Example sentences of "represents a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If undetected and untreated , shock represents a major threat to survival . |
| 2 | This follows because in the competitive world of the coral reef , a fish of the same species represents a major threat to the food supply and refuge of the sitting tenant , simply because the interloper requires the same type of food and habitat . |
| 3 | The sum of the projects with which Morris was involved represents a major contribution to more than one strand of eighteenth-century architecture . |
| 4 | The true economics of Keynes , they argue , is a dynamic analysis of the macroeconomy in disequilibrium and as such represents a major contribution to economic theory as well as to economic policy-making . |
| 5 | John Hunter , chief executive of the province 's Health and Social Services , said : ‘ The redevelopment of the Children 's Hospital represents a major boost to the Royal Group and will consolidate its already high reputation as a centre of medical excellence . ’ |
| 6 | It also represents a major challenge to educationalists : not only should children be taught to use information technology , a subject that has emerged suddenly from nowhere with no teaching tradition , but all disciplines could profit from incorporating this new technology into their teaching practice . |
| 7 | The line still represents a real challenge to footplate crews and one of the major attractions as far as enthusiasts are concerned is to hear the engines working under pressure on the slopes of the Rheidol Valley . |
| 8 | For those tiring of today 's political grand prix scene , Gerald Donaldson 's Gilles Villeneuve — The Life of the Legendary Racing Driver represents a long-overdue memorial to the heroic Canadian driver who was killed seven years ago practising in his Ferrari for the Belgian Grand Prix . |
| 9 | Paying tribute to him a colleague said today : ‘ He was a man of the highest integrity and his death represents a great loss to the Northern Ireland legal system . ’ |
| 10 | THE decision by the Kenyan president , Daniel arap Moi , to abandon economic reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank represents a serious blow to the prospects of eastern Africa 's biggest economy . |
| 11 | Not to be mistaken for the previous car to wear that badge , which was rather short on driver appeal , the new 300 ZX represents a serious threat to Europe 's sports car makers . |
| 12 | The government 's pursuit of mass home ownership , and its liberalisation of controls over private sector development , have encouraged a building boom which represents a serious threat to the countryside . |
| 13 | The paper claims this represents a serious challenge to other Risc vendors jostling for position in the software arena . |
| 14 | For villages already deprived of their public house , general store , pharmacy , and the bus service , the loss of their school represents a final blow to the village fabric . |
| 15 | The existence of the committees posed problems for both the American and the Soviet occupations in the sense that any vigorous , independent organization represents a latent challenge to outside authority . |
| 16 | This procedure represents a practical alternative to other methods such as Northern blotting , RT-PCR or S1 Nuclease treatment and avoids isotopic handling . |
| 17 | Feminist art production of this type represents a radical challenge to the conceptual basis of male dominated art : in particular , rejecting conventional notions of ‘ individuality ’ and spontaneous creativity . |
| 18 | I am not sure how accurately that can be measured , but it represents a substantial cost to the NHS , which the hon. Member for Eccles compared , in my view rightly , with the large sums of money that the European Community still commits to subsidising tobacco production , against which we have argued vehemently in Brussels . |
| 19 | This historical work itself represents a strong challenge to some of the premises which underpin the idea of structured dependency . |
| 20 | Much of the owner-occupation sector represents a recent addition to national wealth ; from 26.6 per cent in 1957 to 36.5 per cent of all wealth by 1985 — a 37 per cent increase in thirty years ( Sam Brittan , ‘ Keeping an eye on the national wealth ’ , Financial Times , 16 July 1987 ) , and this wealth has been much more equitably spread than has industrial wealth . |
| 21 | This period of Eliot 's development is often seen as one of increasing narrowing , so that it is useful to emphasize that while it certainly represents a concentration of energy on Christian themes , it also represents a continuing openness to other elements and a drawing on resources whose foundations were laid in Eliot 's studies at Harvard . |
| 22 | We want to lay emphasis on the concept of community education : it represents a whole attitude to education which makes science , maths and all the other subjects students learn , meaningful by relating them to the real experiences of life outside school . |
| 23 | Each letter represents a vital item to be checked , i.e. |
| 24 | The GRIST funding represents a timely response to addressing these issues , although a cautionary note has to be sounded — if the curriculum is not considered satisfactory for four years olds in general , what of its relevance for four year olds with special needs ? |
| 25 | Existing US Administration policy represents an inadequate response to the threat of global warming , according to a report presented to the US Congress by the National Academy of Sciences in Washington . |
| 26 | A Court Scheme accordingly represents an alternative method to a compulsory sale under CA 1985 , s429 of compelling dissenting minority shareholders to sell their shares . |
| 27 | His lordship is of the view , as indeed I am myself , that while Father is allowed to continue with his present round of duties , he represents an ever-present threat to the smooth running of this household , and in particular to next week 's important international gathering . ’ |
| 28 | This represents an enormous cost to industry in terms of lost production , compensation payments and recruitment and training of new staff . |
| 29 | The rise of Class War , who have no distinctive ideology apart from rabid anti-authoritarianism , represents an obvious reaction to the marxist-leninist model of political organisation which prevailed on the left up to the early 1980s . |
| 30 | This however is not due to a desire to rock'n'roll but represents an instinctive response to signals interpreted by their mind configuration as a call to food , sex or perhaps just good arachnid company . |