Example sentences of "could be described [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vivian Hart , for example , could be described as a political scientist , who has found herself delving into history . |
| 2 | SCAN could be described as a possible shorthand notation for observers . |
| 3 | These could be described as a New Form of production . |
| 4 | Neither of them could be described as a sobering influence . |
| 5 | As few as one in twenty of the sample could be described as a utilitarian scientist of puritan middle-class background . |
| 6 | Stock buffo characters Marcellina and Bartolo ( Ann Howard and David Gwynne ) added lightness and comedy to what could be described as a serious interpretation of The Marriage of Figaro , not as effervescent as some would have liked but thoroughly convincing just the same — and one in which the complex ensemble were particularly memorable . |
| 7 | The book itself could be described as a personal history of the Special Boat Service in World War II , as the author himself took part in several of the actions described . |
| 8 | Not until the growth of the nuclear disarmament movement in the 1950s were significant bridges rebuilt between the two wings of what , in the 1920s , could be described as a single pacifist movement . |
| 9 | This could be described as a hybrid Bill and , in a sense , we are considering two questions at the same time . |
| 10 | It may well be that he could be described as a statutory tenant ; but that description would not itself accurately define his precise position , for he was a statutory tenant against whom a final order had been made , under which possession was to be delivered up on a fixed date , 3 April 1950 , he having died on the previous 8 March . |
| 11 | The Ratepayers ' Magazine could be described as a local ‘ Private Eye ’ . |
| 12 | I suppose this could be described as a severe hair-style , but it was quite common among the women of Eastern Europe . |
| 13 | ‘ There 's no way this could be described as a nine-to-five job — there 's a lot of paperwork , talks in the evening , setting up press and photo calls , meetings and weekend opening . |
| 14 | Twenty miles from Innsbruck and perched some 4,300 feet above sea level on the Wildmoos plateau , Seefeld in the Summer could be described as a huge 19th hole . |
| 15 | " You could be described as an obstinate bitch ? " |
| 16 | But even so , there was not what could be described as an irrevocable Protestant march towards Reformation ; the new activity of 1558 took place in a Scotland which was still largely Catholic . |
| 17 | He could be described as an aquatic Concorde . |
| 18 | Only speculation is possible in offering a reason for the initial action , which could be described as the first rite . |
| 19 | By the time the 1958 World Cup was held in Sweden , the international game had reached what could be described as the first flowering of maturity . |
| 20 | These could be described as the key elements of the ‘ purchasing mix ’ . |
| 21 | It could be described as the Fordist method of international political regulation . |
| 22 | The priority for developing these subsystems will depend on potential benefit , urgency of need , probability of success or natural precedence , which could be described as the next ‘ piece of the jigsaw , . |
| 23 | It could be described as the French equivalent of our potted meat — although it is very different in texture and taste . |
| 24 | By way of a quite proper analogy , suppose there were a certain amazing truth , that all and only the members of one species of tree , say Turner 's Oak , could be described in a given language by sentences of a certain deep structure , or simply a rare surface-grammatical sequence : indefinite article , a curious gerund , preposition of a certain sort , and so on . |
| 25 | Even the en suite bathroom of the bedroom she shared with Emily could be described by no other word than glorious ! |
| 26 | In this study the rectal CSA curve at each distension pressure could be described by an initial rapid phase followed by a slow phase of filling before reaching steady state . |