Example sentences of "[be] described as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact is that many have an aroma and flavour which is unique — for instance , basil can only be described as tasting like basil . |
| 2 | Local authority central training units , for example , can be described as providing ‘ external ’ , ‘ internal ’ or ‘ co-operative ’ training — according to the extent of the activity of the central department , and their relationship with library departments , as can other local authority funded groups , organizations , or institutions . |
| 3 | In many ways , Hegel appears to be the complete opposite of Schleiermacher — whose relations with him in the years that they were colleagues in Berlin might charitably be described as strained . |
| 4 | The coat used to be described as tricoloured ( flaxen , white and brindle ) and is black and dark reddish brown , brindled and spotted on white , with a white brockle face which has coloured ‘ spectacles ’ around the eyes . |
| 5 | After a hair-raising careen out of the park , through the backstreets of Muswell Hill , Bounds Green , and on to the North Circular Road ( only in the broadest interpretation of the term could the Apostate be described as knowing how to drive ) , Rainbow persuadesd Anya to untie her hands and feet , and let her get back behind the wheel . |
| 6 | Some of the marriages could certainly be described as taking place within the traditional milieu of the skilled working class : thus Flora H. , daughter of a blacksmith , married the son of a cabinet maker ( bride and groom were both compositors ) . |
| 7 | Some people may sprint when they run , but I have seen people running for the bus who could not be described as sprinting . |
| 8 | This meaning contrasts with that found in sentences such as She ordered me to break down the door , where only part of the movement signified by to is actualized : Here the infinitive can be described as evoking a subsequent potentiality , i.e. an event whose actualization is futurized with respect to that of the main verb . |
| 9 | In its simplest form , it may be described as denoting the emotional and attitudinal environment within which a political system operates . |
| 10 | The ‘ adaptive information ’ manifested in behaviour can , however , be described as inherited , because it is due to the action of natural selection over many generations . |
| 11 | Ms Doi is an avowed addict of what might be described as watching hundreds of tiny steel balls clatter through a maze of pins on a vertical board . |
| 12 | Quite often features of their palaces would be described as made of solid gold , which were in fact merely brass . |
| 13 | It could be described as looking like a cross between a snakehead and a goby , the body being long and cylindrical , tapering only slightly at the caudal peduncle . |
| 14 | Many of the peaks have routes on them that can be described as forming a midway point between hard Alpine and Himalayan standard — long ridge routes that take several days to accomplish ; big face routes on rock and ice . |
| 15 | The coat pattern of both the European and the African races can best be described as suppressed , weak or washed-out tabby . |
| 16 | The political involvements of Free Presbyterian ministers can be described as follows . |
| 17 | The cases in which supplementary help was given can be described as follows : |
| 18 | The aims of the clinical directorate structure may be described as follows : |
| 19 | This can be described as follows . |
| 20 | The main theoretical arguments underlying the original Phillips curve can be described as follows . |
| 21 | The nature and purpose of the SDR can be described as follows : |
| 22 | The options open to speakers for the realization of /Ε/; before voiceless stop or before consonant + voiceless stop may be described as follows : |
| 23 | If the orthogonal geometric domain condition is assumed then the additional attribute would be described as follows : A3 , = five boundary touching condition with a second domain Thus the sets describing the attributes of the various parts are given as : unc The geometric and functional domains are thus generated as shown in Figure 2.6 . |
| 24 | In greater detail , the reasons for organisations may be described as follows : |
| 25 | The nature of this dilemma can best be described as follows . |
| 26 | The language competence accredited at each level can be described as follows : |
| 27 | The total risk on a security or portfolio may be described as follows : . |
| 28 | The potential returns may be described as follows : |
| 29 | If one starts with the producer rather than the consumer , then the chain of activities involved in producing Scotch Whisky can be described as follows : |
| 30 | He had been playing alone on the towpath , if anything as purposeless as hurling old beer cans into the canal could be described as playing , and she had paused to say good morning to him . |