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BIO [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
  • Business and Administrative Documents
DEF

A text in a formal agreement that is printed smaller than the rest of the text, sometimes in the hope that it will not be noticed.

CONT

You've seen the small print on the back of a sales receipt with the list of rules for refunds. In fact, many of these small print contracts will actually state that by purchasing that item, you are agreeing to the store’s terms of sale.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
CONT

Avant de signer un contrat, il y a certaines choses à garder à l'esprit : Lisez toujours le contrat attentivement, y compris les petits caractères [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Artes gráficas e imprenta
  • Documentos comerciales y administrativos
CONT

Llevamos muchos años consumiendo alimentos, algunos pertenecientes a conocidas empresas lácteas, etiquetados con los indicativos bio, eco, orgánico o biológico. [...] Suele ser la letra pequeña, la que no leemos, la que nos aclara que los bio o eco no eran lo que parecían.

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Record 2 2009-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
CONT

Apport des études de bioconstruction. Les organismes à test ou à thalle calcaire constituent, par leur développement et leur accumulation, des structures sous-marines qui, sans atteindre le volume et l'importance des récifs de coraux tropicaux, forment dans les mers tempérées des constructions d'importance non négligeable. (Le Courrier du CNRS, no 52-53, septembre-novembre 1983, p. 36).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
CONT

[...] los rudistas son el factor más importante de la sedimentación carbonatada y los rasgos morfológicos de las bio construcciones [...] Dos grandes grupos [...] los Hippuritidae y Radiolitidae fueron los responsables de la mayor parte de las construcciones biológicas, que dieron lugar a las formaciones calcáreas europeas en el Senoniense.

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