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Witnesses
said the speeding car may have been playing tag with another vehicle
when it veered into the southbound lane occupied by Lopez' truck shortly
before 8 p.m. Sunday. |
[Nveh] play tag with [Nveh] |
NON-CONT
PREPNSVC |
The
Livestock General Directorate (DGE) is in charge of the Livestock
sub-sector under the aegis of the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries (MEP)
established in 1979. |
[to] be in charge of |
PREPNSVC |
By 1972
Canada was falling so far short of attaining even these modest goals
that the Economic Council felt compelled to relax them and substitute
"indicative targets" to 1975 -- which were not met either. |
[to] fall [so far] short of |
NON-CONT
ADJSVC |
The ISG
has particularly good links with the nearby Division of Artificial
Intelligence at the University of Leeds. |
[to] have [particularly good] links with |
NON-CONT
PREPNSVC |
Daily
Variety, citing unidentified sources, reported the pact would call for
McDonald's to be involved in 14 to 17 promotions annually and to pay
Disney $100 million for royalties, licensing and sponsorship of Disney's new
Animal Kingdom theme park. |
[to] be involved in |
PREPADJSVC |
Hence
the relationship between the price of a product and the quantity consumers
purchase will be called the "law" of demand, rather than the theory
or principle of demand, because it is customary so to designate it. |
[to] be customary so to |
NON-CONT
PREPADJSVC |
Explain
and give an illustration of a. the fallacy of composition; b. the "after this, therefore, because of
this" fallacy. |
[to] give an illustration of |
PREPNSVC |
Schafer
testified he believed his bureau chief in Beirut, Lester Coleman, was
responsible for his photo appearing as part of the Pan Am affidavit. |
[to] be responsible for |
PREPADJSVC |
To be
meaningful, facts
must be systematically arranged, interpreted, and generalized upon. |
[to] be meaningful |
ADJSVC |
Yet during periods of depression, the economist is equally correct
in generalizing to the effect that saving is an economic vice, the reason
being that too much saving is the immediate cause of unemployment or
depression. |
[to] be [equally] correct in generalizing |
NON-CONT
PREPADJSVC |
[to] be the [immediate] cause of |
NON-CONT
PREPNSVC |
|
First
Interstate agreed in January to Wells Frago's deal,
which was worth about $2 billion more than the FBS offer. |
[to] be worth |
ADJSVC |
The
merger, currently worth $12.8 billion, is due to close on April
1 and will be the nation's largest banking deal ever. |
[to] be due |
ADJSVC |
Whether
OPEC will actually cease to be effective in maintaining prices remains to be
seen, but developments in the oil markets since decontrol are strong
testimony to the economists' logic of mobilizing the forces of the
marketplace to economize on a scarce resource, stimulate supply, and
undermine anticompetitive supply cartelization. |
[to] be [strong] testimony of |
NON-CONT
PREPNSVC |
Is it
directly usable or does the user have to do additional data manipulation
before one can make use of it? |
[to] do [additional] [data] manipulation |
NON-CONT
NSVC |
But
does this also hold true for the group -- for everyone watching the
game? |
[to] hold true for |
PREPADJSVC |
These
specifications gave insight into the space of possible case-based
systems, and elucidated human interaction properties. |
[to] give insight into |
PREPNSVC |
They've
engaged in phony bargaining, and now they need to do some real bargaining.
