount of money available for arbitrage transactions ( possible due to self-imposed position limits ) .
12 My group has a good sense of teamwork .
13 The group has a regular daily attendance of 22 youngsters , and currently meets at St Joseph 's Retreat .
14 This group has a six-week mortality of only about 2.5% .
15 The UK group has a long standing commitment , made to the Hong Kong Government , to broaden the shareholder base of Hong Kong Telecom and a deal with CITIC would be consistent with that .
16 This group has a high doctor-patient contact rate but also includes a proportion of patients with unstable or brittle asthma .
17 The Economics and Industry Group has a watching brief on the state of the brewing industry .
18 If a company or group has a potential surplus ACT problem , it may therefore consider acquiring a stream of FII ( by purchasing shares in UK companies ) or by acquiring a company with surplus FII ( see below ) .
19 The group has a single tendon insertion below the elbow into the forearm .
20 Apart from improving villagers ' gardens , the Conservation Group has a unifying effect .
21 The reason I 'm here is I 've been friends with Jake ever since we met over a beer or three in Germany during my Jam days , I admire him as a lyricist and I think the group has a valid future . ’
22 The group has a random sample of apples and apple products freely available in supermarkets tested for Alar , and had the results analysed by the Natural Resources Defence Council .
23 The London Implementation Group has a full time press officer working alongside colleagues in the Thames regions .
24 The IH group has a 25-year reputation for high quality and expertise in language teaching , and is now the largest British-based organisation of its kind in the world .
25 Where the parent company or group has a significant holding ( 10% or more shares of an undertaking or more than 10% of the investing company 's assets ) in an undertaking ( which is not a subsidiary undertaking , joint venture or associated undertaking ) the following must be stated :
26 In some closely defined circumstances , however , where it can be shown that a particular racial group has a special need with regard to education or training , access to facilities may be restricted or allocated first to its members .
27 The Directors have satisfied themselves that the Group has an effective system of internal control which includes a clearly documented and understood delegation of authority from the Board to the Executive Committee , and in turn to the operating companies .
28 A company is treated as an associated undertaking when the group holds a substantial interest in it for the long term , and exercises a significant influence over its operating and financial policy decisions .
29 This group contains a vectored node which is located on the reference space and is used to position the object within the assembly or machine space at each of its occurrences .
30 This group needs a brief introduction at this stage , as its activities were interwoven with those of the SAS during its early period of operations in the Middle East .
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