Example sentences of "[is] [verb] to [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In these cases , the main type is referred to as the primary item and the type associated with it is referred to as the secondary item .
2 A solicitor or RFL for whom a shareholder holds shares as nominee is referred to as the beneficial owner of the shares , and
3 This value is referred to as the lexical probability factor ( LPF ) .
4 The first is referred to as the efficient markets hypothesis .
5 The Japanese version of the Integrated Services Digital Network ( ISDN ) is referred to as the Integrated Network System ( INS ) .
6 In some parts of the world the situation is referred to as the post-modern age or ‘ el postmo ’ , indicating the absence of new values in the wake of the bankruptcy of old ones .
7 When the event precipitating the change is a visual or auditory stimulus under experimental control the resulting activity is referred to as the visual or auditory evoked potential .
8 This transfer of power is referred to as the Meiji Restoration , or the Meiji Revolution , after the reign name now adopted by the young emperor who had succeeded to the throne the year before .
9 The rate of interest on a new loan is referred to as the nominal interest rate .
10 MANY people believe that the Royal Navy is referred to as the Senior Service because it has some sort of superiority to the Army , but the term was not even heard before the 17th Century .
11 In these cases , the main type is referred to as the primary item and the type associated with it is referred to as the secondary item .
12 The existence in the area of a cave complex which functioned as a rebel base is referred to by the First Century AD Jewish historian , Flavius Josephus .
13 Erm , the agency has considered a paper on this as is referred to in the final paragraph , what it 's basically suggesting to the Department of the Environment and the Home Office is , is that a formula is based upon the supply factors er , such as the , the number of fire stations and standard crew levels etcetera .
14 The reality of this picture of vibrant , ‘ grass roots ’ capitalist development in the Third World is attested to by the abundant evidence of rapidly rising commercialisation and the resulting social differentiation ( especially in the rural areas of Asia and Africa ) , coupled with the relative expansion of wage-labour at the expense of family and self-employment , including feudal-type tenurial relationships .
15 This picture is added to in the next chapter where we examine the informal relations that exist within organisations , and in Chapter 6 where we examine power .
16 In certain circumstances it may become necessary to seek waivers from the Law Society , as for instance : ( 1 ) where the new office is no more than a consulting room open for restricted periods , when a waiver would normally be granted provided ( a ) the opening hours are sufficiently advertised ; ( b ) during those hours there is always in attendance a person duly qualified to manage or supervise the office and that all correspondence is seen by a partner of the firm ; and ( c ) the business of the consultancy is accounted for centrally and not as a separate business ; or ( 2 ) where the new office is an annexe ( whether housing a separate department or otherwise ) near to the main office , when a waiver could be expected to be granted if ( a ) a common switchboard is used for both main office and annexe ; ( b ) accounts are centralised ; ( c ) correspondence is attended to in the main office ; and ( d ) clients are asked to address correspondence to the main office .
17 Well I think it 's not a superstructure that 's been put there because , I mean , for example when you get a particular idea there are often other questions you can ask to check whether it 's really present , to see whether the thing is alluded to at the appropriate point later in the plot and that sort of thing .
18 Well , I think it 's not erm a superstructure that 's been put there , because , I mean for example when you get a particular idea , there are often other questions you can ask to check whether it 's really present , to see whether the thing is alluded to at the appropriate point later in the plot and that sort of thing , and erm again and again you find that it is , that the thing you half suspected is mentioned by a character later .
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