|
[to] do some real bargaining |
NON-CONT NSVC |
But we must
be aware of certain potential dangers in deriving and applying these
models. |
[to] be aware of |
PREPADJSVC |
The
merchant must somehow get rid of this undesired surplus stock of
summer wear. |
[to] get rid of |
PREPADJSVC |
Economists
derive economic principles that are useful in the formulation of
policies designed to solve economic problems. |
[to] be useful in |
PREPADJSVC |
Economic
models may take the form of verbal statements, numerical tables,
mathematical equations, or graphs. |
[to] take the form of |
PREPNSVC |
The DNA
has hired more than 1,400 replacement workers to take on the duties of employees
of six unions, which went on strike last July when contracts expired
and new work rules were established for some employees. |
[to] go on strike |
IDIOM
NSVC |
The
right front of the swerving car clipped Lopez' Toyota, causing it to spin and
flip three times before coming to a rest on an embankment along the
highway. |
[to] come to a rest on |
IDIOM
PREPNSVC |
Aware of this anticipated result, public officials are now in a
position to set in motion certain government policies designed to bolster
total spending and head off expected unemployment. |
[to] be [now] in a position |
NON-CONT
IDIOM NSVC |
[to] set in motion |
IDIOM
NSVC |
|
Economic
principles help make prediction possible. |
[to] make prediction |
NSVC |
Pizza
Hut staged a major tie-in with Universal's Casper and Taco Bell held a
successful campaign for Paramount's Congo last year. |
[to] hold a [successful] campaign for |
NON-CONT
PREPNSVC |
In
dealing with aggregates, macroeconomics is concerned with obtaining an
overview, or general outline, of the structure of the economy and the
relationships between the major aggregates that constitute the economy. |
[to] be concerned with |
PREPADJSVC |
Is it
structured in a manner that makes it easy to add new components? |
[to] make it easy |
NON-CONT
ADJSVC |
It is
evident that value judgments -- opinions as to what is desirable or
undesirable -- come into the picture at this juncture. |
[to] come into the picture |
IDIOM
NSVC |
In
contrast to our results on deduction with constraints, which have been
obtained by abstracting away from algorithmic issues and concentrating on
architectural issues, we are taking a growing interest in constraint-solving
algorithms. |
[to] take a [growing] interest in |
NON-CONT
PREPNSVC |
The
annual withdrawal of funds to pay taxes was responsible for a
significant portion of the outflow, a spokesman for the U.S. League of Savings
Institutions said. |
[to] be responsible for |
PREPADJSVC |
And it
reveals the Kremlin's determination to place at risk the entire U.S.
nuclear deterrent force of bombers, missiles and submarines. |
[to] place at risk |
IDIOM
NSVC |
It's a lot more helpful to them if they're able to give
us a statement voluntarily. |
[to] be [a lot more] helpful to |
NON-CONT
PREPADJSVC |
[to] be able to |
PREPADJSVC |
|
We have
a lot of worldwide experience in government facilities of this type,
Bechtel spokesman Larry Miller said. |
[to] have [a lot of worldwide] experience in |
NON-CONT
PREPNSVC |
The
research of the Intelligent Systems Group is concerned with the
theoretical principles of artificial intelligence and their application to
real-world domains. |
[to] be concerned with |
PREPADJSVC |
Thursday's
arrests marked the third in a series of non-violent civil disobedience
actions planned to draw attention to the strike by a Metro Detroit
group called Readers United. |
[to] draw attention to |
PREPNSVC |
The mass market banks then put in place punitive
measures, in the form of prices or policies, to try and conform consumer
behavior to the bank's delivery system priorities. |
[to] put in place |
IDIOM
NSVC |
On the one hand, such a rich grammatical theory makes it possible to
write grammars that contain very rich linguistic knowledge. |
[to] make it possible |
NON-CONT
ADJSVC |
The last are particularly helpful and will be used throughout
this book. |
[to] be [particularly] helpful |
NON-CONT
ADJSVC |
To
illustrate: In considering the relationship between the price of product X
and the amount of X purchased, it is most helpful to assume that of
all the factors that might influence the amount of X purchased (for example,
the price of X, the prices of other goods, consumer incomes and tastes), only
the price of X varies. |
[to] be [most] helpful |
NON-CONT
ADJSVC |
Use a flat-blade screwdriver or 3/16-inch nutdriver
and remove the screw that holds the option in place by turning the
screw counterclockwise. |
[to] hold [the option] in place |
NON-CONT
IDIOM NSVC |
The Livestock General Directorate (DGE) is in charge of the
Livestock sub-sector under the aegis of the Ministry of Livestock and
Fisheries (MEP) established in 1979. |
[to] be in charge of |
IDIOM
PREPNSVC |
By 1972 Canada was falling so far short of attaining even these
modest goals that the Economic Council felt compelled to relax them and
substitute "indicative targets" to 1975 -- which were not met
either. |
[to] fall [so far] short of |
NON-CONT
PREPADJSVC |
Their presence aboard the flight was said to be the motive for
the bombing. |
[to] be the motive for |
PREPNSVC |
