Example sentences of "[art] block [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , there are four constants in the blocks world : |
| 2 | In practice , the blocks world is more conveniently described if we introduce a second predicate : clear(x) which , by definition , means Ay * on ( y , x ) . |
| 3 | In the start state of the blocks world , this does not happen . |
| 4 | By contrast , in the blocks world , there is a unique goal . |
| 5 | For instance , the predicates clear and ’ ’ were used in the conditions for the operations in the blocks world , but adding them did not extend the descriptive power of the language . |
| 6 | You may have noticed that the description we have given of the blocks world is quite unlike all the descriptions of the eight queens task . |
| 7 | A state of the blocks world is portrayed as an assertion , formed with predicate symbols . |
| 8 | The two operators of the blocks world are not monotonic . |
| 9 | The two predicates clear and ’ ’ of the blocks world serve just this purpose . |
| 10 | ( b ) The block transfer instruction . |
| 11 | Some examples ( where the conditional repetition is based on a previously initialized counter ) are : ( a ) If X is " move " and the updating is incrementation by one , we have the block transfer operations described in 2.4 . |
| 12 | The provision that ‘ if emergency admission as an inpatient is required , the cost should be met by the District of Residence ’ whilst the hospital itself would bear the cost of A&E outpatient treatment within the block contract ( DoH , 1989c , para.2.10 ) gives an additional incentive to providers to admit A&E cases as inpatients , possibly unnecessarily , where there is no contract with their ‘ home ’ District . |
| 13 | Will not the fact that the percentage of GPs who hold their own budgets still remains a very small fraction of the total number of GPs — even after today 's announcement — linked to the nature of the block contract system of an internal market , inevitably mean that , if we are to avoid a two-tier health service in terms of patient referrals , either all GPs must hold their own budgets or none should be budget holders ? |
| 14 | Lord Malmesbury queried the Government 's view that the concentration of offices would produce a saving in ground rents , when the land alone for the block scheme ‘ would cost a million and a half of money ’ . |
| 15 | Place the block oil-side down into some jeweller 's rouge powder , then rub it on to the mirror edge . |
| 16 | When updating the block size for any media type , you should note that any media items already registered will not be updated ; only new media items will have the updated block size for that media type . |
| 17 | With only 10 days to finalise the proposals before they must be announced in the Queen 's Speech , Mrs Thatcher 's policy unit , chaired by her senior adviser , Professor Brian Griffiths , is also understood to be considering plans to make sharply increased tuition fees , rather than the block grant , the main means of distributing public money to higher education . |
| 18 | More fundamentally , in the early 1980s a new system of local-government support was introduced — the block grant . |
| 19 | All the cities have lost resources as a result of reductions in central-government support from the block grant : between 1981–2 and 1985–6 , block grant to the cities declined by one-quarter in real terms , and by 1985–6 penalties imposed on the Partnership and Programme Authorities in the rate-support grant settlement almost equalled their Urban Programme allocations ( Association of Metropolitan Authorities , 1986 ) . |
| 20 | The block grant from central government is calculated as the difference between the GRP and what the authority plans to spend , so long as this expenditure is below a government assessment of what the local authority should spend . |
| 21 | If the authority plans to spend more than this , the block grant is reduced and the extra costs of the expenditure have to be met from other service cuts or higher rates . |
| 22 | The 1980 Act , however , which introduced the block grant ( see p. 162 ) , allowed the government to assess how much each authority needs to spend and to allocate grant in terms of how far those assessments were breached . |
| 23 | Therefore it is difficult to know how much money is being provided , and whether a regional authority is using the money allocated for transport in the block grant for transport matters . |
| 24 | Since then , relations between PCL and the ILEA have improved , the block grant has been released and the appointment of a Rector to succeed Dr Adamson , who is retiring , is imminent . |
| 25 | This allowed the government to allocate sums of money to LEAs for particular educational purposes , thus reducing the local authorities ' control over how the block grant was spent . |
| 26 | There have been changes in the block grant from central government ; rate-capping ; the abolition of the Greater London Council ; the forced introduction of greater tendering ; and changes in local authority finance . |
| 27 | The rest of the team will be assembled in their right order in the block corridor . |
| 28 | The block surface is ignored as the cylinder is initially checked to establish that it successfully passes through the negative surface defining the interior boundary around the hole . |
| 29 | A very addictive game , which will appeal to players of the block genre . |
| 30 | How much has the peat shrunk , as shown in the block diagram ? |