Example sentences of "sometimes [verb] to [prep] " in BNC.

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1 A high-level approach , sometimes referred to as a drawing description or vector file , or ‘ meta file ’ ;
2 A low-level approach based upon the pixel information used to display a digital image , sometimes referred to as bit mapped , raster based , or image file .
3 is sometimes referred to as Italian rice , and is really a short grain rice , although slightly longer than the traditional round grain pudding rice .
4 Switzerland is famous for six cheeses , four of which belong to the semi-hard family , although they are sometimes referred to as hard cheeses .
5 A 45° plan oblique projection is sometimes referred to as an axonometric projection .
6 The contract of carriage by road shall be confirmed by a consignment note , sometimes referred to as a waybill .
7 They are sometimes referred to as the ‘ major ’ religious traditions , but this would be as misleading as referring to the other religions as ‘ primitive ’ .
8 Another small stream , also put to good use , was the Soudley Brook , sometimes referred to as the Forge Brook , which rises at Bilston Green and was used to take water away from the old iron workings .
9 ‘ Second Empire style ’ was copied and transplanted to other European capitals , and even to the New World and it was so closely identified with the Emperor himself that it was sometimes referred to as Style Napoléon III .
10 There is considerable confusion about the use of the distaff , sometimes referred to as a Rock , probably because of the old terms ‘ Distaff and Spear ’ sides of the family .
11 This effect , sometimes referred to as ‘ encoding specificity ’ ( e.g. Tulving and Thomson 1973 ; Tulving 1983 ) has been subject to a range of interpretations but what concerns us here is the general possibility that contextual factors might determine test performance by modulating the ease with which stored information is retrieved .
12 For this reason the suspension capability of a detergent is sometimes referred to as rinseability .
13 Polyphosphates are sometimes referred to as builders and products containing high proportions as built detergents .
14 The most common permanent fence , and the easiest to erect , is the ‘ stake and wire cattle mesh ’ ( sometimes referred to as ‘ pig wire ’ ) with one or two strands of barbed wire above the mesh .
15 These extracts ( sometimes referred to as ‘ activators ’ or ‘ starters ’ ) are not substitutes for the nitrogen-bearing vegetable matter in the compost ingredients .
16 Sometimes referred to as a ‘ scissors gybe ’ .
17 The ‘ when … then ’ rule — sometimes referred to as ‘ Grandma 's rule ’ — states that ‘ First you work , then you play ’ or ‘ You do what I want you to do before you are allowed to do what you want to do ’ .
18 This is sometimes referred to as the domestic recycling of funds within an economy .
19 Prior to the 1970s most banks relied on their networks of overseas correspondent banks ( sometimes referred to as the banks ' own banking system ) to meet customer needs as regards international trade payments and finance .
20 The interest rate risks associated with fixed rate loans funded by variable rate deposits have encouraged banks to make floating or variable interest rate loans ( sometimes referred to as roll-over loans ) .
21 This is sometimes referred to as the comfort factor by bankers .
22 It is sometimes referred to as ‘ non-interventionist ’ observation , though I find that a rather jargonish term and I think bird-watching is a good simple way of referring to observation which is very similar to that of the ornithologist who constructs a ‘ hide ’ so as to be able to observe birds in their natural habitat without disturbing them in any way .
23 He had also put forward basic structural ideas about the monosaccharides , suggesting the five and six-membered ring structures , furanosides and pyranosides which are still sometimes referred to as Haworth formulae and appear in every organic chemistry text today .
24 Sometimes referred to as the ‘ parlour ’ , or the ‘ sitting-room ’ ( we all have at times illusions of grandeur ) , it was indeed our pride and joy .
25 The alcohol content of drinks is measured as % VOL , sometimes referred to as ‘ alcohol by volume ’ or ABV .
26 It is because of this that DD unemployment is sometimes referred to as Keynesian unemployment .
27 The proportion w is sometimes referred to as the adjustment parameter .
28 As we saw in Chapter 2 , such prices are sometimes referred to as ‘ cost-plus ’ prices .
29 The defer/do now decision ( sometimes referred to as the go/no go decision ) is frequently encountered within the field of aircraft maintenance .
30 Sometimes referred to as the Cordon de Royat system , this is primarily recommended for the Pinot Noir .
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