Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the light of that report the local authority carried out what has been referred to as a radical re-examination of the position . |
| 2 | His colleague Dr Freer-Smith said , ‘ in many areas of West Germany there is evidence to link specific pollutants as a major causal factor ; but I also think the Germans would accept that there are both natural and pollutant stresses interacting — the idea that has been referred to as the multiple stress hypothesis . ’ |
| 3 | These are referred to as the first , second , third and fourth bond dissociation enthalpies respectively . |
| 4 | But these are official figures which do not include what are referred to as the hidden homeless — those sharing households and those living rough . |
| 5 | Examination questions are unreal and unrelated to life , and are looked upon as an unwelcome imposition . |
| 6 | A version of this suggestion has already been met with as a possible explanation for some DOEs when it was suggested ( p. 159 ) that an expectancy of a reinforcer evoked by a sample stimulus will be more likely to persist in memory across the delay of a delayed MTS experiment than will a representation of the sample stimulus itself . |
| 7 | In a simple flat-file , the data are thought of as a two-way array of m variates ( columns ) measured on each of n units ( rows ) , thus |
| 8 | Physics , particularly since the work of Bacon and Descartes , has generally been thought of as an objective science , based on observable facts , in this way a body of certain knowledge is gradually built up . |
| 9 | Buckminsterfullerene has often been thought of as the 3-D equivalent of benzene and so should be ‘ aromatic ’ , which means performing some of the chemical reactions for which benzene is noted . |
| 10 | I want to turn this right round because a couple of people have mentioned guilt and er I I suspect that one of the reasons that women are a bit worried about talking about depression or or campaigning for changes in policy , or more funding , or or whatever , is that for a long time women have been thought of as the weaker sex , more emotional , more nervous , by a , a a male establishment , I 'm talking about past centuries , is n't there a case for saying there 's actually we have a right to be depressed , I mean , obviously it 's normal , ninety three of you get depressed from time to time , the majority of you do n't think you clinically depressive if it is , if it 's normal to be depressed should n't the services to cope with depression , if we need outside help , be there and there 's no shame in it ? |
| 11 | The procedural aspects of actions by and against firms are dealt with as a necessary adjunct to this . |
| 12 | Aches and pains come under attack and niggling doubts are dealt with as the soft tissues , muscles , ligaments and joints of the body are worked on . |
| 13 | The change has been dealt with as a prior year adjustment : £64.267m has been credited to group revenue reserve and the same amount debited to investment realisation profits . |
| 14 | He was often to be referred to as a modern pharaoh by Egyptians when he was in power ; and in particular the High Dam at Aswan was spoken of as Nasser 's pyramid . |
| 15 | The smallness of causes the point S to be referred to as a virtual earth . |
| 16 | That a topic of discourse is such that on different occasions it can be referred to as the same is an analytic proposition setting out part of what " topic of discourse " means . |
| 17 | There was a tendency for both to be referred to as the Wild White or Park cattle but there are noticeable differences between them and it has been firmly established , by cytogenetic and other tests , that the British White is no more closely related to the White Park than are other British breeds . |
| 18 | I suppose to be technical it ought to be the er it ought to be referred to as the Franco- German war . |
| 19 | Throughout this document this person will be referred to as the Offline Manager and will be the LIFESPAN user who is responsible for entering information such as the number and type of media available for offline storage , and the availability of units for mounting offline media . |
| 20 | Following a long debate , the Federal Assembly on March 29 voted to resolve the issue of renaming the state ( known officially as the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic since 1960 ) by a compromise , whereby the state would be referred to as the Czechoslovak Federative Republic in the Czech lands and the Czecho-Slovak Federative Republic in Slovakia . |
| 21 | To comprehend all that was involved here , one must experience the full force of tragedy at first hand ; and here Act III of Tristan can be pointed to as a prime specimen of tragic art . |
| 22 | Practice Richard Ashworth and ors v Berkeley-Walbrook Ltd ; CA ( Russell , Stuart-Smith LJJ ) ; 27 Sept 1989 As a general rule , where a counterclaim could properly be relied on as a set-off and where it arose out of the same subject matter as the claim , the counterclaiming defendant ought not to be required to give security for costs of that counterclaim unless there were exceptional circumstances . |
| 23 | The extent to which the market for control should be relied on as a disciplinary device can be determined only in the light of an approximation of the social costs it may impose . |
| 24 | The next four instruments depend for their efficacy upon incorporation into contracts , though a codification of custom and usage could perhaps be relied on as the best evidence of custom and usage and as such be imported by implication into a contract , whilst the adoption of general contractual conditions is not the exclusive prerogative of private parties but can also be achieved by embodiment in bilateral or multilateral Conventions implemented by dispositive legislation in the various participating States . |
| 25 | All too frequently the merger agreement ( which may itself comprise little more than random heads of agreement born of their production by separate teams working on specific issues ) will be relied upon as a sufficient substitute . |
| 26 | Protective equipment and clothing — including gloves , gowns , faceshields or goggles , and boots — are an important means of safeguarding those at risk from hepatitis B and other blood-borne pathogens but should not be relied upon as the sole means of protection . |
| 27 | It can not , therefore , be depended on as an exclusive method for avoiding conflicts between fiduciary law and regulatory rules . |
| 28 | A term created by a leasehold tenancy agreement must be expressed either with certainty and specifically or by reference to something which can , at the time when the lease takes effect , be looked to as a certain ascertainment of what the term is meant to be . |
| 29 | The basis of that decision was stated by Lord Greene MR , at p. 370 : " A term created by a leasehold tenancy agreement must be expressed either with certainty and specifically or by reference to something which can , at the time when the lease takes effect be looked to as a certain ascertainment of what the term is meant to be . |
| 30 | A term created by a lease must be expressed either with certainty and specifically or by reference to something that can at the time the lease takes effect be looked to as a certain ascertainment of what the term is meant to be ( Lace v Chantler [ 1944 ] KB 368 : lease " for the duration of the war " was void for uncertainty ) . |