The phrase "acting in terms" is not commonly used in written English and may be unclear without additional context.
It could be used in discussions about behavior or actions related to specific concepts or frameworks, but it is advisable to clarify the meaning.
Example: "When acting in terms of ethical considerations, we must prioritize the well-being of all stakeholders."
Alternatives: "operating within the framework" or "functioning in relation to".
But it's also a fantastic piece of acting, in terms of how slowly and incrementally Dunham lets Hannah melt, and how perfectly she telegraphs, from the start, where this encounter is going.
When you get behind the wheel you project into the car, perceiving and acting in terms of the world of roads.
The siting and design of a Tidal Energy Converter (TEC) require the characterization of the flow velocity field acting in terms of space and time, in order to assess the hydrodynamic forces, to calculate the structural loading and power capacity, also helping investment strategy and project financing.
By the 1970s Lincoln had become a hero to political conservatives for his intense nationalism, support for business, his insistence on stopping the spread of human bondage, his acting in terms of Lockean and Burkean principles on behalf of both liberty and tradition, and his devotion to the principles of the Founding Fathers.
Baumeister and Heatherton (1996) proposed that some impulsive behavior (e.g., aggression) could be understand in terms of acting in response to short-term concerns whilst failing to consider long-range implications, leading to acting in "the heat of the moment".
"This is the council acting in the long-term interests of the city, just as families take the long-term view when they buy their home and take out a mortgage".
Blaming investors for not doing things like Plan A, and for not acting in the long-term interests of your business, is an easy excuse that chief executives use.
Although some have questioned the appropriateness of the marketing philosophy in an age of environmental deterioration, resource shortages, world hunger and poverty, and neglected social services, numerous firms are commendably satisfying individual consumer demands as well as acting in the long-term interests of the consumer and society.
I often find myself circling back, for example, to "To Hedge or Not Against an Uncertain Climate Future?" — a 2004 analysis by Michael Schlesinger, Natalia Andronova and Gary Yohe that concluded: Uncertainty is the reason for acting in the near term, and that uncertainty cannot be used as a justification for doing nothing.
This model for gelatin gels considers appropriately the interplay between the networks involving: (a) viscoelastic relaxation as a consequence of an imposed mechanical history, (b) average degree of physical cross-links in the partially generated permanent network acting in the short-term mechanical response.
So the polymorphism reduction it displays is more likely due to a recent selective sweep than to purifying selection acting in a long term manner.