John Shorall, an attorney for WPNT Inc., had
no comment on the jury's decision. |
[to] have [no] comment on |
NON-CONT
PREPNSVC |
The new Government which came to power in April 1984
has expressed a desire to give priority to agriculture development and
to remove past obstacles. |
[to] give priority to |
PREPNSVC |
Tim
Kelleher, DNA senior vice-president for labor relations, has said the
protests will have no effect on negotiations, which union leaders say
have been non-existent for months. |
[to] have [no] effect on |
NON-CONT
PREPNSVC |
This makes
it essential that economists continuously check existing principles and
theories against the changing economic environment. |
[to] make [it] essential |
NON-CONT
ADJSVC |
When
operating at this level of analysis, the economist figuratively puts
an economic unit, or a very small segment of the economy, under the
microscope to observe the details of its operation. |
[to] put [] under the microscope |
NON-CONT
IDIOM NSVC |
Doctors
say in-office blood analysis is a convenience for patients
that has become economically important for physicians because of a
change in Medicare reimbursement rules. |
[to] be a convenience for |
PREPNSVC |
I think
this honorary degree from Michigan State will be one of the greatest moments
in my life, and I hope to be worthy of it. |
[to] be worthy of |
PREPADJSVC |
The
economist's process of empirical verification is based upon "real
world" data generated by the actual operation of the economy. |
[to] be based upon |
PREPADJSVC |
Finally,
in collaboration with the Advanced Architectures Group, we are working on a
project entitled Architectures for Heterogeneous Knowledge Manipulation
Systems, which is part of the EPSRC-funded special research programme Architectures for Knowledge Manipulation
Systems. |
[to] be part of |
PREPADJSVC |
All
sciences are based on facts, that is, upon observable and verifiable behaviour of certain data or subject matter. |
[to] be based on |
PREPADJSVC |
More than 2,100 workers from six unions at the News and Free Press have
been on strike since July, the longest newspaper strike in the city's
history. |
[to] be on strike |
IDIOM
PREPNSVC |
Suppose
detailed factual investigation reveals that, other things being equal, the
relationship between the price of wheat per bushel and the amount farmers are
willing to produce and offer for sale each year is as shown in Table 1-1. |
[to] be willing to |
PREPADJSVC |
Officials
have been careful not to reveal much of this material. |
[to] be careful [not] to |
NON-CONT
PREPADJSVC |
The economist may find it convenient and essential to define terms in
such a way that they are clearly at odds with the
definitions held by most people in everyday speech. |
[to] be [clearly] at odds with |
NON-CONT
IDIOM PREPNSVC |
As price declines, so does the quantity supplied. When two sets of
data are directly related, they will always graph as an upsloping line or curve, such as SS in Figure 1-3. |
[to] be [directly] related |
NON-CONT
ADJSVC |
What occupations are most immune to unemployment? |
[to] be [most] immune to |
NON-CONT
PREPADJSVC |
In short, cause-and-effect relationships are typically not
self-evident in economics: the economist must look carefully before
leaping to the conclusion that event A caused event B. |
[to] be [typically not] self-evident |
NON-CONT
COMPADJSVC |
More than 2,100 Teamsters, mailers, typographers, reporters, copy
editors, maintenance workers and others went on strike in July over
unfair labor practices at both newspapers. |
[to] go on strike [in July] over |
NON-CONT
IDIOM PREPNSVC |
Thomas, United Press International's White House bureau chief, will
receive an honorary degree from MSU and also speak at the Student
Convocation in the Jack Breslin Student Events
Center. |
[to] receive an [honorary] degree from |
NON-CONT
PREPNSVC |
We must be on guard in applying economic models not to impute
any ethical or moral qualities to them. |
[to] be on guard in |
IDIOM
PREPNSVC |
Moreover, the number of admissions, almost 500 each year, was in no
way related to the real need of the Livestock Department in terms of
total number of staff and balance between the senior staff and operatives. |
[to] be [in no way] related to |
NON-CONT
PREPADJSVC |
The term "economic law" is a bit misleading because
it implies a high degree of exactness, universal application, and even moral
rightness. |
[to] be [a bit] misleading |
NON-CONT
ADJSVC |
Descriptive economics and economic theory are both concerned with
facts -- the former immediately and the latter once removed. |
[to] be [both] concerned with |
NON-CONT
PREPADJSVC |
The report also said top executives of McDonald's and rival Burger
King, a unit of Grand Metropolitan PLC, have recently made presentations
to top officers at Disney, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Michael Eisner, motion picture group chairman Joe Roth and distribution and
marketing president Richard Cook. |
[to] make presentations to |
PREPNSVC |
For example, when economists say that the average family earned an
income of $38,000 in 1985, they are making a generalization. |
[to] earn an income of |
IDIOM
PREPNSVC |
GE opened talks May 14 with unions representing 80,000 workers. |
