Example sentences of "be defined as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | International law can be defined as the framework of legal obligations which states view as being binding upon themselves . |
| 2 | The areal interpolation problem can be defined as the transfer of data from one set ( source units or zones ) to a second set ( target units ) of overlapping , non-hierarchical areal units . |
| 3 | That realisation is a product of the power of rational thought which came to the emerging ‘ human' ’ being in the course of the evolutionary process , for it is in remote retrospect that man can now see that the division of the first cell was a ‘ good ’ event , and had to be defined as such for the unanswerable reason that it could not have been anything else , otherwise there was nothing that could be defined as the origin of ‘ good ’ that was not dependent on dogma and superstition . |
| 4 | Aromatherapy may be defined as the use of the natural scents and essential oils from a variety of trees , shrubs and flowers for assistance in the healing of dis-ease in the individual . |
| 5 | A labour market can be defined as the area in which buyers and sellers of labour services come into contact with one another . |
| 6 | The supply of labour can be defined as the quantity of labour services ( measured in person-hours ) offered for hire by individuals over a given time period . |
| 7 | The level of natural unemployment can be defined as the number of persons who are unemployed even when the labour market is in an equilibrium state : that is , when the total demand for labour is equal to the supply of labour at the prevailing level of real wage rates . |
| 8 | These needs and facilities are both part of the pedestrian environment , which might be defined as the interface between the walker 's personal ability to cope with environmental challenge , the location and accessibility of destinations , and the characteristics of the environment en route . |
| 9 | ‘ Theoretical reformism ’ can be defined as the belief that fairly minor changes in the surface forms of words are sufficient to solve the problem of sexism in language . |
| 10 | Nonetheless , implementation independence has had a powerful effect on AI thinking about metaphysical problems , and has been behind McCarthy 's insistence that AI must be defined as the study of intelligent mechanisms independent of their implementation in machines or brains , and hence to a general denial that AI is , in any strong sense , about machines . |
| 11 | Legislation might be defined as the making of general rules to govern future conduct ; under this definition , Public Acts of Parliament are the central case of legislation . |
| 12 | Dementia may be defined as the global impairment of higher mental functioning including the loss of memory , problem solving ability , the use of learned skills , the loss of social skills and emotional control . |
| 13 | Computational Linguistics could be defined as the study of computer systems for understanding , generating and processing natural language [ Grishman , 1986 ] . |
| 14 | Natural language semantics can be defined as the study of the meaning of utterances , and to this end a number of semantic theories have been proposed . |
| 15 | As remarked in the prologue , present-day algebra might be defined as the study of ( n-ary ) operations on sets ( n = 2 , but also 0 , 1 , 3 , 4 , … etc . ) . |
| 16 | Discourse , indeed , might be defined as the totality of all these elements interacting . |
| 17 | Indeed , communication might be defined as the conversion of new information into given information , and a successful communicator as a person who correctly assesses the state of knowledge of his or her interlocutor . |
| 18 | The future state can be defined as the vision for the organization or the strategic objectives of the change . |
| 19 | The basic syntagmatic lexical units of a sentence will be defined as the smallest parts which satisfy the following two criteria ; |
| 20 | Such a field is commonly organized according to the principle of style , which may be defined as the use of certain limited dimensions upon which the variability of a domain is expressed . |
| 21 | Taste is then seen principally as the cause of ‘ classism ’ , which can be defined as the kind of distaste the middle and upper classes feel for the vulgar in fun fairs , cheap commodities , artificial copies , or lack of style , and the contempt working people feel for the pretentious , cold and degenerate middle and upper classes . |
| 22 | Hence , the ratio decidendi of a case may be defined as the statement of law applied to the legal problems raised by the facts as found , upon which the decision is based . |
| 23 | An opportunity cost can be defined as the cost of the next best opportunity forgone . |
| 24 | This vicious circle tends to leave a ‘ rump ’ of inhabitants who are unable to run a car , many of whom could be defined as the ‘ transport poor ’ ( this term will be discussed below ) . |
| 25 | For instance , if there are two functions f and g defined on the set of all possible examples , and f can take the value a and g can take the value b , then one such cluster might be defined as the set of all examples x for which f(x) = a ∘ g(x) = b |
| 26 | Prerogative may be defined as the exceptional position of the king at common law . |
| 27 | The thematic stage may be defined as the conceptual framework within which the story is told , presented and performed . |
| 28 | Marketing can be defined as the way an organisation matches its human , financial and physical resources with its customers . |
| 29 | It may be defined as the complex body of shared values and beliefs of an organisation . |
| 30 | * the budgetary planning and control process may be defined as the establishment of budgets which relate the responsibilities of departments and employees to the requirements of plans and policies ; and the continuous comparison of actual results with the budgeted targets , so that the latter may be achieved , or amendments made to the objectives upon which they were based . |