Example sentences of "has [been] described [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nursing has been described as a skilled occupation rather than a profession . |
| 2 | In the debate on the Remonstrance against Buckingham in June he argued that the Arminians ‘ run in string with the papists and flatter greatness to oppress the subject ’ , thereby making what has been described as a new and crucial intellectual link between alteration of religion and alteration of government . |
| 3 | The typical self-cutter has been described as a young , single , attractive female who repeatedly cuts her wrist or forearm . |
| 4 | Narrative has been described as a primary act of mind ; children construct the world through story . |
| 5 | He has been described as a caring individual . |
| 6 | This has been described as a golden opportunity for primary care to develop a much enhanced role . |
| 7 | overpower , you know , creep up on you , I , I 'd , it 'd just get the better of me Eric that 's why I got really the other one you see and that , I , I have n't come to any harm not having it , and erm I 've just got to get rid of this because it 's , I 'd do a lot more Eric if it were n't for the television , I know I 'll miss it when I get rid of it you see , it has been described as a plug-in drug |
| 8 | This behaviour is motivated by what has been described as a relentless pursuit of thinness , a morbid fear of fatness , or a weight phobia . |
| 9 | He has been described as a right-handed David Gower . |
| 10 | The buildings referred to include Holmwood at Cathcart , which was built between 1857 and 1859 and has been described as a priceless national treasure . |
| 11 | Puck Fair is a trio of accomplished Irish musical emigrants who came together in the United States to perform music which has been described as a unique fusion between the spontaneity of jazz and the driving rhythms of traditional Irish jigs , reels and hornpipes . |
| 12 | The pilot has been described as a senior officer with responsibility for air training . |
| 13 | Although the application of NIPPV on a general ward has been described as a difficult and time-consuming procedure for nurses we did not find this to be the case . |
| 14 | A comparable phenomenon has been described in a transgenic mouse model which produces long segments of HBsAg including pre S 1 proteins and which eventually develops distorted ground glass hepatocytes very similar to thsoe in the present liver transplant recipients . |
| 15 | 2.17 This exercise has been described in a different way by Lord Diplock in Mallett v McMonagle [ 1970 ] AC 166 at p174 : The purpose of an award of damages under the Fatal Accidents Act is to provide the widow and other dependants of the deceased with a capital sum , which , with prudent management , will be sufficient to supply them with material benefits of the same standards and duration as would have been provided for them out of the earnings of the deceased had he not been killed by the tortious act of the defendant , credit being given for the value of any material benefits which will accrue to them ( otherwise than as the fruits of insurance ) as a result of his death . |
| 16 | Section 4 of the Trade Marks Act 1938 is the main provision dealing with infringement and its language has been described by a past Master of the Rolls as being turgid and diffuse . |