Example sentences of "in [adj] terms [pers pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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1 | Its powers , however , do include a measure of budgetary control and the Commission is responsible to it and can , in the final analysis , be dismissed by it , so that in political terms it enjoys a potential influence of considerable substance which , however , it has not yet fully developed . |
2 | In simple terms it covers the beliefs , values and assumptions which shape behaviour in organisations and are reflected ( perhaps imperfectly ) in structures and processes . |
3 | In corporate terms it has to be made more dangerous to acquiesce than to dissent and this is not an easy trick to turn . |
4 | Erm you 've got this , this business of threatening to attack the Serbian guns erm involves of course the decisions of individual governments whether or not they 're prepared to allow their forces to be involved , in the case of the British whether you 're going to allow your forces to get involved in it or not , but in international terms it involves both NATO , which has now passed a resolution saying unless certain conditions are met by a certain time , then there will be bombing of the Serbian positions but the people on the ground , whether they originally came from France or the Ukraine or from Britain , are in fact under the blue beret of the United Nations and the United Nations and NATO are not altogether , they 're not precisely together on this issue . |
5 | In commercial terms that 's like committing suicide but in artistic terms it 's been much more fulfilling . ’ |
6 | In practical terms it means taking that course of action which most reliably will avoid the possibility of criticism by their superiors . |
7 | Unfortunately , although the law may be the final arbiter and may rule on what is or may be obscene and indecent , in general terms it does not judge on every item published or made available for sale , since there is normally no censorship of obscene or indecent matter prior to publication in the UK . |
8 | erm my Lord with regards to contract in general terms it 's referred to in article eighty five one A , it 's a an agreement as to terms and conditions , this standard form contract harmonizes all elements of secondary competition |