[to] open talks [May 14] with |
NON-CONT
IDIOM PREPNSVC |
It also posted a $1.3 billion gain on the sale of its cable
operations to Cox Communications. |
[to] post a [$1.3 billion] gain on |
NON-CONT
PREPNSVC |
It might be useful now to bring the salient points of our
discussion together in a brief illustration. |
[to] be useful [now] to |
NON-CONT
PREPADJSVC |
Also,
thrifts were less aggressive about seeking new deposits, in response
to new Bank Board regulations aimed at curbing excessive thrift growth, he
said. |
[to] be [less] aggressive about |
NON-CONT
PREPADJSVC |
The group said it had gathered new evidence on killings of
reporters and had investigated dozens of cases of alleged impunity in
incidents involving journalists in Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico. |
[to] gather [new] evidence on |
NON-CONT
PREPNSVC |
Stephen J. Trafton, chairman and chief
executive officer of Glenfed, said, This is another
way of poking fun at the big banks in California which seem to operate
on the premise that because of their size, it doesn't really matter how many
customers they antagonize, irritate and eventually lose. |
[to] poke fun at |
PREPNSVC |
This document provides brief descriptions of research projects that are
representative of those conducted within the Intelligent Systems Group. |
[to] be representative of |
PREPADJSVC |
Principles and theories -- the end result of economic analysis -- bring
order and meaning to a number of facts by tying these facts together,
putting them in correct relationship to one another, and generalizing upon
them. |
[to] bring order […] to |
NON-CONT
NSVC |
[to] bring […] meaning to |
NON-CONT
NSVC |
|
Although this model of a market is very simple, we will discover that
it has wide applicability and great explanatory power. |
[to] have [wide] applicability |
NON-CONT
NSVC |
The Economic Council of Canada is funded by the Government of Canada
to make medium-term studies of economic trends and goals. |
[to] make [medium-term] studies of |
NON-CONT
PREPNSVC |
One week earlier, 24 people including three bishops, other religious
leaders and Detroit City Council President Maryann Mahaffey were carried off
in a Detroit police bus after staging a sitdown
in front of the Detroit News. |
[to] stage a sitdown |
NSVC |
On the other hand, most of us might accept the above goals as
generally stated, but we might disagree very substantially as to their
specific meanings; thus we would disagree as to the types of policies needed
to attain these goals. |
[to] attain [these] goals |
NON-CONT
NSVC |
Is the information essential for control purposes or decision-making? |
[to] be essential for |
NON-CONT
PREPADJSVC |
Economics is of practical value in business. |
[to] be of [practical] value |
NON-CONT
IDIOM NSVC |
The first step is to make a clear statement of goals. |
[to] make a [clear] statement of |
NON-CONT
PREPNSVC |
The
protest was organized by Readers United, a Metro Detroit group that has
staged a series of non- violent, civil disobedience actions to bring
attention to the labor dispute that has idled more than 2,000 workers at
both papers. |
[to] bring attention to |
PREPNSVC |
A
typical example: The term "investment" to John Q. Citizen is
associated with the buying of bonds and stocks in the securities market. |
[to] be associated with |
PREPADJSVC |
Beginning
economics students must be willing to shed biases and preconceptions
that are simply not warranted by facts. |
[to] be willing to |
PREPADJSVC |
More
recently we have described two algorithms whose average-case learning behaviours (which we have been able to characterise precisely) we propose should act as
yardsticks against which the observed performance of case-based learners can
be measured. |
[to] be able to |
PREPADJSVC |
Willes is a strong advocate of stock-oriented
executive incentives. |
[to] be a [strong] advocate of |
NON-CONT
PREPNSVC |
Officials
at the Detroit Newspaper Agency, which manages advertising, circulation and
production at the two dailies, said the demonstrations have had no effect
on either labor negotiations or in putting out the papers. |
[to] have had no effect on |
NON-CONT
PREPNSVC |
This
means that there is a need to study the complexity/learnability divide and
come up with a refined but equally expressive grammatical theory that has
the advantage of being acquired automatically from corpora. |
[to] have the advantage of |
PREPNSVC |
Microeconomics
is useful in achieving a worm's-eye view of some very specific component
of our economic system. |
[to] be useful in |
PREPADJSVC |
How
Schafer's picture became part of the court file remains a mystery. |
[to] become part of |
PREPNSVC |
EPCA was
due to expire in September 1981, but President Reagan ended oil price
controls on January 1 of that year although the existing windfall profits tax
remained. |
[to] be due to |
PREPADJSVC
|
It gives
us a bird's-eye view of the economy. |
[to] give [us] a [bird's-eye] view of |
NON-CONT PREPNSVC |
Economists
have had a spotty record in forecasting the effects of macroeconomic
policies -- that is, changes in taxes, government spending, and the money
supply -- upon the economy. |
[to] have a [spotty] record in |
NON-CONT
PREPNSVC |